Notice

Public notice: Wild Ennerdale NNR

Published 15 November 2022

Applies to England

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Declaration of National Nature Reserve

Parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside
County of Cumbria

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 Wild Ennerdale National Nature Reserve No.01 Declaration 2022 made on the 21st day of October 2022, declared the land referred to therein a National Nature Reserve.

The land having a total area of 3032.79 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the Parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside in the County of Cumbria and shown shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration, is held by Forestry England, National Trust and United Utilities, bodies 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

Val Brown, Area Senior Adviser, National Nature Reserves,
on behalf of Natural England.