Lincolnshire is an English ceremonial county consisting of the North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire unitary authorities and the non-metropolitan Lincolnshire County Council, made up of six districts (Boston, East Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Holland, South Kesteven and West Lindsey) and the City of Lincoln. The non-metropolitan county is in the East Midlands, while the two unitary authorities are part of the Yorkshire and Humber region. Bound to the south by Rutland, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire, to the south-east by Norfolk and to the west by Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire's eastern edge follows the coastline with the North Sea and the southern bank of the Humber estuary to the north. The county's area is the fourth largest in England, but its population, at 714,800, is only the 14th highest.
Local nature reserves (LNRs) are designated by local authorities under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. The local authority must have legal control over the site, by owning or leasing it or having an agreement with the owner. LNRs are sites which have a special local interest either biologically or geologically, and local authorities have a duty to care for them. They can apply local bye-laws to manage and protect LNRs. As of January 2018, Lincolnshire has 32 designated Local Nature Reserves.
Sites SitePhotographAreaLocationDeclaring authorityOther classificationsMapDetailsDescriptionRefAtkinsons Warren32.8 hectaresFerry Road, Scunthorpe
SE 877 121North Lincolnshire Council"Atkinsons Warren LNR", Natural England. Retrieved 27 January 2018.Axholme Line-Haxey7.23 hectaresIsle of Axholme, Haxey Village
SE 773 005North Lincolnshire CouncilBradley and Dixon Woods41.77 hectaresSouth of Grimsby
TA 242 058North East Lincolnshire CouncilBrumby Wood21.84 hectaresScunthorpe
SE 880 103North Lincolnshire CouncilCleethorpes Country Park62.01 hectaresBetween Cleethorpes and Humberston
TA 304 067North East Lincolnshire CouncilCleethorpes Sands457.24 hectaresCleethorpes
TA 325 070North East Lincolnshire CouncilHumber Estuary SSSI, Humber Estuary Ramsar, Humber Estuary SAC, Humber Estuary SPA Conesby?SE 891 146Lincolnshire County CouncilCross O'Cliff Orchard1.70 hectaresOff Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln
SK 975 688Lincolnshire County CouncilFar Ings15.15 hectaresBarton-upon-Humber
TA 010 228North Lincolnshire CouncilFrodingham Railway Cutting1.73 hectaresScunthorpe
SE 889 106North Lincolnshire CouncilHavenside18.91 hectaresFishtoft
TF 350 415Boston Borough CouncilLollycocks Field2.15 hectaresSleaford
TF 074 459North Kesteven District CouncilMareham Pastures11.00 hectaresSleaford
TF 073 446Lincolnshire County CouncilOwlet Plantation50.28 hectaresBlyton
SK 829 952Lincolnshire County CouncilOwston Ferry Castle0.90 hectaresOwston Ferry
SE 804 002North Lincolnshire CouncilPhoenix24.10 hectaresSE 878 140Phoenix Parkway20.81 hectaresScunthorpe SE 880 133North Lincolnshire District CouncilRed Hill2.87 hectaresGoulceby
TF 264 877Lincolnshire County CouncilSawcliffe14.86 hectaresScunthorpe
SE 903 132North Lincolnshire CouncilSilica Lodge9.49 hectaresScunthorpe
SE 876 078North Lincolnshire CouncilSnipe Dales82.16 hectaresLusby with Winceby (near Hagworthingham)
F 319 683Lincolnshire County CouncilSouth Thoresby Warren12.43 hectaresSouth Thoresby
TF 394 762Lincolnshire County CouncilStanton's Pit 8.05 hectaresLittle Bytham
TF 032 174Lincolnshire County CouncilSwanholme Lakes52.51 hectaresLincoln
SK 944 685City of Lincoln CouncilThe Pingle3.42 hectaresConingsby
TF 230 854East Lindsey District CouncilThe Shrubberies4.39 hectaresLong Sutton
TF 425 234Lincolnshire County CouncilTheaker Avenue2.25 hectaresGainsborough
SK 830 903West Lindsey District CouncilVernatts Drain1.68 hectaresSpalding
TF 249 240South Holland District CouncilWater's Edge Country Park41.46 hectaresBarton-upon-Humber
TA 030 231North Lincolnshire CouncilWeelsby Woods Park34.7 hectaresGrimsby
TA 285 076North East Lincolnshire CouncilWhisby Nature Park107.57 hectaresThorpe-on-the-Hill
SK 912 662North Kesteven District CouncilWilloughby Branch Line6.24 hectaresWilloughby
TF 472 734Lincolnshire County Council
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