Public notice: Finglandrigg Woods NNR
Published 2 October 2023
Applies to England
National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
Declaration of National Nature Reserve
Parish of Kirkbampton
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 Finglandrigg Woods National Nature Reserve No.04 Declaration made on the 26th day of June 2023, declared the land referred to therein a National Nature Reserve.
The land having a total area of 8.41 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the Parish of Kirkbampton 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 and is being managed as a nature reserve.
Natural England is satisfied that the land is of national importance.
The declaration and associated maps may be viewed on Natural England’s website at:
Val Brown, Area Senior Adviser, National Nature Reserves
on behalf of Natural England