North York Moors National Park
 

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Conservation

 

Conservation and Biodiversity

Rotational burning increases biodiversity of moorland areas.  Golden Plover breed on moorland. (Photo by John Knight)

The North York Moors National Park contains not only the largest continuous area of heather moorland in England and Wales, but also a variety of other important habitats such as grassland, wetland, woodland, rivers, farmland and a spectacular Heritage Coast.  Around a third of the Park is designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and much of this is also designated at an international level as Special Area of Conservation or as Special Protection Area.   Click on the links below to find out more.