Natural Environment

Local Nature Reserves

Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) can be designated by the Council under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and are of local nature conservation interest.  

To establish a Local Nature Reserve, the local authority must first have a legal interest in the land concerned, for example, they could own it, lease it or have a nature reserve agreement with the owner. The land must lie within the area which the declaring authority controls.

Local Nature Reserves are of local, but not necessarily national, importance. Local Nature Reserves are almost always owned by local authorities, and they often pass the management of the Local Nature Reserve onto County Wildlife trusts.  They also often have good public access and facilities.

Gedling Borough Council currently has three Local Nature Reserves:

• Gedling House Wood (designated in 1992)
• Gedling House Wood Meadow (designated in 2007)
• Netherfield Lagoons (designated in 2007)

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