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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.

• 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

  
  

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