List of local nature reserves in Wales

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The following is a list of local nature reserves in Wales.

Site NameAuthorityDateArea (ha)
Allt-yr-yn Newport199519.98
Alyn Waters Wrexham199931.09
Ashpits Pond Carmarthenshire200611.96
Bishop's Wood Swansea197617.98
Bodlondeb Woods Conwy20077.62
Brickfields Pond Denbighshire19975.87
Bryn Euryn Conwy199924.3
Cadle Heath Swansea199611.58
Carreg Cennen Woodlands Carmarthenshire197616.13
Church Wood and Spring Vale Ponds Torfaen200816.35
Cleddon Bog Monmouthshire197014.98
Cliff Wood Glamorgan197010.94
Coed Cyrnol Anglesey20055.28
Coed Dinorwig Gwynedd197648.82
Coed y Cerrig Powys19775.63
Cosmeston Lakes Country Park Vale of Glamorgan2013110.00
Craig y Parciau Woodland Bridgend19943.1
Craig yr Hesg Rhondda Cynon Taf200819.21
Cwm Nofydd a Fforest Ganol Cardiff199553.09
Cwm Taf Fechan Woodlands Merthyr Tydfil197541.32
Cwm Talog woodlands Glamorgan19772.77
Cwm Llwyd wood Swansea19816.14
Cwm Llwydrew meadows Caerphilly20014.38
Cwmynyscoy quarry Torfaen20085.25
Cycle path from Blaenavon Torfaen200817.74
Cytir Mawr Anglesey20066.44
Dudley Quarry Gwynedd199416.08
Fairy Glen Conwy20043.13
Flat Holm Cardiff197734.01
Flatwood Meadow Caerphilly19953.46
Foryd Bay Gwynedd1993304.73
Freshwater East Pembrokeshire200741.01
Frog Pond Wood Bridgend19942.8
Garn Lakes Torfaen200852.96
Gathering Grounds Woods Flintshire20005.03
Glamorganshire Canal Cardiff198135.01
Glan yr Afon Carmarthenshire200712.51
Glyn Cornel Grounds Rhondda Cynon Taf199835.67
Graig Goch Caerphilly199414.33
Great Ormes Head Conwy1981183.2
Gronant Dunes Denbighshire1999188.09
Henllys Open Space Torfaen20087.44
Hermit Wood Cardiff19851.47
Howardian Cardiff199113
Kenfig Bridgend1978628.89
Killay Marsh Swansea19968.31
Kinmel Dunes Conwy19996.75
Llanddona Common Anglesey200216.29
Llangoed Common Anglesey20026.1
Locks Common Bridgend200334.43
Lôn Cob Bach Gwynedd199611.7
Memorial Park Meadows Caerphilly19947.34
Moel Findeg Denbighshire199921.33
Mumbles Hill Swansea199121.67
Mynydd Marian Conwy200511.54
Nant y Coed Conwy20008.89
North Rock Dunes Carmarthenshire20064.18
Pant-y-Sais Neath Port Talbot198418.92
Parc Bryn Bach Blaenau Gwent200075.32
Parc y Borth Gwynedd19966.88
Pembrey Burrows Carmarthenshire1993250.81
Pen y Banc Gwynedd199620.13
Pendinas Ceredigion199940.49
Penglais Ceredigion199510.54
Pwll Du Cliffs Swansea199618.76
Pwllycrochan Woods Conwy200020.45
Silent Valley Blaenau Gwent199751.82
Swansea Canal Neath Port Talbot19873.56
Talybont Reservoir Powys1975195.12
Tirpentwys Torfaen200833.86
Traeth Lafan Conwy20062637.01
Trwyn yr Wylfa Anglesey200413.49
Upper Till Dingle Woods Conwy20071.48
Y Dingle Anglesey19958.52

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