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Landscape Character Types

The links below provide a description of key characteristics and land management guidance for each of the defined Landscape Character Types in the county.

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

Landscape Character Assesment Map

View a map of all the Landscape Character Areas in Dorset

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