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Outstanding Natural Beauty – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rea_de_Destacada_Belleza_Natural" title="Área de Destacada Belleza Natural – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Área de Destacada Belleza Natural" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C%D9%87_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B7%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B9%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87" title="ناحیه زیبای طبیعی برجسته – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ناحیه زیبای طبیعی برجسته" data-language-autonym="فارسی" 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For those in Finland, see <a href="/wiki/National_landscapes_of_Finland" title="National landscapes of Finland">National landscapes of Finland</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:England,_Northern_Ireland,_and_Wales_AONBs_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/England%2C_Northern_Ireland%2C_and_Wales_AONBs_map.svg/220px-England%2C_Northern_Ireland%2C_and_Wales_AONBs_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/England%2C_Northern_Ireland%2C_and_Wales_AONBs_map.svg/330px-England%2C_Northern_Ireland%2C_and_Wales_AONBs_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/England%2C_Northern_Ireland%2C_and_Wales_AONBs_map.svg/440px-England%2C_Northern_Ireland%2C_and_Wales_AONBs_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="516" /></a><figcaption>Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></figcaption></figure> <p>An <b>Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</b> (<b>AONB</b>; <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Ardal o Harddwch Naturiol Eithriadol</i>, <b>AHNE</b>) is one of 46 areas of <a href="/wiki/Rural_area" title="Rural area">countryside</a> in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> that has been designated for <a href="/wiki/Protected_area" title="Protected area">conservation</a> due to its significant landscape value. Since 2023, the areas in England and Wales have also adopted the name <b>National Landscapes</b>. </p><p>Areas are designated in recognition of their national importance by the relevant public body: <a href="/wiki/Natural_England" title="Natural England">Natural England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natural_Resources_Wales" title="Natural Resources Wales">Natural Resources Wales</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Environment_Agency" title="Northern Ireland Environment Agency">Northern Ireland Environment Agency</a> respectively. On 22 November 2023, following a 2022 Landscapes Review policy paper,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the AONBs in England and Wales adopted a new name, <i>National Landscapes</i> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Tirweddau Cenedlaethol</i>), and are in the process of rebranding.<sup id="cite_ref-nlwelcome_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nlwelcome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "area of outstanding natural beauty" is still the designated legal term.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In place of the term AONB, Scotland uses the similar <a href="/wiki/National_scenic_area_(Scotland)" title="National scenic area (Scotland)">national scenic area</a> (NSA) designation. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty enjoy levels of protection from development similar to those of <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="National parks of the United Kingdom">UK national parks</a>, but unlike national parks the responsible bodies do not have their own <a href="/wiki/Town_and_country_planning_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Town and country planning in the United Kingdom">planning powers</a>. They also differ from national parks in their more limited opportunities for extensive outdoor recreation.<sup id="cite_ref-Gov_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gov-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The idea for what would eventually become the AONB designation was first put forward by <a href="/wiki/John_Gordon_Dower" title="John Gordon Dower">John Dower</a> in his 1945 <i>Report to the Government on National Parks in England and Wales</i>. Dower suggested there was need for protection of certain naturally beautiful landscapes that were unsuitable as national parks owing to their small size and lack of wildness. Dower's recommendation for the designation of these "other amenity areas" was eventually embodied in the <a href="/wiki/National_Parks_and_Access_to_the_Countryside_Act_1949" title="National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949">National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949</a> as the AONB designation.<sup id="cite_ref-AONB_story_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AONB_story-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purpose">Purpose</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Purpose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The purpose of an AONB designation is to <a href="/wiki/Landscape-scale_conservation" title="Landscape-scale conservation">conserve</a> and enhance the natural beauty of the designated landscape.<sup id="cite_ref-Gov_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gov-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are two secondary aims: meeting the need for quiet enjoyment of the countryside and having regard for the interests of those who live and work there. To achieve these aims, AONBs rely on <a href="/wiki/Town_and_country_planning_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Town and country planning in the United Kingdom">planning controls</a> and practical countryside management. As they have the same landscape quality, AONBs may be compared to the <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National parks of England and Wales">national parks of England and Wales</a>. National parks are well known in the UK; by contrast, there is evidence to indicate many residents in AONBs may be unaware of the status. However, the National Association of AONBs is working to increase awareness of AONBs in local communities,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, in 2014, successfully negotiated to have the boundaries of AONBs in England shown on <a href="/wiki/Google_Maps" title="Google Maps">Google Maps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistical_overview">Statistical overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Statistical overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ThreeCliffsBay.jos.500pix.