Natural England - South West
South West
The features that define the landscape of each area are recorded in individual descriptions which explain what makes one area different from another and shows how that character has arisen and how it is changing.
An introduction to the region - Countryside character: South West: (809kb)
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South West National Character Area map
- 100. Herefordshire Lowlands
- 103. Malvern Hills
- 104. South Herefordshire and Over Severn
- 105. Forest of Dean and Lower Wye
- 106. Severn and Avon Vales
- 107. Cotswolds
- 108. Upper Thames Clay Vales
- 109. Midvale Ridge
- 116. Berkshire and Marlborough Downs
- 117. Avon Vales
- 118. Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges
- 129. Thames Basin Heaths
- 130. Hampshire Downs
- 131. New Forest
- 132. Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs
- 133. Blackmoor Vale and Vale of Wardour
- 134. Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase
- 135. Dorset Heaths
- 136. South Purbeck
- 137. Isle of Portland
- 138. Weymouth Lowlands
- 139. Marshwood and Powerstock Vales
- 140. Yeovil Scarplands
- 141. Mendip Hills
- 142. Somerset Levels and Moors
- 143. Mid Somerset Hills
- 144. Quantock Hills
- 145. Exmoor
- 146. Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes
- 147. Blackdowns
- 148. Devon Redlands
- 149. The Culm
- 150. Dartmoor
- 151. South Devon
- 152. Cornish Killas
- 153. Bodmin Moor
- 154. Hensbarrow
- 155. Carnmenellis
- 156. West Penwith
- 157. The Lizard
- 158. Isles of Scilly
- 159. Lundy
