Encompassing 1,413 ha of land, the new ‘super’ NNR will stretch from woodlands in England’s smallest city of Wells to across the southern Mendip slopes and Brean Down in the Severn estuary. Nine organisations will be working together in partnership on the new site — Natural England, Somerset Wildlife Trust, Avon Wildlife Trust, Mendip Hills AONB, the National Trust, Longleat and Cheddar Gorge Caves, the Butterfly Conservation, the Woodland Trust, and the South West Heritage Trust.
This partnership will be at the heart of nature recovery in the Mendip Hills and will enable land managers to work together to maximise the benefits for nature, science, and people, improving nature recovery on a landscape-scale and creating more opportunities for people to connect with the natural world.