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The AONB covers ancient woodland, commercial forestry, the estuaries of the Alde, Blyth, Deben, Orwell and Stour rivers, farmland, salt marsh, heathland, mudflats, reed beds, small towns and villages, shingle beaches and low eroding cliffs along 60 miles of coastline.
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AONB and covers
It was opened in 1986 and covers the North Norfolk Coast AONB ( Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ).
The historical extent of Bowland Forest is divided into two large administrative townships, Great Bowland ( Bowland Forest High and Bowland Forest Low ) and Little Bowland ( Bowland-with-Leagram ), but the modern-day AONB covers a much larger area.
The designated area of the AONB covers approximately half of the island ( 189 square kilometres ), concentrated around the south-west and north-west coastal areas and including an area of inland downland in the island's east.
The AONB covers an area of some.
The Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers 560 square kilometres, while the Countryside Service recognise a wider Lincolnshire Wolds Character / Natural Area which incorporates the AONB and the neighbouring areas of the ( geographical ) Wolds to the north and south, which are not covered by the AONB.
Straddling the borders of Somerset and Devon, the Blackdown Hills AONB covers an area of.
The AONB was designated in 1958 and covers one quarter of the county of Surrey.
The Surrey Hills AONB is surrounded by an Area of Great Landscape Value ( an area designated by Surrey County Council as being of high visual quality worthy of conservation ), which covers a further 8 % of the county.
It was designated an AONB in 1967 and covers an area of 31. 08 km².
AONB and ancient
The lonely Bluestone Heath Road follows the course of an ancient drove road from west to east across the Wolds, and several " A " roads also run through the AONB.
AONB and Orwell
Three long distance footpaths pass through the AONB: the Suffolk Coast Path, the Sandlings Walk and the Stour and Orwell Walk.
AONB and Stour
The vale is part of the Stour valley and part of the Dorset AONB.
AONB and rivers
The landscape of the North Pennines AONB is one of open heather moors between deep dales, upland rivers, hay meadows and stone-built villages, some of which contain the legacies of a mining and industrial past.
AONB and heathland
In the North Pennines are: 40 % of the UK's upland hay meadows ; 30 % of England's upland heathland and 27 % of its blanket bog ; 80 % of England's Black Grouse ; Short-eared Owl, Ring Ouzel, Common Snipe and Common Redshank ; 36 % of the AONB designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest ; Red squirrels, otters and rare arctic alpine plants ; 22, 000 pairs of breeding waders and England's biggest waterfall-High Force.
AONB and small
On the south east arm of the AONB can be found Watership Down where the book Watership Down by Richard Adams is set, to the north of the small market town of Whitchurch, Hampshire.
Clun is a small town of less than 1, 000 located in the east, in the Clun Valley, and is the only other town ( apart from Church Stretton ) within the boundaries of the AONB.
Orford is a small town in Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.
AONB and towns
The Blackdown Hills AONB is unique in that there are no towns or cities within its boundary.
It comprises the large towns of Chesham and Amersham and outlying village settlements set within rural land which is within the Metropolitan Green Belt and part of which also falls within the Chilterns AONB.
AONB and cliffs
Designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ), along the coast are Gullyn Rock, Diamond Rock and sandstone and slate cliffs.
AONB and along
It runs from Farnham to Dover, past Godalming, Guildford, Dorking, Merstham, Otford and Rochester, along the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) and Kent Downs AONB.
In due course two AONBs, split along the county boundary, were designated, namely the East Hampshire AONB in 1962 and the Sussex Downs AONB in 1966, and these were later to form the basis of the South Downs National Park.
Mevagissey is within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) which along with National Parks, are considered to be the most special landscapes in the country and belong to an international family of protected areas.
The Blackdown Hills are a range of hills along the Somerset-Devon border in south-western England, which were designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) in 1991.
AONB and 60
A large part of the district is now designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ), but a portion of the coast around Worbarrow Bay and the ghost village of Tyneham is still, after nearly 60 years, in the possession of the Ministry of Defence who use it as a training area.
AONB and miles
An area of 379 square miles ( 981 square kilometres ) of the Cranborne Chase and the West Wiltshire Downs has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ), the sixth largest AONB in the country.
Midford is a village approximately miles south south east of Bath, Somerset, England within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ).
Minsmere is a hamlet on the Suffolk coast a couple of miles south of Dunwich, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB in England.
AONB and coastline
In addition to Penwith's status as a Heritage coastline, west Penwith, an area of 90 square kilometres, is considered an Environmentally Sensitive Area and is part of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ).
AONB and .
It is bordered by and forms a part of the character of a number of nationally important protected landscapes including the New Forest National Park, and the Isle of Wight AONB.
Other areas were also considered: for example, parts of the coast of Cornwall were considered as a possible national park in the 1950s but were thought to be too disparate to form a single coherent national park and were eventually designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) instead.
Surrounding land and beauty spots such as Cotmandene and Box Hill were donated by landowners for public use, protected by the Metropolitan Green Belt and AONB designation of the North Downs and Greensand Ridge.
The waterfall is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) and European Geopark.
Blakeney lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB ( Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ) and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast.
It lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB ( Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ) and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast.
The town is within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.
Historic urban spaces receive protection through designation as " conservation areas ", and historic landscapes are designated through National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) legislation.
The reserve is part of the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the larger area is additionally protected through Natura 2000, Special Protection Area ( SPA ) and Ramsar listings, and is part of both an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) and a World Biosphere Reserve.
The Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Suffolk, England.
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) is an area of countryside considered to have significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by Natural England on behalf of the United Kingdom government ; the Countryside Council for Wales on behalf of the Welsh Government ; or the Northern Ireland Environment Agency on behalf of the Northern Ireland Executive.
The primary purpose of the AONB designation is to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the landscape, with two secondary aims: meeting the need for quiet enjoyment of the countryside and having regard for the interests of those who live and work there.
By contrast, there are very limited statutory duties imposed on local authorities within an AONB and there is evidence to indicate many residents in such areas may be unaware of the status.
The first AONB was awarded in 1956 to the Gower Peninsula, south Wales.
The most recently confirmed is the Tamar Valley AONB in 1994.
All English and Welsh AONBs have a dedicated AONB officer and other staff.
The smallest AONB is the Isles of Scilly ( 1976 ),, and the largest AONB is the Cotswolds ( 1966 ),.
There are growing concerns among environmental and countryside groups that AONB status is increasingly under threat from development.
Three particular sites were cited: the Dorset AONB threatened by a road plan, the threat of a football stadium in the Sussex Downs AONB, and, larger than any other, a £ 1 billion plan by Imperial College to build thousands of houses and offices on hundreds of acres of AONB land on the Kent Downs at Wye.
In September 2007 government approval was finally given for the development of a new football ground for Brighton and Hove Albion within the boundaries of the Sussex Downs AONB, after a fierce fight by conservationists.
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