Public notice: Lower Derwent Valley NNR
Published 2 February 2021
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 Catton, Sutton upon Derwent, Wheldrake, Thornton, Allerthorpe, Bielby, Melbourne, Thorganby, Cottingwith, North Duffield, Ellerton and Bubwith
Counties of North Yorkshire and Humberside
NOTICE is hereby given that:
in accordance with section 19(3) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (as amended), and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, Natural England has, by the Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve No.06 Declaration made on the 20th day of January 2021 declared that the land having a total area of 1.83 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the Parishes of Thorganby and North Duffield in the County of North Yorkshire and shown cross hatched on the maps attached to the said Declaration (which land was included in the Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve No.01 Declaration made by the Nature Conservancy Council on the 19th day of April 1990) has ceased to be held and managed by Natural England as a nature reserve.
And 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 declared the land having a total area of 143.50 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the Parishes of Catton, Sutton upon Derwent, Wheldrake, Thornton, Allerthorpe, Bielby, Melbourne, Thorganby, Cottingwith, North Duffield, Ellerton and Bubwith in the Counties of North Yorkshire and Humberside and shown single or cross hatched and shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration, as a National Nature Reserve.
The land having a total area of 47.20 hectares or thereabouts, and shown single hatched and shaded yellow, has been acquired and is held by Natural England.
The land having a total area of 96.30 hectares or thereabouts, and shown single hatched or cross hatched and shaded yellow, is held by Carstairs Countryside Trust, a body approved by Natural England.
The said land now having a total area of 609.38 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 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-nature-reserves-formal-notice-of-new-or-extended-sites
Val Brown, Area Senior Adviser, National Nature Reserves
on behalf of Natural England