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National Nature Reserves (Scotland)

Publisher
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Updated
6 August 2026
Topic
Not set
Licence
Not set

Summary

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.

Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
ArcGIS Rest FeatureServer 6/8/2026
NatureScot Map Viewer 6/8/2026
NatureScot OpenData Hub 6/8/2026
GML (EPSG:4258) ZIP 6/8/2026
GeoJSON (EPSG:4326) ZIP 6/8/2026
Geopackage (EPSG:27700) ZIP 6/8/2026
ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700) ZIP 6/8/2026
ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700) ZIP 6/8/2026
protectedareas:nnr 6/8/2026
nnr 6/8/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
06 August 2026
Harvest GUID
16E144E5-4ACC-42B0-AA4A-366F7E8A87B2
Extent (Latitude)
61.5412° to 54.3342°
Extent (Longitude)
-9.2341° to 0.258°
Dataset reference date (revision)
2026-08-06
Frequency of update
quarterly
Access constraints
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Responsible party
NatureScot (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng