The UK has many Historic Battlefield sites, some of which have legal protection through heritage protection legislation whilst others are protected through landscape legislation.
designations
The Bern Convention is a binding international legal instrument in the field of nature conservation, covering most of the natural heritage of the European continent.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are one of the tools that can help to protect the marine environment, whilst also enabling its sustainable use.
Moorland generally refers to open upland landscapes dominated by heather and maintained through human management.
A Community Forest is a designated area close to large cities and contains large amounts of brownfield, underused and derelict land.
An Environmentally Sensitive Area is a type of designation for an agricultural area which needs special protection because of its landscape, wildlife or historical value.
World Heritage is the designation for places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity.
National Nature Reserves were established to protect some of our most important habitats, species and geology, and to provide ‘outdoor laboratories’ for research.
A Local Nature Reserve is a statutory designation made under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
A Public Right Of Way is a way, which the public have a right to pass and re-pass providing that the public stay on the route and do not cause a nuisance or obstruction.
A Listed Building is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England.
An Ancient Woodland is a woodland that has existed continuously since 1600 or before in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (or 1750 in Scotland)
The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) was published back in 1994, and was the UK Government’s response to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The fundamental aim of green belt policy is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open, and consequently the most important attribute of green belts is their openness.
A Ramsar Site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance for its wetlands, under the Ramsar Convention.
A Special Protection Area (SPA) is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.
A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Union’s Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the ‘Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora’.
Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union, made up of SACs, SPAs and includes both terrestrial and marine sites
A National Park is an area of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape that are designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act.
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area which has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.