Notice

Public notice: Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood NNR

Published 20 May 2024

Applies to England

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Declaration of National Nature Reserve

Parishes of Swithland, Newton Linford, Thurcaston and Cropston

County of Leicestershire

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 Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood National Nature Reserve No.01 Declaration made on the 14th day of March 2024, declared the land referred to therein a National Nature Reserve.

The land having a total area of 438.52 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the Parishes of Swithland, Newton Linford, and Thurcaston and Cropston in the County of Leicestershire and shown shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration, is held by Bradgate Park Trust, 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

Christopher Evans, Area Senior Adviser, National Nature Reserves
on behalf of Natural England