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  2. Countryside, coast and parks
  3. The Dorset Landscape
  4. Landscape Character Assessment Map

Landscape Character Assessment Map

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  • Chalk ridge / escarpment
  • Chalk valley & downland
  • Clay vale
  • Clay valley
  • Coastal grassland
  • Harbour / wetland / lagoon
  • Heath / farmland mosaic
  • Heath / forest mosaic
  • Limestone hills
  • Limestone peninsula
  • Limestone plateau
  • Lowland heathland
  • Open chalk downland
  • Ridge & vale
  • River terrace
  • Rolling vales
  • Rolling wooded pasture
  • Undulating river valley
  • Valley pasture
  • Wooded chalk downland
  • Wooded hills

You can also download this data for your own use. The data is released under the Open Government Licence.

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