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Natural EnglandHousing & environment

Create or extend 25 nature reserves by 2027

“That’s why Natural England is delivering the King’s Series of National Nature Reserves, which will create or extend 25 NNRs by 2027, leaving a legacy for people and nature.”

DeliveringPress release (Natural England), 7 Oct 2026
  5. Delivering

Where it stands

Natural England's notice of 19 March 2026 says Seven Sisters became the 13th National Nature Reserve in the King's Series, halfway to 25; Lyscombe in Dorset was declared on 15 September 2026 as the latest. That notice gives the target date as 2028, while the 7 October 2026 release says 2027; the card uses the date in the quote and reads "by 2027" as the end of 2027.

What has happened

  1. Oct 2026Natural England says the King's Series will create or extend 25 National Nature Reserves by 2027, Promised
  2. Oct 2026Under way: Natural England reported the 13th King's Series reserve (Seven Sisters) on 19 March 2026, and declared Lyscombe in Dorset on 15 September 2026, Delivering evidence
  3. Dec 202725 new or extended National Nature Reserves due (by 2027, as stated), Deadline

About the cost

No costing published in the release.

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