List of local nature reserves in Leicestershire

The area of the administrative county is 806 square miles (2,090 km2)[1] and the population according to the 2011 census is 980,000.

[2] Leicester City Council is a unitary authority,[3] and the rest of the county is administered by Leicestershire County Council at the top level, with seven district councils in the second tier, Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton, North West Leicestershire and Oadby and Wigston.

The local authority must have a legal control over the site, by owning or leasing it or having an agreement with the owner.

[7] The largest is Burbage Common and Woods at 85 hectares (210 acres), where over 300 species of flowering plants, 250 of fungi, 100 of birds, 20 of butterflies and 15 of damselflies and dragonflies have been recorded.

[8] The smallest is Lucas Marsh with 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres), a former quarry which is part of Brock's Hill Country Park.