Identification

Title

National Nature Reserves (Scotland)

Abstract

The National Nature Reserve (NNR) Partnership awards the NNR accolade to the best places for people to see the best of Scotland’s nature. SNH formally declares the Partnership’s recommended places under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/ows?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities

name: nnr

description: nnr

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

protocol: OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-capabilities

name: protectedareas:nnr

description: National Nature Reserves

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/NNR_SCOTLAND_SHP_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/NNR_SCOTLAND_GDB_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/NNR_SCOTLAND_GEOJSON_4326.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/NNR_SCOTLAND_GPKG_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: Geopackage (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/NNR_SCOTLAND_GML_4258.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GML (EPSG:4258)

function: download

https://opendata.nature.scot/datasets/national-nature-reserves/explore

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

function: information

https://services1.arcgis.com/LM9GyVFsughzHdbO/arcgis/rest/services/National_Nature_Reserves/FeatureServer/0

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: ArcGIS Rest FeatureServer

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

NNR

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Nature conservation

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-9.234137625

East bounding longitude

0.258049875

North bounding latitude

61.541233625

South bounding latitude

54.334202375

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1997

End position

2011

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-05-18

Frequency of update

quarterly

Quality and validity

Lineage

Since 1981, when SSSIs and NNRs ceased to be mutually exclusive under the terms of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, all NNRs have been notified as SSSIs on the grounds that this is a more effective tool for protecting the nature conservation interest.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

true

explanation

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no limitation

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Information Group

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

web address

https://opendata.nature.scot/search

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

description: Our OpenData Hub allows you to download a wide range of the spatial data held by NatureScot. You can browse through the data available, and access the data in several GIS formats as well as our OGC services.

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geographic Information Group

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

web address

https://opendata.nature.scot/search

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

description: Our OpenData Hub allows you to download a wide range of the spatial data held by NatureScot. You can browse through the data available, and access the data in several GIS formats as well as our OGC services.

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-07-20T14:04:39

Metadata language