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Stiperstones Landscape NNR declaration

• The NNR brings together a partnership of six landowning organisations, which includes Natural England, Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Shropshire Council, Linley Estate, Forestry England and Middle Marches Community Land Trust (MMCLT).
• The NNR is one of the ‘King’s Series’ of National Nature Reserves, the first of which was declared in 2023, in honour of His Majesty The King’s longstanding passion for the natural environment. This is the most significant expansion of the NNR series in a generation.
• The expanded NNR will cover 1562 Hectares of nationally rare upland habitats which includes a mix of lowland and upland heath, woodland, bog, mire and flush and acidic grasslands
• Bringing these sites together under the banner of one NNR will aid nature recovery across and beyond these sites. The partners will work together to create a strategic management plan for all sites, which will better inform the existing site-based plans and set them in a wider and more ambitious context.

MMCLT own two reserves that will be included in the NNR: Norbury Hill and Minsterley Meadows, and we look forward to working with the partners across the NNR area.