SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Trunk Road Biodiversity Action Plan: Review for Discussion

natural heritage zones

Table 1: NHZs and LBAP areas
Zone		LBAP Area
NHZ 1	Shetland	Shetland
NHZ 2	Caithness and Orkney	Orkney, Highland
NHZ 3	Western Isles	Western Isles
NHZ 4	North West Seaboard	Highland
NHZ 5	The Peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland	Highland
NHZ 6	Western Seaboard	Argyll and Bute, Highland
NHZ 7	Northern Highlands	Highland
NHZ 8	Western Highlands	Highland
NHZ 9	North East Coastal Plain	NE Scotland
NHZ 10	Central Highlands Highland,	NE Scotland, Cairngorms
NHZ 11	Cairngorm Massif	Cairngorms, Highland
NHZ 12	North East Glens Highland,	NE Scotland, Cairngorm
NHZ 13	Lochaber	Argyll and Bute, Highland
NHZ 14	Argyll West and Islands	Argyll and Bute
NHZ 15	Breadalbane & East Argyll	Argyll and Bute, Sterling
NHZ 16	Eastern Lowlands	Tayside, Edinburgh, Borders, Fife, West Lothian, East Lothian, Mid Lothian, Falkirk, Clackmannanshire
NHZ 17	West Central Belt	Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Glasgow, West and Mid Lothian, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde, Falkirk
NHZ 18	Wigtown Machair and Solway Coast	Dumfries and Galloway
NHZ 19	Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire
NHZ 20	Border Hills	Border, South Lanarkshire, Mid Lothian
NHZ 21	Moray Firth	NE Scotland, Highland

Table 2: NHZs and the Trunk Road Network
Zone	Area	Trunk Road Coverage
NHZ 1	Shetland	N/A
NHZ 2	Caithness and Orkney	A9	Mybster - Thurso
NHZ 3	Western Isles	N/A
NHZ 4	North West Seaboard	A835	Braemore - Ullapool
NHZ 5	The Peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland	A9 A99	Loch Fleet - Mybster Whole Route
NHZ 6	Western Seaboard	A87	Kyle of Lochalsh - Uig
NHZ 7	Northern Highlands	A835 A82 A887 A87	Braemore - Tarvie Drumnadrochit - Spean Bridge Whole Route Loch Cluanie - A82
NHZ 8	Western Highlands	A87 A830	Kyle of Lochalsh - Loch Cluanie Mallaig - Kinlocheil
NHZ 9	North East Coastal Plain	A90 A96	Fraserburgh - Stonehaven Huntly - Aberdeen
NHZ 10	Central Highlands	A9 A889 A86	Carrbridge - Daviot Whole Route Kingussie - Spean Bridge
NHZ 11	Cairngorm Massif	A9	Kingussie - Calvine
NHZ 12	North East Glens	A96	Keith - Huntly
NHZ 13	Lochaber	A82 A85 A828	Fort William - Inverarnan Clifton - Oban Whole Route
NHZ 14	Argyll West and Islands	A83	Rest and be Thankful - Kennacraig
NHZ 15	Breadalbane and East Argyll	A85 A84 A82 A9 A83	Crianlarich - Crieff Lochearnhead - Callander Inverarnan - Arden Calvine - Bankfoot Rest and be Thankful - Tarbet
NHZ 16	Eastern Lowlands	A90 A92 M90 A9 A85 A84 M9 A985 A1 A68 A68 A702 M8 A720 M876 M80	Stonehaven - Perth Whole Route Whole Route Bankfoot - M9 Crieff - Perth Callander - Stirling Whole Route Whole Route Edinburgh - Scottish Border City Bypass - Soutra Hill Carfraemill - Camptown Hillend - Silverburn Hermiston Gait - Junction 3 Whole Route Whole Route Junction 4 - Stirling
NHZ 17	West Central Belt	M8 M74 A77 M80 M73 A725 A726 M77 A82 A78 A737 A738 A76 A8	Junction 3 - Junction 31 Rutherglen - Junction 12 Malletshue - Cairnryan M8 - Junction 3 Whole Route Whole Route Whole Route Whole Route Arden - M8 Whole Route Whole Route Whole Route Kilmarnock - Cumnock Whole Route
NHZ 18	Wigtown Machair and Solway Coast	A751 A77 A75	Whole Route Cairnryan - Stranraer Stranraer - Glenluce
NHZ 19	Dumfries and Galloway	A75 A701 A76 M74 M74 A702	Glenluce - Gretna Whole Route Cumnock - Dumfries Junction 12 - Junction 14 A701 - Gretna Biggar - Abington
NHZ 20	Border Hills	M74 A702 A7 A68 A68	Junction 14 - A701 Silverburn - Biggar Melrose - Auchenrivock Soutrahill - Carfraemill Camptown - Carter Bar
NHZ 21	Moray Firth	A9 A835 A82 A96	Loch Fleet - Daviot Tarvie - Tore Drumnadrochit - Inverness Keith - Inverness

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