Geographic Data

All information presented here was consolidated from magic.defra.gov.uk

Local Nature Reserve


LNRs are for people and wildlife. They are places with wildlife or geological features that are of special interest locally. They offer people opportunities to study or learn about nature or simply to enjoy it. They range from windswept coastal headlands, ancient woodlands and flower-rich meadows to former inner city railways, long abandoned landfill sites and industrial areas now re-colonised by wildlife. They are an impressive natural resource which makes an important contribution to England's biodiversity. 

Registered Common Land


Common land is owned, for example by a local council, privately or by the National Trust. You usually have the right to roam on it. This means you can use it for certain activities like walking and climbing. Some common land has different rights, so you may be able to use it for other activities, for example horse-riding.

You cannot:

  • camp on common land without the owner’s permission
  • light a fire or have a barbecue
  • hold a festival or other event without permission
  • drive across it without permission unless you have the right to access your property

Priority Habitat Inventory - Deciduous Woodland



Broadleaved woodland is characterised by trees which do not have needles. Their leaves are broad and vary in shape, and most of them are deciduous. They are best adapted to conditions in most of the UK, and the pattern of losing and gaining leaves allows for the woodland floor and understorey to be just as varied as the canopy.

Habitats


Good quality semi-improved grassland (Non Priority)

  • Purple:  Good semi-improved grassland will have a reasonable diversity of herbaceous species, at least in parts of the sward, and is clearly recognisable as acid, calcareous or neural in origin.
  • Woodland Improvement
  • Grey: Lower Spatial Priority
  • Brown: High Spatial Priority

Woodland Grant Scheme 3


The Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS) provided incentives for people to create and manage woodlands on sites all over Great Britain. The Forestry Commission paid grants for establishing and looking after woodlands and forests.