97 Arden
The key characteristics of the Arden countryside are:
Well-wooded farmland landscape with rolling landform.
Ancient landscape pattern of small fields, winding lanes and dispersed, isolated hamlets.
Contrasting patterns of well-hedged, irregular fields and small woodlands interspersed with larger semi-regular fields on former deer parks and estates, and a geometric pattern on former commons.
Numerous areas of former wood-pasture with large, old, oak trees, often associated with heathland remnants.
Narrow, meandering river valleys with long river meadows.
North-eastern industrial area based around former Warwickshire coalfield, with distinctive colliery settlements.
North-western area dominated by urban development and associated urban edge landscapes.
For further details on this character area and for an introduction to the region, please see the PDF documents in the box at the top right hand side of this page.
