Wigan, Declaration of National Nature Reserve.

WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
DECLARATION OF NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WIGAN
NOTICE is hereby given that:
In pursuance of section 35(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, Natural England has, by The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh National Nature Reserve No.01 Declaration 2022 made on the 5th day of September 2022, declared the land referred to therein a National Nature Reserve.
The land having a total area of 738.21 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and shown shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration, is held by Forestry England, the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, and Wigan Borough Council, bodies approved by Natural England, and is being managed as a nature reserve.
Natural England is satisfied that the said land is of national importance.
The declaration and associated maps may be viewed on Natural England's website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-nature-reserves-formal-notice-of-new-or-extended-sites
Chris Evans,
Area Senior Adviser, National Nature Reserves, on behalf of Natural England.