List of local nature reserves in Norfolk

Breydon Water
Breydon Water is a wide tidal estuary which is of national importance for wintering wildfowl

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia. It has an area of 2,074 square miles (5,370 square kilometres)[1] and a population as of mid-2017 of 898,400.[2] The top level of local government is Norfolk County Council with seven second tier councils: Breckland District Council, Broadland District Council, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council, North Norfolk District Council, Norwich City Council and South Norfolk District Council.[3] The county is bounded by Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and the North Sea.[1]

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. Local nature reserves are sites which have a special local interest either biologically or geologically. Local authorities have a duty to care for them, and can apply local bye-laws to manage and protect them.[4][5]

As of October 2018, there are 27 LNRs in Norfolk,[6] seven of which are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, three are Special Areas of Conservation, three are Special Protection Areas, one is a Ramsar site, one is a Geological Conservation Review site, one is a Nature Conservation Review site, one is a Scheduled Monument, two are managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust and one by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

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  1. ^ a b "Norfolk". Encyclopedia Britannica. 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Population of Norfolk". Norfolk Insight. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Local councils". Norfolk County Council. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
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