Lincolnshire Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve – will be declared by Natural England this summer. The government agency will create a King’s Series of National Nature Reserves to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.

The plans will see the creation of five major National Nature Reserves named every year for the next five years – 25 in total.

The first – the Lincolnshire Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve – will be declared by Natural England this summer. Over 12 square miles in area, it contains a variety of sand dunes, saltmarsh, mudflats and freshwater marshes, which support many breeding and wintering birds, natterjack toads, special plants and insects.

The remaining four National Nature Reserves for 2023-2024 will be confirmed at a later date, but are likely to include the Mendip Hills in Somerset, Moccas Park in Herefordshire, Ingleborough in North Yorkshire and Lullington in East Sussex.

Coast path in England to be given Royal name

England’s longest national trail to be renamed the ‘King Charles III England Coast Path’after an unveiling on 10 May.

The King Charles III England Coast Path will be a 2,700-mile long National Trail around the whole of the English coast.

Natural England has worked in partnership with local authorities to open 794 miles of the route so far and the trail will be fully walkable by the end of 2024 – connecting communities from Northumberland to Cumbria via Cornwall.

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This Coronation year will also see the very first National Nature Reserves Week which will take place from 20th to 29th May 2023.

More can be read about the new King’s Series of National Nature Reserves here and further information on the renaming of the English coastal path here.