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environment landscape planningNORTH YORKSHIRE AND YORK LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISATION PROJECT

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Ryedale

Craven Harrogate

Hambleton

Selby

Richmondshire

Scarborough

Coastal Landscapes

Primary Landscape Units andLandscape Character Types

Sandstone Landscapes

Upland Fringe and Valley Landscapes

0 5 10 km*See National Parkand AONB LCAs

Urban Landscapes

Sandstone Moors

Sandstone Moors Foothills

Farmed Dale

Narrow Upland Dale

Broad Valleys

Wooded Hills and Valleys

Moors Fringe

Rolling Upland Farmland

FIGURE 3.4Relationship of County Landscape Classificationto National Park and AONB LCAs

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2

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9

10

11

12

13

14

15 Rugged Cliffs, Coastal Valleys and Bays

Soft Coastal Cliffs and Bays

Chalk Headland

Chalk Wolds

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17

18

Chalk Landscapes

Farmed Lowland and Valley Landscapes

Chalk Wolds

Chalk Foothills

Broad Chalk Valley

Narrow Chalk Valley

Open, Carr/Vale Farmland

Levels Farmland

River Floodplain

Settled Vale Farmland

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19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Enclosed Vale Farmland26

Vale Farmland with DispersedSettlements

27

Vale Farmland with PlantationWoodland and Heathland

28

Undulating Lowland Farmland

Sand and Gravel Vale Fringe

Settled, Industrial Valleys

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30

31

Drumlin Valleys32

Gritstone Landscapes

Siltstone and Sandstone Landscapes

Gritstone High Plateau

Gritstone High Moors and Fells

Gritstone Low Moors and Fells

Gritstone Valley

Siltstone and Sandstone HighMoors and Fells

Siltstone and Sandstone LowMoors and Fells

Siltstone and Sandstone Valley

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36

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39

Study Area

Limestone Landscapes

Limestone Foothills and Valleys4

Limestone Ridge5

Magnesian Limestone Ridge6

Yoredale Moors and Fells7

Limestone Moors/Scar8

District Boundaries

Forest of Bowland AONB LandscapeCharacter Assessment (2009)

Nidderdale AONB LandscapeCharacter Assessment (1991)

The Howardian Hills LandscapeCountryside Commission (1995)

Yorkshire Dales National Park LandscapeCharacter Assessment (2001)

North York Moors National Park LandscapeCharacter Assessment (2003)

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environment landscape planningNORTH YORKSHIRE AND YORK LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISATION PROJECT

Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database right 2010. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100017946.

February 2011

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24

24

9

134

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1

1

1

1

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13

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1

13

10

10

8

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10

36

10

35

351

38

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1

23

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3413

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20

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28

28

Ryedale

Craven Harrogate

Hambleton

Selby

Richmondshire

Scarborough

0 5 10 km*See District LCAReports

FIGURE 3.5Relationship of County Landscape Classificationto District LCAs

Coastal Landscapes

Primary Landscape Units andLandscape Character Types

Sandstone Landscapes

Upland Fringe and Valley Landscapes

Urban Landscapes

Sandstone Moors

Sandstone Moors Foothills

Farmed Dale

Narrow Upland Dale

Broad Valleys

Wooded Hills and Valleys

Moors Fringe

Rolling Upland Farmland

1

2

3

9

10

11

12

13

14

15 Rugged Cliffs, Coastal Valleys and Bays

Soft Coastal Cliffs and Bays

Chalk Headland

Chalk Wolds

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17

18

Chalk Landscapes

Farmed Lowland and Valley Landscapes

Chalk Wolds

Chalk Foothills

Broad Chalk Valley

Narrow Chalk Valley

Open, Carr/Vale Farmland

Levels Farmland

River Floodplain

Settled Vale Farmland

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Enclosed Vale Farmland26

Vale Farmland with DispersedSettlements

27

Vale Farmland with PlantationWoodland and Heathland

28

Undulating Lowland Farmland

Sand and Gravel Vale Fringe

Settled, Industrial Valleys

29

30

31

Drumlin Valleys32

Gritstone Landscapes

Siltstone and Sandstone Landscapes

Gritstone High Plateau

Gritstone High Moors and Fells

Gritstone Low Moors and Fells

Gritstone Valley

Siltstone and Sandstone HighMoors and Fells

Siltstone and Sandstone LowMoors and Fells

Siltstone and Sandstone Valley

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34

35

36

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38

39

Study Area

Limestone Landscapes

Limestone Foothills and Valleys4

Limestone Ridge5

Magnesian Limestone Ridge6

Yoredale Moors and Fells7

Limestone Moors/Scar8

District Boundaries

Harrogate District LandscapeCharacter Assessment (2004)

Hambleton LandscapeCharacter Assessment (1991)

ScarboroughLandscapeAppraisal(1994)

Ryedale Landscape CharacterAssessment (1999)

Hambleton and Howardian Hills LandscapeCharacter Assessment (2007)

Selby Landscape CharacterAssessment (1999)

Craven Landscape CharacterAssessment (2001)