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