List of local nature reserves in East Sussex

Hempstead Meadow
Hempstead Meadow

Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) are designated by local authorities under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. The local authority must have a legal control over the site, by owning or leasing it or having an agreement with the owner. LNRs are sites which have a special local interest either biologically or geologically, and local authorities have a duty to care for them. They can apply local byelaws to manage and protect LNRs.[1][2]

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by Kent to the north-east, West Sussex to the west, Surrey to the north and the English Channel to the south.[3] It has an area of 1,725 km2 (666.0 sq mi)[4] and a population as of 2018 of 552,000.[5]

As of July 2019, there are 26 LNRs in East Sussex.[6] Ten sites are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, three are Special Protection Areas, three are Special Areas of Conservation, one is a Ramsar site, two are Scheduled Monuments, two are Geological Conservation Review sites, one is a Nature Conservation Review site and six are managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

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  1. ^ "Protected or designated areas". Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Local nature reserves: setting up and management". Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Map of East Sussex" (PDF). East Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Focus on East Sussex" (PDF). East Sussex County Council. 2012. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  5. ^ "State of the County 2018 – Focus on East Sussex" (PDF). East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Designated Sites View: East Sussex". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2019.