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To view guidance on making the most of your ELS options specific to your area, either choose the character area your land is situated in from the menu below, or click the appropriate part of the map. The guidance information is provided in Adobe Reader[Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader]format. All files are between 40 and 60 KB.

Map of the South West region, showing individual Joint Character Areas - the map is clickable, but a list of links and J C A names is also available below

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

108. Upper Thames Clay Vales  |  109. Midvale Ridge  |  116.Berkshire and Marlborough Downs  |  117. Avon Vales  |  118. Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges  |  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 - there is no 'Targeting Statement' leaflet for Lundy - contact RDS South West for further information 155. Carnmenellis 152. Cornish Killas 157. The Lizard 137. Isle of Portland 158. Isles oof Scilly 156. West Penwith 153. Bodmin Moor 149. The Culm 151. South Devon 150. Dartmoor 145. Exmoor 154. Hensbarrow 148. Devon Redlands 147. Blackdowns 144. Quantock Hills 146. Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes 143. Mid Somerset Hills 142. Somerset Levels and Moors 141. Mendip Hills 118. Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges 117. Avon Vales 140. Yeovil Scarplands 139. Marshwood and Powerstock Vales 138. Weymouth Lowlands 136. South Purbeck 134. Dorset Downs and Cranbourne Chase 135. Dorset Heaths 131. New Forest 133. Blackmoor Vale and Vale of Wardour 132. Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs 130. Hampshire Downs 116. Berkshire and Marlborough Downs 108. Upper Thames Clay Vales 109. Midvale Ridge

Page last modified: 18 September, 2006
Page published: 10 December, 2002

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