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/ThreeCliffsBay.jos.500pix.jpg/220px-ThreeCliffsBay.jos.500pix.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/ThreeCliffsBay.jos.500pix.jpg/330px-ThreeCliffsBay.jos.500pix.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/ThreeCliffsBay.jos.500pix.jpg/440px-ThreeCliffsBay.jos.500pix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>View over <a href="/wiki/Three_Cliffs_Bay" title="Three Cliffs Bay">Three Cliffs Bay</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gower_Peninsula" title="Gower Peninsula">Gower Peninsula</a>, the first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</figcaption></figure> <p>There are 46 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom: 33 in England, <a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty_in_Wales" title="Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales">four in Wales</a>, one on the <a href="/wiki/England%E2%80%93Wales_border" title="England–Wales border">England–Wales border</a>, and eight in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. The first AONB was established in 1956 on the <a href="/wiki/Gower_Peninsula" title="Gower Peninsula">Gower Peninsula</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a>, and the most recent to be designated is the <a href="/wiki/Tamar_Valley_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamar Valley AONB">Tamar Valley AONB</a>, established in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recent changes include the Clwydian Range AONB being extended in 2012 to form the <a href="/wiki/Clwydian_Range_and_Dee_Valley" title="Clwydian Range and Dee Valley">Clwydian Range and Dee Valley</a> AONB, and the <a href="/wiki/Strangford_Lough" title="Strangford Lough">Strangford Lough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lecale_Coast_AONB" title="Lecale Coast AONB">Lecale Coast</a> AONBs being merged to form a single AONB in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-strangfordandlecale_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strangfordandlecale-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AONBs vary greatly in terms of size, type and use of land, and whether they are partly or wholly open to the public. The smallest AONB is the <a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly" title="Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a>, 16 km<sup>2</sup> (6.2 sq mi), and the largest is the <a href="/wiki/Cotswolds" title="Cotswolds">Cotswolds</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2,038 km<sup>2</sup> (787 sq mi). AONBs cover around 15% of England and 4% of Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_status_and_organisation">Legal status and organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legal status and organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AONBs in <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a> were originally created under the same legislation as the <a href="/wiki/National_park" title="National park">national parks</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Parks_and_Access_to_the_Countryside_Act_1949" title="National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949">National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949</a>. Unlike AONBs, national parks have special legal powers to prevent unsympathetic development. AONBs in general remain the responsibility of their local authorities by means of special committees that include members appointed by a <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom)" title="Secretary of State (United Kingdom)">minister</a> and by parishes, and only very limited statutory duties were imposed on local authorities within an AONB by the original 1949 Act. However, further regulation and protection of AONBs in England and Wales was added by the <a href="/wiki/Countryside_and_Rights_of_Way_Act_2000" title="Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000">Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act 2000</a>, under which new designations are now made,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/National_Planning_Policy_Framework" title="National Planning Policy Framework">National Planning Policy Framework</a> (March 2012), the government stated that AONBs and national parks have equal status when it comes to planning decisions on landscape issues. Two of the AONBs (the Cotswolds and the Chilterns), which extend into a large number of local authority areas, have their own statutory bodies, known as conservation boards. In 2019 the <a href="/wiki/Julian_Glover_(journalist)" title="Julian Glover (journalist)">Glover Report</a> made various recommendations regarding the future of AONBs – the report's 'central proposal' being to bring <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="National parks of the United Kingdom">National Parks</a> and AONBs together as part of one 'family of national landscapes'<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – but as at 1 November 2020 the government has yet to respond to those recommendations. However, the Cotswolds Conservation Board announced in September 2020 that they were re-styling the area name and it is now known as the Cotswolds National Landscape.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All English and Welsh AONBs have a dedicated AONB officer and other staff. As required by the CRoW Act, each AONB has a management plan that sets out the characteristics and special qualities of the landscape and how they will be conserved and enhanced. The AONBs are collectively represented by the <b>National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty</b> (NAAONB), an independent registered charity acting on behalf of AONBs and their partners, which uses the slogan "Landscapes for Life".<sup id="cite_ref-aaonb_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaonb-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AONBs in Northern Ireland was designated originally under the Amenity Lands (NI) Act 1965; subsequently under the Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands (NI) Order 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Threats">Threats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Threats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amexstadjuly10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Amexstadjuly10.jpg/220px-Amexstadjuly10.