Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve is an English Nature managed National Nature Reserve, which straddles the border between England and Wales, near Ellesmere. English Nature is the United Kingdom Government Agency that promotes the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places throughout England. ... National Nature Reserve is a United Kingdom government conservation designation for a nature reserve of national significance. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... Map sources for Ellesmere, Shropshire at grid reference SJ395345 Ellesmere is a market town in Shropshire, England. ...

It comprises three peat bogs: Virgin boreal acid bogs at Browns Lake Bog, Ohio A bog is a wetland type that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material. ...

• Fenn's Moss
• Whixall Moss
• Bettisfield Moss

It is bound by the Llangollen Canal on two sides. What we now know as the Llangollen Canal initially formed the majority of the Ellesmere Canal, and later was part of the Shropshire Union Canal, and only with increasing popularity of pleasure boats was it renamed the Llangollen Canal in an effort to attract more visitors: ironically, the canal was...

External links

English Nature page on the NNR

• Map sources for Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses NNR