Identification

Title

National Nature Reserves (Scotland)

Abstract

The National Nature Reserve (NNR) Partnership awards the NNR accolade to the best places for people to see the best of Scotland’s nature. SNH formally declares the Partnership’s recommended places under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gateway.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces/download?dsid=3&fmt=shp

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gateway.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces/download?dsid=3&fmt=kml

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Google Earth KML 2.1 (EPSG:4326)

function: download

https://gateway.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces/download?dsid=3&fmt=gml

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: GML 3.1.1 (zipped, EPSG:4258)

function: download

https://gateway.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces/download?dsid=3&fmt=mif

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: MapInfo MIF (EPSG:27700)

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

NNR

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Nature conservation

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-05-25

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-9.234137625

East bounding longitude

0.258049875

North bounding latitude

61.541233625

South bounding latitude

54.334202375

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2006-01-01

code identifying the extent

GB-SCT

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1997

End position

2011

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1997-01-01

date type

revision

effective date

2010-11-11

date type

revision

effective date

2012-07-16

date type

revision

effective date

2014-08-01

Frequency of update

quarterly

Quality and validity

Lineage

Since 1981, when SSSIs and NNRs ceased to be mutually exclusive under the terms of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, all NNRs have been notified as SSSIs on the grounds that this is a more effective tool for protecting the nature conservation interest.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

You must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: (Copyright Scottish Natural Heritage) Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (year)

Limitations on public access

Available under an OS Open Data licence www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendata/licence, Note that this data is available to view or download on SNH website see: www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/snhi-information-service

Constraint set

Use constraints

no limitation

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Systems & Data Officer

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

INVERNESS

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

telephone number

01463 725000

email address

data.supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Support Officer

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-07-08

Metadata language