Local Nature Reserves (LNRs)

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10 July 2024
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Summary

This spatial dataset contains the digital boundaries of Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) in Wales. Local Nature Reserves are established and managed by local authorities, following consultation with Natural Resources Wales (NRW) under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. For a site to become an LNR it must have natural features of special interest to the local area, and the authority must either have a legal interest in the land or have an agreement with the owner to manage the land as a reserve. LNR prove to be useful not only to protect habitats and wildlife but increase people's awareness of their environment. They are places where children can learn about nature, and they are often situated in or near urban areas. Please refer to Countryside Act 1949 for re asons for capture of original designation. With the coming of GIS and its use in government departments and commercial companies mobilising the data in this way, advances the protection of these sites and the efficiency of decision making. The LNRs have been designated over a number of years, from 1970 to the present day, and are on-going. The data has been held digitally since mid1990s. This data can be subject to change by the local authority at anytime.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2023-01-30
Access contraints
There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
Harvest GUID
4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-303938373436
Extent
Latitude: 53.51306700° to 51.24082900°
Longitude: -5.77774100° to -2.60886500°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::BNG
Dataset reference date
2022-11-28 (publication)
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Responsible party
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (custodian, originator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
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© CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100019741. Crown Copyright and Database Right Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.