Public notice: Walton Moss NNR
Published 9 July 2019
Applies to England
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National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
Declaration of National Nature Reserve
Parishes of Walton, Irthington, Stapleton and Hethersgill
County of Cumbria
Notice is hereby given that:
in pursuance of section 19(1) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and section 35(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, Natural England has, by the Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses National Nature Reserve No 2 declaration made on the 18th April 2019, declared that the Walton Moss National Nature Reserve is extended to include the land referred to therein, and is to be known henceforth as Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses National Nature Reserve.
The land extension having a total area of 395.33 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the parishes of Walton, Irthington, Stapleton and Hethersgill in the county of Cumbria and shown single hatched and shaded yellow on map A attached to the said Declaration, has been acquired and is held by Natural England. The said land now having a total area of 416.01 hectares or thereabouts is being managed as a nature reserve, and Natural England is satisfied that the land is of national importance.
The declaration and associated maps may be viewed on Natural England’s website.
Val Brown, Area Senior Adviser, National Nature Reserves, on behalf of Natural England.