Shropshires’s Stiperstones becomes England’s latest national nature reserve

Earlier this month the Lord-Lieutenant of shropshire, Anna Turner was delighted to launch the Stiperstones Landscape National Nature Reserve (NNR).

The NNR brings together a partnership of six landowning organisations, including Natural England, Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Shropshire Council, Linley Estate, Forestry England and Middle Marches Community Land Trust.

The newly 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. 

The Stiperstones Landscape reserve is part of the King’s Series of National Nature Reserves, a project created to honour King Charles III’s Coronation and his long-standing commitment to the environment. This series marks the most significant expansion of England’s NNR network in a generation, with 25 new reserves planned by 2028.

The project directly supports the government’s environmental commitments, including safeguarding natural carbon stores, managing flood risk, and improving water quality. The reserve will also provide vital habitat connectivity for species across the landscape.

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