National Character Areas

Displaying 159 of 159 NCAs, covering a total of 13,046,000 hectares.

ID	Name	Size (ha)	# BGS Sites ▼	# Adjacent NCAs
88	Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands	260,600	6	10
108	Upper Thames Clay Vales	189,000	6	6
122	High Weald	174,900	6	3
23	Tees Lowlands	102,200	5	5
110	Chilterns	164,100	5	8
121	Low Weald	182,400	5	5
36	Southern Pennines	119,700	4	8
38	Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield	169,800	4	7
46	The Fens	382,600	4	9
125	South Downs	101,900	4	6
22	Pennine Dales Fringe	87,300	3	8
83	South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands	214,500	3	5
87	East Anglian Chalk	83,900	3	5
127	Isle of Wight	38,000	3	0
10	North Pennines	214,600	2	6
13	South East Northumberland Coastal Plain	43,700	2	4
14	Tyne and Wear Lowlands	46,400	2	5
16	Durham Coalfield Pennine Fringe	66,100	2	6
60	Mersey Valley	44,700	2	6
61	Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain	366,200	2	12
86	South Suffolk and North Essex Clayland	329,000	2	6
94	Leicestershire Vales	71,800	2	9
106	Severn and Avon Vales	210,300	2	9
107	Cotswolds	288,200	2	9
111	Northern Thames Basin	251,000	2	6
118	Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges	84,300	2	4
146	Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes	48,400	2	6
148	Devon Redlands	97,400	2	6
151	South Devon	121,100	2	4
1	North Northumberland Coastal Plain	37,700	1	4
11	Tyne Gap and Hadrian's Wall	43,400	1	9
12	Mid Northumberland	63,700	1	5
25	North York Moors and Cleveland Hills	165,900	1	5
26	Vale of Pickering	43,100	1	3
28	Vale of York	102,100	1	6
32	Lancashire and Amounderness Plain	98,600	1	6
33	Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill	74,100	1	7
35	Lancashire Valleys	55,400	1	5
37	Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe	58,500	1	4
40	Holderness	87,300	1	2
44	Central Lincolnshire Vale	81,900	1	6
64	Potteries and Churnet Valley	53,100	1	4
65	Shropshire Hills	108,000	1	5
67	Cannock Chase and Cank Wood	72,800	1	5
69	Trent Valley Washlands	39,400	1	13
70	Melbourne Parklands	15,000	1	4
75	Kesteven Uplands	69,000	1	7
80	The Broads	56,300	1	5
82	Suffolk Coast and Heaths	82,200	1	6
84	Mid Norfolk	90,900	1	5
89	Northamptonshire Vales	90,400	1	6
96	Dunsmore and Feldon	70,600	1	5
97	Arden	143,400	1	7
117	Avon Vales	64,300	1	6
119	North Downs	137,400	1	4
120	Wealden Greensand	145,800	1	5
126	South Coast Plain	52,200	1	2
129	Thames Basin Heaths	118,500	1	5
133	Blackmore Vale and Vale of Wardour	78,400	1	5
134	Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase	116,900	1	7
143	Mid Somerset Hills	42,100	1	5
145	Exmoor	130,400	1	3
149	The Culm	283,100	1	5
2	Northumberland Sandstone Hills	72,700	0	6
3	Cheviot Fringe	51,600	0	3
4	Cheviots	36,500	0	3
5	Border Moors and Forests	127,200	0	4
6	Solway Basin	98,400	0	5
7	West Cumbria Coastal Plain	49,300	0	4
8	Cumbria High Fells	199,000	0	6
9	Eden Valley	81,000	0	5
15	Durham Magnesian Limestone Plateau	45,300	0	3
17	Orton Fells	29,300	0	5
18	Howgill Fells	10,400	0	4
19	South Cumbria Low Fells	69,100	0	6
