Local Nature Reserves

Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) are all about connecting people and wildlife.  They are places with wildlife or geology of special local interest and are living green spaces that are important to people. Within the Biosphere Reserve there are four LNRs. Map.

Whether it is coppicing, tree planting or path improvements, LNRs provide a variety of opportunities to get involved with the management and upkeep of these sites that are so valuable to communities and wildlife. Find out about volunteering opportunities within the Biosphere Reserve.

Hillsborough LNR - owned by North Devon Council and situated on the edge of Ilfracombe.

Fremington LNR - owned by North Devon District Council and Fremington Parish Council. It is a damp grassland site adjacent to the estuary and some drier grasslands and woodlands beside Griggs Field in Fremington. Fremington LNR leaflet

Kenwith Valley - on the edge of Bideford, this site is owned by Torridge District Council. Devon Birds manage the site which includes a lake, new woodlands and traditional grasslands.

Meddon Green - is the most recently designated LNR in the Biosphere Reserve and is owned by Hartland ParishCouncil. It is Devon's first culm grassland LNR.

Ford Woods in Bideford is also proposed as an LNR. For more information about LNRs contact Tom Hynes at the North Devon AONB and Biosphere Service or visit the Natural England website.