Corporate report

Natural England’s designations programme

Updated 25 September 2024

Applies to England

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Natural England is considering the following areas, sites and trails in its designations programme. Inclusion on the list is not a commitment to designate.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest

  • Bernwood, Buckinghamshire
  • Caen Valley Bats, Devon
  • Cartmel Area, Cumbria
  • Creech Barrow and Valley, Dorset
  • Fenn’s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses, Shropshire
  • Filey Brigg to Scarborough South Bay, North Yorkshire
  • Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire
  • Morley Quarry, Leicestershire
  • Nettlecombe Park, Somerset
  • Nine Mile River, Wiltshire
  • Pixton Park, Somerset
  • Prees Heath, Shropshire
  • Quarry Hangers and Quarry Dean Meadows, Surrey
  • Rydal Park, Cumbria
  • Rutland Water, Rutland
  • Savernake Bat Tunnel, Wiltshire
  • Strensall Common, North Yorkshire
  • Thames Estuary Invertebrates, Essex and Kent
  • Trowbridge Woods, Wiltshire
  • Tudeley Woods and Pembury Walks, Kent
  • Vernatt’s Drain, Lincolnshire
  • Wensum Woodlands, Norfolk

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

  • Cheshire Sandstone Ridge
  • Chilterns (potential extension)
  • Surrey Hills (potential extension)
  • Yorkshire Wolds

National Nature Reserves

  • Wealden Heaths (Thursley extension)
  • North Kent Woods and Downs
  • Stiperstones Landscape (extension)
  • Risley, Holcroft and Chat Mosses
  • Bradford
  • Seven Sisters
  • Ingleborough (extension)

National Trails

Contact

If you have any queries contact:

Enquiries
Natural England
County Hall
Spetchley Road
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Email enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

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