Identification

Title
National Nature Reserves (NNRs) Declarations
Abstract
<p>This is a spatial dataset shows National Nature Reserves (NNRs) with their individual declarations. NNRs represent the very best examples of our wildlife habitats and geological features and can range in size between five hectares to well over 2,000. NNRs are declared by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of 1949, or under the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981. They are owned or leased by NRW, or the land is held by an approved body, such as a County Wildlife Trust. Each reserve has a programme of work to manage the site's special features. All of them are also Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and may provide places for educational projects, research and management trials. Some reserves require permits to gain access to them.<br /><br />Please refer to National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981, for reasons of creation of the original designation. <br />This data has been checked by NRW staff. The original, individual, declaration paper maps are the legal documents.</p> <p>Each individual declaration map that makes up a single NNR has been digitised. In some cases an individual NNR is made up of one declaration map, whereas others have 15 separate declaration maps that were registered over a number of years. Initially the individual, declaration maps were produced on paper at 1:10,000 or 1:2500 scales on early 1900s edition of map, then in later years created through GIS. This dataset has been transferred to OSMasterMap (CCW 2006 update) in 2008 and is on going.</p> <p><strong>Attribution statement</strong></p> <p>Contains Natural Resources Wales information &copy; Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.</p>
Licence
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Publication Date
Type
Spatial data
Category:
Boundaries

Legal land descriptions. Examples: political and administrative boundaries

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Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Natural Resources Wales

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:27700
Extension x0
159529.5
Extension x1
355303.125
Extension y0
175850.625
Extension y1
383474.75

Features

Contact

Email
opendata@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Organisation
Natural Resources Wales

References

Link online
/layers/geonode:nrw_nnr_declarations
Metadata page
/layers/geonode:nrw_nnr_declarations/metadata_detail

Zipped Shapefile
National Nature Reserves (NNRs) Declarations.zip
GeoJSON
National Nature Reserves (NNRs) Declarations.json
Excel
National Nature Reserves (NNRs) Declarations.excel
CSV
National Nature Reserves (NNRs) Declarations.csv
GML 3.1.1
National Nature Reserves (NNRs) Declarations.gml
GML 2.0
National Nature Reserves (NNRs) Declarations.gml
DXF
National Nature Reserves (NNRs) Declarations.dxf
OGC Geopackage
National Nature Reserves (NNRs) Declarations.gpkg

OWS endpoints

WMS
WFS