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Amexstadjuly10.jpg/330px-Amexstadjuly10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Amexstadjuly10.jpg/440px-Amexstadjuly10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="867" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Falmer_Stadium" title="Falmer Stadium">Falmer Stadium</a> under construction in 2010 in the former <a href="/wiki/Sussex_Downs_AONB" title="Sussex Downs AONB">Sussex Downs AONB</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There are growing concerns among environmental and countryside groups that AONB status is increasingly under threat from development. The <a href="/wiki/Campaign_to_Protect_Rural_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Campaign to Protect Rural England">Campaign to Protect Rural England</a> said in July 2006 that many AONBs were under greater threat than ever before.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three particular AONBs were cited: the <a href="/wiki/Dorset_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorset AONB">Dorset AONB</a> threatened by a road plan, the threat of a football stadium in the <a href="/wiki/Sussex_Downs_AONB" title="Sussex Downs AONB">Sussex Downs AONB</a>, and, larger than any other, a £1 billion plan by <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial College London</a> to build thousands of houses and offices on hundreds of acres of AONB land on the <a href="/wiki/Kent_Downs" title="Kent Downs">Kent Downs</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wye,_Kent" title="Wye, Kent">Wye</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2007 government approval was finally given for the development of a new football ground for <a href="/wiki/Brighton_and_Hove_Albion" class="mw-redirect" title="Brighton and Hove Albion">Brighton and Hove Albion</a> within the boundaries of the Sussex Downs AONB, after a fierce fight by conservationists. The subsequent development, known as <a href="/wiki/Falmer_Stadium" title="Falmer Stadium">Falmer Stadium</a>, was officially opened in July 2011. The Weymouth Relief Road in Dorset was constructed between 2008 and 2011, after environmental groups lost a High Court challenge to prevent its construction.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writing in 2006, Professor Adrian Phillips listed threats facing AONBs, which he says include uncertainty over future support for land management, increasing development pressures, the impacts of globalization, and <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>. More subtle threats include creeping suburbanization and <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_equestrian_terms#H" title="Glossary of equestrian terms">horsiculture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AONB_story_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AONB_story-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Celebration">Celebration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Celebration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Poet_Laureate_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom">Poet Laureate</a> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Armitage" title="Simon Armitage">Simon Armitage</a> wrote a poem "Fugitives", commissioned by the National Association of AONBs, which he read on <a href="/wiki/Arnside_Knott" title="Arnside Knott">Arnside Knott</a> on 21 September 2019 to launch the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/National_Parks_and_Access_to_the_Countryside_Act_1949" title="National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949">National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aonb-fugitives_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aonb-fugitives-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ecologist_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecologist-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fugitives_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fugitives-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty">List of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: List of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="England">England</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>AONB</th> <th class="unsortable">Photo</th> <th>Established</th> <th>Area</th> <th>Local authorities </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnside_and_Silverdale_National_Landscape" title="Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape">Arnside and Silverdale</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arnside123.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Arnside123.jpg/150px-Arnside123.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Arnside123.jpg/225px-Arnside123.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Arnside123.jpg/300px-Arnside123.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="433" /></a></span></td> <td>1972</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007750000000000000♠"></span>75 km<sup>2</sup> (29 sq mi)</td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/City_of_Lancaster" title="City of Lancaster">Lancaster</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Furness" title="Westmorland and Furness">Westmorland and Furness</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Blackdown_Hills_National_Landscape" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackdown Hills National Landscape">Blackdown Hills</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CulmstockBeacon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/CulmstockBeacon.jpg/150px-CulmstockBeacon.