Hampshire Integrated Character Assessment

Landscape Character Areas

Landscape Character Areas are geographically unique areas of the County. They are areas where a combination of factors such as topography, vegetation pattern, land use and cultural associations combine to create an area with a distinct, recognisable character.  After the area is described, it is evaluated to bring out the things that are affecting the landscape now and in the future, and the effect of these ‘forces for change’ on its most important qualities. Seascape Character Areas are included in the Landscape Character web pages.

This page has the full set of Landscape Character Assessments for Hampshire.
They are provided in PDF format which you can view, print, or save to your own computer.

Reference	Draft Landscape Character Areas
1a	Pamber and Tadley Plantations and Heath  706kb
1b	North East Hampshire Plantations and Heath  572kb
1c	Ringwood Plantations and Heath  696kb
2a	Highclere Chase  656kb
2b	North Hampshire Lowland Mosaic  503kb
2c	Loddon Valley and Forest of Eversley West  492kb
2d	Romsey to Eastleigh Wooded Lowland Mosaic  564kb
2e	Forest of Bere West  503kb
2f	Forest of Bere East  550kb
2g	Sandleheath Wooded Farmland  417kb
2h	Lockerley Wooded Farmland  492kb
2i	Upper Beaulieu and Hartford Heath Wooded Farmland  469kb
2j	Copythorne and Ashurst Heath Associated Wooded Farmland  523kb
2k	Lymington Wooded Farmland  542kb
2l	Bransgore Wooded Farmland  540kb
2m	East Hampshire Lowland Mosaic  521kb
2n	Wellow and Awbridge Heath Associated Wooded Farmland  550kb
3a	Avon Valley  502kb
3b	Test Valley  588kb
3c	Itchen Valley  575kb
3d	Hamble Valley  493kb
3e	Meon Valley  550kb
3f	Wey Valley  444kb
4a	New Forest Open Western Heaths  531kb
4b	New Forest Open Eastern Heath  472kb
4c	Beaulieu Open Heath  416kb
5a	New Forest Central and North Woodlands and Plantations  527kb
6a	East Hampshire Wooded Downland Plateau  524kb
7a	North West Hampshire Downs  511kb
7b	Hannington and Dummer Downs  522kb
7c	Newton Valance Farrington and East Tisted Downs  485kb
7d	Bighton and Bramdean Downs  573kb
7e	South West Hampshire Downs  423kb
7f	West Winchester Downs  400kb
7g	Owslebury and Corhampton Downs  421kb
7h	South East Hampshire Downs  437kb
8a	Willesley and Litchfield Dipslope Open Downs  506kb
8b	Basingstoke Open Downs  525kb
8c	North East Hampshire Open Downs  553kb
8d	Andover Open Downs  622kb
8e	Mid Hampshire Open Downs  541kb
8f	Candover Valley Open Downs  585kb
8g	East Winchester Open Downs  567kb
8h	East Dean Downs  378kb
8i	Portsdown Hill Open Downs  499kb
8j	Martin and Rockbourne Open Downs  504kb
9a	South West New Forest Coastal Plain  474kb
9b	South East New Forest Coastal Plain  522kb
9c	New Forest Waterside  509kb
9d	Netley Bursledon and Hamble Coastal Plain  475kb
9e	Chilling Brownwich and Locks Heath Coastal Plain  527kb
9f	Gosport and Fareham Coastal Plain  473kb
9g	Havant and Emsworth Coastal Plain  465kb
9h	Hayling Island Coastal Plain  516kb
10a	Langstone and Chichester Harbours  475kb
10b	Portsmouth Harbour (Currently no assessment)
11a	Western Solent  476kb
11b	Southampton Water  477kb
11c	Eastern Solent  483kb
12a	Western Weald Forest and Farmland Heath  636kb
13a	Clere Scarp  445kb
13b	East Hampshire Hangers and Greensand Terrace  599kb