National nature reserves in Cumbria

National nature reserves in England were established by English Nature, now Natural England, which manages them either directly or through non-governmental organisations such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds or the National Trust.

There are 25 national nature reserves in Cumbria, including the large Moor House-Upper Teesdale reserve which is shared with County Durham.

All national nature reserves include all or part of a named Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Moor House-Upper Teesdale is also a Biosphere reserve.

Types of habitat

 * Wetlands

A number of the reserves are bogs (often called "moss" in local dialect), a type of habit which the European Union is keen to protect. Bassenthwaite Lake, one of the largest lakes in the English Lake District, is a habitat for the Osprey.

Whitbarrow and Park Wood are limestone habitats.
 * Limestone pavements

List

 * Bassenthwaite Lake
 * Blelham Bog
 * Clawthorpe Fell
 * Cliburn Moss
 * Drumburgh Moss
 * Duddon Mosses
 * Finglandrigg Woods
 * Gowk Bank
 * Great Asby Scar
 * Hallsenna Moor
 * High Leys
 * Moor House-Upper Teesdale
 * North Fen
 * North Walney
 * Park Wood
 * Roudsea Wood & Mosses
 * Rusland Moss
 * Sandscale Haws
 * Sandybeck Meadow
 * Smardale Gill
 * South Solway Mosses (Bowness Common, Glasson Moss, Wedholme Flow SSSI's)
 * Tarn Moss
 * Thornhill Moss and Meadows
 * Walton Moss
 * Whitbarrow