Notice

Public notice: Bradford Pennine Gateway NNR

Published 28 March 2025

Applies to England

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981  

Declaration of National Nature Reserve

Parishes of Baildon, Bingley, Burley, Harden, Haworth and Standbury and Ilkley

County of West Yorkshire

Notice is hereby given that:

In pursuance of section 35(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, Natural England has, by the Bradford Pennine Gateway National Nature Reserve No.01 Declaration made on the 25th day of March 2025, declared the land referred to therein a National Nature Reserve.

The land having a total area of 1271.71 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the Parishes of Baildon, Bingley, Burley, Harden, Haworth and Standbury and Ilkley in the County of West Yorkshire and shown shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration, is held by City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, a body approved by Natural England, and is being managed as a nature reserve.

Natural England is satisfied that the said land is of national importance.

The declaration and associated maps may be viewed on Natural England’s website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-nature-reserves-formal-notice-of-new-or-extended-sites

Valerie Brown, Area Senior Officer, National Nature Reserves
on behalf of Natural England.