20	Morecambe Bay Limestones	40,000	0	5
21	Yorkshire Dales	240,000	0	9
24	Vale of Mowbray	60,600	0	6
27	Yorkshire Wolds	111,400	0	6
29	Howardian Hills	24,000	0	5
30	Southern Magnesian Limestone	136,800	0	6
31	Morecambe Coast and Lune Estuary	13,200	0	3
34	Bowland Fells	37,400	0	1
39	Humberhead Levels	171,800	0	7
41	Humber Estuary	28,000	0	7
42	Lincolnshire Coast and Marshes	88,200	0	4
43	Lincolnshire Wolds	84,500	0	3
45	Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands	50,100	0	6
47	Southern Lincolnshire Edge	57,000	0	5
48	Trent and Belvoir Vales	177,600	0	7
49	Sherwood	53,500	0	5
50	Derbyshire Peak Fringe and Lower Derwent	37,800	0	6
51	Dark Peak	86,600	0	6
52	White Peak	52,900	0	5
53	South West Peak	42,600	0	6
54	Manchester Pennine Fringe	39,300	0	6
55	Manchester Conurbation	34,200	0	5
56	Lancashire Coal Measures	40,600	0	7
57	Sefton Coast	9,000	0	2
58	Merseyside Conurbation	28,700	0	5
59	Wirral	16,500	0	3
62	Cheshire Sandstone Ridge	22,000	0	2
63	Oswestry Uplands	10,000	0	1
66	Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau	88,800	0	6
68	Needwood and South Derbyshire Claylands	81,500	0	6
71	Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield	20,500	0	4
72	Mease/Sence Lowlands	32,400	0	5
73	Charnwood	17,500	0	4
74	Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Wolds	64,100	0	4
76	North West Norfolk	80,100	0	5
77	North Norfolk Coast	6,200	0	2
78	Central North Norfolk	72,000	0	5
79	North East Norfolk and Flegg	24,700	0	3
81	Greater Thames Estuary	83,700	0	4
85	The Brecks	101,900	0	6
90	Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge	27,300	0	1
91	Yardley-Whittlewood Ridge	33,800	0	4
92	Rockingham Forest	51,000	0	4
93	High Leicestershire	56,900	0	6
95	Northamptonshire Uplands	101,100	0	5
98	Clun and North West Herefordshire Hills	62,600	0	2
99	Black Mountains and Golden Valley	26,000	0	2
100	Herefordshire Lowlands	88,700	0	7
101	Herefordshire Plateau	34,600	0	3
102	Teme Valley	19,300	0	6
103	Malvern Hills	8,300	0	5
104	South Herefordshire and Over Severn	51,100	0	5
105	Forest of Dean and Lower Wye	31,400	0	2
109	Midvale Ridge	44,500	0	1
112	Inner London	33,000	0	5
113	North Kent Plain	84,800	0	4
114	Thames Basin Lowlands	32,800	0	6
115	Thames Valley	86,100	0	5
116	Berkshire and Marlborough Downs	111,000	0	6
123	Romney Marshes	36,700	0	3
124	Pevensey Levels	9,600	0	3
128	South Hampshire Lowlands	38,600	0	5
130	Hampshire Downs	148,900	0	8
131	New Forest	73,800	0	4
132	Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs	122,300	0	7
135	Dorset Heaths	61,700	0	4
136	South Purbeck	11,900	0	2
137	Isle of Porland	1,100	0	1
138	Weymouth Lowlands	13,300	0	5
139	Marshwood and Powerstock Vales	15,900	0	4
140	Yeovil Scarplands	78,600	0	7
141	Mendip Hills	30,300	0	7
142	Somerset Levels and Moors	65,800	0	5
144	Quantock Hills	7,600	0	1
147	Blackdowns	80,800	0	5
150	Dartmoor	87,400	0	3
152	Cornish Killas	222,100	0	7
153	Bodmin Moor	28,600	0	1
154	Hensbarrow	11,900	0	1
155	Carnmenellis	14,300	0	1
156	West Penwith	20,200	0	1
157	The Lizard	14,700	0	1
158	Isles of Scilly	1,600	0	0
159	Lundy	500	0	0

