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The new rights were introduced region by region through England and Wales, with completion in 2005. Maps showing accessible areas have been produced, and are available online as "open access maps" produced by Natural England. [30] Commons are included in the public access land now shown on the Ordnance Survey Explorer maps.
Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside (MAGIC) is a governmental website in the United Kingdom which provides geographic information, in map form.. Launched in 2002, [1] the site originally only had information for rural areas in England but it has grown to include information on a wide range of landscape and environmental designations in England, Wales and Scotland, and cover ...
NNRs are managed on behalf of the nation, many by Natural England itself, but also by non-governmental organisations, including the members of The Wildlife Trusts partnership, the National Trust, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. There are 221 NNRs in England covering 1,100 square kilometres (420 square miles). [1]
There are 120 Natural Areas in England ranging from the North Pennines to the Dorset Heaths and from The Lizard to The Fens. They were first defined in 1996 by English Nature and the Countryside Commission, with help from English Heritage. They produced a map of England that depicts the natural and cultural dimensions of the landscape. [3]
The valley and the surrounding Saddleworth Moor are designated as 'Open Access' land for the public, following the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. [2] Much of Saddleworth Moor is a 9,000 year-old peat landscape of blanket bog. The upper Greenfield Valley is part of the Dark Peak SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest).
Natural England has its local base at Slepe Farm near Wareham, and from there also administers the Stoborough Heath NNR [5] and the adjacent Hartland Moor NNR. [ 6 ] The RSPB owns and manages a large nature reserve at Arne [ 7 ] and the Dorset Wildlife Trust has two reserves at East Creech and also manages the unique Purbeck Marine Wildlife ...
Area{{efn|Unless specified otherwise, the area is taken from the Natural England map of each site. (Click on the identify icon (i) in the "Feature Tools" and then click on the site.) [6] Location [b] Map [c] Details [d] Other classifications Free public access [e] Description Abney Park Cemetery: 12.54 hectares (31.0 acres) Hackney
A river on Kinder Scout, an area of England designated as Open Country "Open Country" is a designation used for some access land in England and Wales. It was first defined under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (and extended by the Countryside Act 1968), and was land over which an appropriate access agreement had been made.