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© Copyright, Jane Mitchell - Countryside Agency 59. Wirral 58. Merseyside Conurbation 57. Sefton Coast 60. Mersey Valley 55. Manchester Conurbation 56. Lancashire Coal Measures 54. Manchester Pennine Fringe 36. Southern Pennines 32. Lancashire and Amounderness Plain 31. Morecambe Coast and Lune Estuary 35. Lancashire Valleys 34. Bowland Fells 33. Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill 21. Yorkshire Dales 18. Howgill Fells 20. Morecambe Bay Limestones 19. South Cumbria Low Fells 17. Orton Fells 7. West Cumbria Coastal Plain 8. Cumbria High Fells 9. Eden Valley 6. Solway Basin 10. North Pennines

Joint Character Areas - North West Region - images and image map code © Countryside Agency

6. Solway Basin  |  7. West Cumbria Coastal Plain  |  8. Cumbria High Fells  |  9. Eden Valley  |  10. North Pennines  |  17. Orton Fells  |  18. Howgill Fells  |  19. South Cumbria Low Fells  |  20. Morecambe Bay Limestones  |  21. Yorkshire Dales  |  31. Morecambe Coast and Lune Estuary  |  32. Lancashire and Amounderness Plain  |  33. Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill  |  34. Bowland Fells  |  35. Lancashire Valleys  |  36. Southern Pennines  |  54. Manchester Pennine Fringe  |  55. Manchester Conurbation  |  56. Lancashire Coal Measures  |  57. Sefton Coast  |  58. Merseyside Conurbation  |  59. Wirral  |  60. Mersey Valley

Page last modified: 26 April, 2006
Page published: 10 December, 2002

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