List of Local Nature Reserves in Wales

The following is a list of local nature reserve

Local Nature Reserve

Local nature reserve or LNR is a designation for nature reserves in the United Kingdom. The designation has its origin in the recommendations of the Wild Life Conservation Special Committee which established the framework for nature conservation in the United Kingdom and suggested a national suite...

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Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

Site Name	Authority	Date	Area (ha Hectare The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2... )
Allt-yr-yn Allt-yr-yn Allt-yr-yn is a suburb of the city of Newport, south-east Wales.Pronounced by English-speaking locals as "Olt-er-reen", the spelling should include two Ns at the end, as "Allt-yr-ynn"...	Newport	1995	19.98
Alyn Waters Alyn Waters Alyn Waters is a country park situated in the county of Wrexham, North East Wales and managed by Wrexham County Borough. Alyn Waters takes its name from the River Alyn which passes through the park and a footpath runs parallel to the river. The park is split in two by the river with one part in...	Wrexham	1999	31.09
Ashpits Pond	Carmarthenshire	2006	11.96
Bishop's Wood Bishop's Wood Bishop's Wood is a nature reserve in the Gower Peninsula, south Wales.The area consists of 46 acres of limestone woodland and grassland. Part of the wood is classified as ancient woodland...	Swansea	1976	17.98
Bodlondeb Wood	Conwy	2007	7.62
Brickfields Pond	Denbighshire	1997	5.87
Bryn Euryn Bryn Euryn Bryn Euryn is a mountain which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales; .- External link:*...	Swansea	1999	24.3
Cadle Heath	Swansea	1996	11.58
Carreg Cennen Woodlands	Carmarthenshire	1976	16.13
Church Wood and Spring Vale Ponds	Torfaen	2008	16.35
Cleddon Bog	Monmouthshire	1970	14.98
Cliff Wood	Glamorgan	1970	10.94
Coed Cyrnol	Ynys Môn	2005	5.28
Coed Dinorwig	Gwynedd	1976	48.82
Coed y Cerrig	Powys	1977	5.63
Craig y Parciau Woodland	Bridgend	1994	3.1
Craig yr Hesg	Rhondda Cynon Taff	2008	19.21
Cwm Nofydd a Fforest Ganol	Cardiff	1995	53.09
Cwm Taf Fechan woodlands Cwm Taf Fechan Woodlands Cwm Taf Fechan Woodlands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, south Wales....	Merthyr Tydfil	1975	41.32
Cwm Talog woodlands	Glamorgan	1977	2.77
Cwm Llwyd wood	Swansea	1981	6.14
Cwm Llwydrew meadows	Caerphilly	2001	4.38
Cwmynyscoy quarry	Torfaen	2008	5.25
Cycle path from Blaenavon	Torfaen	2008	17.74
Cytir Mawr	Ynys Môn	2006	6.44
Dudley Quarry	Gwynedd	1994	16.08
Fairy Glen	Conwy	2004	3.13
Flat Holm Flat Holm Flat Holm is a limestone island lying in the Bristol Channel approximately from Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, but in the City and County of Cardiff. It includes the most southerly point of Wales....	Cardiff	1977	34.01
Flatwood Meadow	Caerphilly	1995	3.46
Foryd Bay Foryd Bay Foryd Bay is a tidal bay in Gwynedd, Wales. It is located at the south-western end of the Menai Straits, about two miles south-west of Caernarfon. Several rivers flow into the bay and there are large areas of mudflats and salt marsh. A shingle spit partly blocks the mouth of the bay...	Gwynedd	1993	304.73
Freshwater East Freshwater East Freshwater East is a village in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales. The majority of the village is located on the cliff overlooking the bay. It is about 2 miles south of Lamphey and 7 miles from Pembroke by road. In the valley there is a holiday park called Trewent Park...	Pembrokeshire	2007	41.01
