English Nature

NATIONAL PARKS AND ACCESS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1949

WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

DECLARATION OF NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE

PARISHES OF ALLER, BURROWBRIDGE, BURTLE, CHILTON POLDEN, CURRY RIVEL, EDINGTON, GODNEY, MIDDLEZOY, MOORLINCH, OTHERY, STOKE ST GREGORY AND WEDMORE, COUNTY OF SOMERSET

Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of section 19 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, and section 35 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, that by the Somerset Levels and Moors National Nature Reserve No 2 Declaration 2006, made on 26 September 2006, English Nature declared that the land having a total area of 166.91 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the parishes of Aller, Burrowbridge, Burtle, Chilton Polden, Curry Rivel, Edington, Godney, Middlezoy, Moorlinch, Othery, Stoke St Gregory and Wedmore, in the county of Somerset and shown single hatched and shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration, is being held by English Nature and managed as a nature reserve. The Declaration is additional to the land previously declared, which is shown un-hatched and shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration. Certified copies of the Somerset Levels and Moors National Nature Reserve No 2 Declaration 2006 have been deposited for public inspection, free of charge, during normal office hours at the offices of Somerset County Council, Sedgemoor District Council, and at the offices of English Nature at Roughmoor, Bishops Hull, Taunton and Northminster House, Peterborough. 29 September 2006.