Local Nature Reserves (England)
Summary
Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) are a statutory designation made under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 by principal local authorities. Parish and Town Councils can also declare LNRs but they must have the powers to do so delegated to them by a principal local authority. LNRs are for people and wildlife. They are places with wildlife or geological features that are of special interest locally. They offer people opportunities to study or learn about nature or simply to enjoy it. They range from windswept coastal headlands, ancient woodlands and flower-rich meadows to former inner city railways, long abandoned landfill sites and industrial areas now re-colonised by wildlife. They are an impressive natural resource which makes an important contribution to England's biodiversity. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. NB This national dataset is “indicative” not “definitive”. Definitive information can only be provided by individual local authorities and you should refer directly to their information for all purposes that require the most up to date and complete dataset.
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Use limitation statement
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
Technical information
Update frequency
notPlanned
Lineage
All data is captured to the Ordnance Survey National Grid sometimes called the British National Grid. OS MasterMap Topographic Layer – produced and supplied by Ordnance Survey from data at 1:1250, 1:2500 and 1:10000 surveying and mapping standards - is used as the primary source. Other sources – acquired internally and from external suppliers - may include aerial imagery at resolutions ranging from 25cm to 2m, Ordnance Survey 1:10000 raster images, historical OS mapping, charts and chart data from UK Hydrographic Office and other sources, scanned images of paper designation mapping (mostly originally produced at 1:10560 or 1:10000 scales), GPS and other surveyed data, and absolute coordinates. The data was first captured against an August 2002 cut of OS MasterMap Topography. Natural England has successfully uploaded an up-to-date version of OS MasterMap Topographic Layer. However, we have not yet updated our designated data holding to this new version of MasterMap. This should occur in the near future, when we will simultaneously apply positional accuracy improvement (PAI) to our data.
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.8625 to 55.7447
- Longitude from: -6.41736 to 2.05827
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
9364d6af-927e-4349-b4c3-dbaf7acb842d
Published by
Natural England
Contact publisher
data.services@naturalengland.org.ukDataset reference dates
Creation date
N/A
Revision date
26 June 2024
Publication date
01 March 2016
Period
- From: 01 January 1970
- To: 01 January 2099
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Data and Supporting Information
Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
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Download data by area of interest | N/A | Open link |
ArcGIS Open Dataset record page | Open link | |
Local Nature Reserves (England) ESRI REST Feature Server Endpoint | Open link | |
Local Nature Reserves (England) WMS | Copy link | Preview |
Local Nature Reserves (England) WFS | Copy link | N/A |
OGC API - Features service | Copy link | Open link |
Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
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Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Local_Nature_Reserves_England.url | URL | Download |
Local_Nature_Reserves_England.lyr | LYR | Download |
Open_Government_Licence.url | URL | Download |