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/CulmstockBeacon.jpg/225px-CulmstockBeacon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/CulmstockBeacon.jpg/300px-CulmstockBeacon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="1488" /></a></span></td> <td>1991</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008370000000000000♠"></span>370 km<sup>2</sup> (140 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/East_Devon" title="East Devon">East Devon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mid_Devon" title="Mid Devon">Mid Devon</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase" title="Cannock Chase">Cannock Chase</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg/150px-Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg/225px-Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg/300px-Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></td> <td>1958</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007680000000000000♠"></span>68 km<sup>2</sup> (26 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase_District" title="Cannock Chase District">Cannock Chase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lichfield_District" title="Lichfield District">Lichfield</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chichester_Harbour" title="Chichester Harbour">Chichester Harbour</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bosham.1.5.05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bosham.1.5.05.jpg/150px-Bosham.1.5.05.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bosham.1.5.05.jpg/225px-Bosham.1.5.05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bosham.1.5.05.jpg/300px-Bosham.1.5.05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="978" data-file-height="665" /></a></span></td> <td>1964</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007370000000000000♠"></span>37 km<sup>2</sup> (14 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Havant" title="Borough of Havant">Havant</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/West_Sussex" title="West Sussex">West Sussex</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Chichester_District" title="Chichester District">Chichester</a>)</small></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chilterns" class="mw-redirect" title="Chilterns">Chilterns</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ivinghoe_Beacon_seen_from_The_Ridgeway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Ivinghoe_Beacon_seen_from_The_Ridgeway.jpg/150px-Ivinghoe_Beacon_seen_from_The_Ridgeway.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Ivinghoe_Beacon_seen_from_The_Ridgeway.jpg/225px-Ivinghoe_Beacon_seen_from_The_Ridgeway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Ivinghoe_Beacon_seen_from_The_Ridgeway.jpg/300px-Ivinghoe_Beacon_seen_from_The_Ridgeway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1461" data-file-height="917" /></a></span></td> <td>1965</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008833000000000000♠"></span>833 km<sup>2</sup> (322 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire" title="Central Bedfordshire">Central Bedfordshire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Dacorum" title="Dacorum">Dacorum</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Hertfordshire" title="North Hertfordshire">North Hertfordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_District" title="Three Rivers District">Three Rivers</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/South_Oxfordshire" title="South Oxfordshire">South Oxfordshire</a>)</small></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">Cornwall</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cape_Cornwall_(Judithili)_edit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Cape_Cornwall_%28Judithili%29_edit.jpg/150px-Cape_Cornwall_%28Judithili%29_edit.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Cape_Cornwall_%28Judithili%29_edit.jpg/225px-Cape_Cornwall_%28Judithili%29_edit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Cape_Cornwall_%28Judithili%29_edit.jpg/300px-Cape_Cornwall_%28Judithili%29_edit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1589" data-file-height="1192" /></a></span></td> <td>1959</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008958000000000000♠"></span>958 km<sup>2</sup> (370 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cotswolds" title="Cotswolds">Cotswolds</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bibury_Cottages_in_the_Cotswolds_-_June_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bibury_Cottages_in_the_Cotswolds_-_June_2007.jpg/150px-Bibury_Cottages_in_the_Cotswolds_-_June_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bibury_Cottages_in_the_Cotswolds_-_June_2007.jpg/225px-Bibury_Cottages_in_the_Cotswolds_-_June_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bibury_Cottages_in_the_Cotswolds_-_June_2007.jpg/300px-Bibury_Cottages_in_the_Cotswolds_-_June_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3427" data-file-height="2233" /></a></span></td> <td>1966</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009203800000000000♠"></span>2,038 km<sup>2</sup> (787 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bath_and_North_East_Somerset" title="Bath and North East Somerset">Bath and North East Somerset</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Cheltenham" title="Cheltenham">Cheltenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cotswold_District" title="Cotswold District">Cotswold</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stroud_District" title="Stroud District">Stroud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tewkesbury_Borough" class="mw-redirect" title="Tewkesbury Borough">Tewkesbury</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Cherwell_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Cherwell District">Cherwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Oxfordshire" title="West Oxfordshire">West Oxfordshire</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire" title="South Gloucestershire">South Gloucestershire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Warwickshire" title="Warwickshire">Warwickshire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Stratford-on-Avon_District" title="Stratford-on-Avon District">Stratford-on-Avon</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Wychavon" title="Wychavon">Wychavon</a>)</small></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cranborne_Chase_and_West_Wiltshire_Downs" title="Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs">Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dorset_brings_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Dorset_brings_01.jpg/150px-Dorset_brings_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Dorset_brings_01.jpg/225px-Dorset_brings_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Dorset_brings_01.jpg/300px-Dorset_brings_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="525" /></a></span></td> <td>1981</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008983000000000000♠"></span>983 km<sup>2</sup> (380 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/New_Forest_District" title="New Forest District">New Forest</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dedham_Vale_National_Landscape" title="Dedham Vale National Landscape">Dedham Vale</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cmglee_Manningtree_River_Stour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Cmglee_Manningtree_River_Stour.jpg/150px-Cmglee_Manningtree_River_Stour.