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Name

Size (ha)

# BGS Sites ▼

# Adjacent NCAs

Map

Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands

260,600

108

Upper Thames Clay Vales

189,000

122

High Weald

174,900

Tees Lowlands

102,200

110

Chilterns

164,100

121

Low Weald

182,400

Southern Pennines

119,700

Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield

169,800

The Fens

382,600

125

South Downs

101,900

Pennine Dales Fringe

87,300

South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands

214,500

East Anglian Chalk

83,900

127

Isle of Wight

38,000

North Pennines

214,600

South East Northumberland Coastal Plain

43,700

Tyne and Wear Lowlands

46,400

Durham Coalfield Pennine Fringe

66,100

Mersey Valley

44,700

Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain

366,200

South Suffolk and North Essex Clayland

329,000

Leicestershire Vales

71,800

106

Severn and Avon Vales

210,300

107

Cotswolds

288,200

111

Northern Thames Basin

251,000

118

Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges

84,300

146

Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes

48,400

148

Devon Redlands

97,400

151

South Devon

121,100

North Northumberland Coastal Plain

37,700

Tyne Gap and Hadrian's Wall

43,400

Mid Northumberland

63,700

North York Moors and Cleveland Hills

165,900

Vale of Pickering

43,100

Vale of York

102,100

Lancashire and Amounderness Plain

98,600

Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill

74,100

Lancashire Valleys

55,400

Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe

58,500

Holderness

87,300

Central Lincolnshire Vale

81,900

Potteries and Churnet Valley

53,100

Shropshire Hills

108,000

Cannock Chase and Cank Wood

72,800

Trent Valley Washlands

39,400

Melbourne Parklands

15,000

Kesteven Uplands

69,000

The Broads

56,300

Suffolk Coast and Heaths

82,200

Mid Norfolk

90,900

Northamptonshire Vales

90,400

Dunsmore and Feldon

70,600

Arden

143,400

117

Avon Vales

64,300

119

North Downs

137,400

120

Wealden Greensand

145,800

126

South Coast Plain

52,200

129

Thames Basin Heaths

118,500

133

Blackmore Vale and Vale of Wardour

78,400

134

Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase

116,900

143

Mid Somerset Hills

42,100

145

Exmoor

130,400

149

The Culm

283,100

Northumberland Sandstone Hills

72,700

Cheviot Fringe

51,600

Cheviots

36,500

Border Moors and Forests

127,200

Solway Basin

98,400

West Cumbria Coastal Plain

49,300

Cumbria High Fells

199,000

Eden Valley

81,000

Durham Magnesian Limestone Plateau

45,300

Orton Fells

29,300

Howgill Fells

10,400

South Cumbria Low Fells

69,100

Morecambe Bay Limestones

40,000

Yorkshire Dales

240,000

Vale of Mowbray

60,600

Yorkshire Wolds

111,400

Howardian Hills

24,000

Southern Magnesian Limestone

136,800

Morecambe Coast and Lune Estuary

13,200

Bowland Fells

37,400

Humberhead Levels

171,800

Humber Estuary

28,000

Lincolnshire Coast and Marshes

88,200

Lincolnshire Wolds

84,500

Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands

50,100

Southern Lincolnshire Edge

57,000

Trent and Belvoir Vales

177,600

Sherwood

53,500

Derbyshire Peak Fringe and Lower Derwent

37,800

Dark Peak

86,600

White Peak

52,900

South West Peak

42,600

Manchester Pennine Fringe

39,300

Manchester Conurbation

34,200

Lancashire Coal Measures

40,600

Sefton Coast

9,000

Merseyside Conurbation

28,700

Wirral

16,500

Cheshire Sandstone Ridge

22,000

Oswestry Uplands

10,000

Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau

88,800

Needwood and South Derbyshire Claylands

81,500

Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield

20,500

Mease/Sence Lowlands

32,400

Charnwood

17,500

Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Wolds

64,100

North West Norfolk

80,100

North Norfolk Coast

6,200

Central North Norfolk

72,000

North East Norfolk and Flegg

24,700

Greater Thames Estuary

83,700

The Brecks

101,900

Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge

27,300

Yardley-Whittlewood Ridge

33,800

Rockingham Forest

51,000

High Leicestershire

56,900

Northamptonshire Uplands

101,100

Clun and North West Herefordshire Hills

62,600

Black Mountains and Golden Valley

26,000

100

Herefordshire Lowlands

88,700

101

Herefordshire Plateau

34,600

102

Teme Valley

19,300

103

Malvern Hills

8,300

104

South Herefordshire and Over Severn

51,100

105

Forest of Dean and Lower Wye

31,400

109

Midvale Ridge

44,500

112

Inner London

33,000

113

North Kent Plain

84,800

114

Thames Basin Lowlands

32,800

115

Thames Valley

86,100

116

Berkshire and Marlborough Downs

111,000

123

Romney Marshes

36,700

124

Pevensey Levels

9,600

128

South Hampshire Lowlands

38,600

130

Hampshire Downs

148,900

131

New Forest

73,800

132

Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs

122,300

135

Dorset Heaths

61,700

136

South Purbeck

11,900

137

Isle of Porland

1,100

138

Weymouth Lowlands

13,300

139

Marshwood and Powerstock Vales

15,900

140

Yeovil Scarplands

78,600

141

Mendip Hills

30,300

142

Somerset Levels and Moors

65,800

144

Quantock Hills

7,600

147

Blackdowns

80,800

150

Dartmoor

87,400

152

Cornish Killas

222,100

153

Bodmin Moor

28,600

154

Hensbarrow

11,900

155

Carnmenellis

14,300

156

West Penwith

20,200

157

The Lizard

14,700

158

Isles of Scilly

1,600

159

Lundy

500