Kinder A National Nature Reserve

Kinder Scout in the Peak District has been officially declared a National Nature Reserve (NNR) by Natural England, a move aimed at helping to conserve vulnerable habitats.


The Kinder plateau is owned and managed by the National Trust and covers about 1700 acres of upland habitats including blanket bog and sub-alpine dwarf shrub heath. The area also supports several upland breeding birds, notably species of birds of prey and waders, curlew and ring ouzel. It's also one of the few parts of England where arctic hares live.

As part of being an NNR, assessments will be made of the potential to restore damaged habitat areas, including the regeneration of bog mosses, which are fundamental to the long-term process of peat creation and carbon storage.

Kinder is a fantastic walking area and, of course, historically the site of the 1932 Kinder Trespass where walkers asserted their right to roam across open moorland, an event which led indirectly to the creation of the National Parks and the current right to roam legislation.

Mike Innerdale, the National Trust’s Peak District General Manager said: "Kinder Scout is an iconic part of the Peak District that is enjoyed by millions of visitors each year and The National Trust strongly supports the declaration of the site as a National Nature Reserve. Kinder is an area that provides a great opportunity for people to enjoy the countryside and experience nature, NNR status will help us to provide even more opportunities for visitors to discover this dramatic landscape."

More information at www.naturalengland.org.uk