Frog Pond Wood	Bridgend	1994	2.8
Garn Lakes	Torfaen	2008	52.96
Gathering Grounds Woods	Flintshire	2000	5.03
Glamorganshire Canal Glamorganshire Canal The Glamorganshire Canal was a canal in south Wales, UK, running from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff. Construction started in 1790, and the 25 miles of canal was fully opened by 1794. Its primary purpose was to enable the Merthyr iron industries to transport their goods, and it later served the coal...	Cardiff	1981	35.01
Glan yr Afon	Carmarthenshire	2007	12.51
Glyn Cornel Grounds	Rhondda Cynon Taff	1998	35.67
Graig Goch	Caerphilly	1994	14.33
Great Ormes Head	Conwy	1981	183.2
Gronant Dunes	Denbighshire	1999	188.09
Henllys Open Space	Torfaen	2008	7.44
Hermit Wood	Cardiff	1985	1.47
Howardian	Cardiff	1991	11.18
Kenfig Kenfig Kenfig is a village and former borough in Bridgend, Wales.The borough contributed with other Glamorgan towns to sending a member of parliament to Westminster until the Reform Act of 1832...	Bridgend	1978	628.89
Killay Marsh	Swansea	1996	8.31
Kinmel Dunes	Conwy	1999	6.75
Llanddona Common	Ynys Môn	2002	16.29
Llangoed Common	Ynys Môn	2002	6.1
Locks Common	Bridgend	2003	34.43
Lôn Cob Bach	Gwynedd	1996	11.7
Memorial Park Meadows	Caerphilly	1994	7.34
Moel Findeg	Denbighshire	1999	21.33
Mumbles Hill Mumbles Hill Mumbles Hill is a hill near the south eastern tip of the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Parts of the hill form a designated Local Nature Reserve, declared in 1991.Defensive gunnery positions were built on the hill in World War II...	Swansea	1991	21.67
Mynydd Marian Mynydd Marian Mynydd Marian is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales....	Conwy	2005	11.54
Nant y Coed	Conwy	2000	8.89
North Rock Dunes	Carmarthenshire	2006	4.18
Pant-y-Sais	Neath Port Talbot	1984	18.92
Parc Bryn Bach	Blaenau Gwent	2000	75.32
Parc y Borth	Gwynedd	1996	6.88
Pembrey Burrows Pembrey Burrows Pembrey Burrows stretch from Burry Port's harbour area – a former coal port, now a marina – to Pembrey Country Park, a leisure and nature complex that is one of West Wales's leading visitor attraction....	Carmarthenshire	1993	250.81
Pen y Banc	Gwynedd	1996	20.13
Pendinas	Ceredigion	1999	40.49
Penglais	Ceredigion	1995	10.54
Pwll Du Cliffs	Swansea	1996	18.76
Pwllycrochan Woods	Conwy	2000	20.45
Silent Valley	Blaenau Gwent	1997	51.82
Swansea Canal Swansea Canal The Swansea Canal was a canal constructed by the Swansea Canal Navigation Company between 1794 and 1798, running for some from Swansea to Hen Neuadd, Abercraf in South Wales. It was steeply graded, and 36 locks were needed to enable it to rise over its length...	Neath Port Talbot	1987	3.56
Talybont Reservoir Talybont Reservoir The Talybont Reservoir is the largest stillwater reservoir in the central Brecon Beacons at .-References:- External links :...	Powys	1975	195.12
Tirpentwys	Torfaen	2008	33.86
Traeth Lafan	Conwy	2006	2637.01
Trwyn yr Wylfa	Ynys Môn	2004	13.49
Upper Till Dingle Woods	Conwy	2007	1.48
Y Dingle The Dingle, Anglesey The Dingle is a nature reserve found just to the north of Llangefni, Anglesey, north Wales. Dingle is a common placename in the English language, which means "steep wooded valley", which describes it well. However, like many similar English names for natural attractions in Wales, e.g. Fairy Glen,...	Ynys Môn	1995	8.52

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