Local Nature Reserves

• Purpose and definition of Local Nature Reserves
• Proposed new Local Nature Reserves
  

Local Nature Reserves in Leicester

Seven of Leicester's best wildlife sites are formally declared as Local Nature Reserves. All the sites are managed by the City Council or Groundwork Leicester and Leicestershire (formerly Environ), with the help of volunteers from the local community and the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV).

Click the link in the table to find more information about Leicester's Local Nature Reserves. Click the Postcode in the table to open a Google map showing the approximate location.
 

Local Nature Reserves

Site	Grid ref.	(nearby) Post code	Date declared	Area (hectares)   (within city)
Kirby Frith	SK541045	LE3 6TA	November 1989	1.891
Aylestone Meadows	SK572015	LE2 8LR LE3 2BD	April 2003	73.456
Humberstone Park	SK620052	LE5 4DG	April 2003	2.400
Knighton Spinney	SK606008	LE2 3RR	September 2003	2.896
The Orchards	SK566062	LE3 9QH	February 2004	6.614
Goss Meadows	SK567066	LE4 0FL LE4 0PS LE7 7GL	April 2004	2.964
Watermead South phase 1	SK600083	LE4 7RN LE4 7QW LE4 4EF	March 2005	48.880
TOTAL DECLARED (within city)				139.101
Watermead South phase 2	SK600083	LE4 7RN	Proposed*	18.7

*Watermead South Phase 2 is in Charnwood District.  LNR legislation requires that we enter into a legal agreement first with Charnwood Council, before declaration.