Notice

Mendip National Nature Reserve

Find out about the merger and extension of 2 existing sites into one NNR with a new name.

From:
Natural England
Published
19 October 2023

Applies to England

Documents

Public notice: Mendip NNR

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Declaration and maps: Mendip NNR

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Details

This new NNR in Somerset combines 2 existing reserves:

  • Ebbor Gorge
  • Rodney stoke

The combined site is also extended and renamed as Mendip NNR. This is shaded yellow on the declaration maps attached to this page.

The partnership managing the 31 sites of this NNR consists of:

  • Natural England
  • National Trust
  • Longleat Enterprises Limited
  • Avon and Somerset Wildlife Trusts
  • Butterfly Conservation
  • The Woodland Trust
  • The South West Heritage Trust
  • Mendip Hills AONB service

A separate area of the NNR that was previously included in the site will no longer be held or managed by Natural England as a nature reserve.

Published 19 October 2023

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