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Cmglee_Manningtree_River_Stour.jpg/225px-Cmglee_Manningtree_River_Stour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Cmglee_Manningtree_River_Stour.jpg/300px-Cmglee_Manningtree_River_Stour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></td> <td>1970</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007900000000000000♠"></span>90 km<sup>2</sup> (35 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Colchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough of Colchester">Colchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tendring_District" title="Tendring District">Tendring</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Babergh_District" title="Babergh District">Babergh</a>)</small></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dorset_National_Landscape" title="Dorset National Landscape"> Dorset</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg/150px-Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg/225px-Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg/300px-Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3996" data-file-height="2616" /></a></span></td> <td>1959</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009112900000000000♠"></span>1,129 km<sup>2</sup> (436 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Devon_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="East Devon AONB">East Devon</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Snow05_009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Snow05_009.jpg/150px-Snow05_009.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Snow05_009.jpg/225px-Snow05_009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Snow05_009.jpg/300px-Snow05_009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></td> <td>1963</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008268000000000000♠"></span>268 km<sup>2</sup> (103 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/East_Devon" title="East Devon">East Devon</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Forest_of_Bowland" title="Forest of Bowland">Forest of Bowland</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Langden_Brook_-_geograph.org.uk_-_342024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Langden_Brook_-_geograph.org.uk_-_342024.jpg/150px-Langden_Brook_-_geograph.org.uk_-_342024.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Langden_Brook_-_geograph.org.uk_-_342024.jpg/225px-Langden_Brook_-_geograph.org.uk_-_342024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Langden_Brook_-_geograph.org.uk_-_342024.jpg/300px-Langden_Brook_-_geograph.org.uk_-_342024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td>1964</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008803000000000000♠"></span>803 km<sup>2</sup> (310 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/City_of_Lancaster" title="City of Lancaster">Lancaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Pendle" title="Borough of Pendle">Pendle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ribble_Valley" title="Ribble Valley">Ribble Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Wyre" title="Borough of Wyre">Wyre</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Weald_Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty" class="mw-redirect" title="High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">High Weald</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Highwealdview.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/Highwealdview.jpg/150px-Highwealdview.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/Highwealdview.jpg/225px-Highwealdview.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Highwealdview.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></td> <td>1983</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009146000000000000♠"></span>1,460 km<sup>2</sup> (560 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Sussex" title="East Sussex">East Sussex</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Hastings" title="Hastings">Hastings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rother_District" title="Rother District">Rother</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wealden_District" title="Wealden District">Wealden</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Ashford" title="Borough of Ashford">Ashford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sevenoaks_District" title="Sevenoaks District">Sevenoaks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_and_Malling" title="Tonbridge and Malling">Tonbridge and Malling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Tunbridge_Wells" title="Borough of Tunbridge Wells">Tunbridge Wells</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Tandridge_District" title="Tandridge District">Tandridge</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/West_Sussex" title="West Sussex">West Sussex</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Crawley" title="Crawley">Crawley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horsham_District" title="Horsham District">Horsham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mid_Sussex_District" title="Mid Sussex District">Mid Sussex</a>)</small></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Howardian_Hills" title="Howardian Hills">Howardian Hills</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Howardian_Hills.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Howardian_Hills.jpg/150px-Howardian_Hills.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Howardian_Hills.jpg/225px-Howardian_Hills.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Howardian_Hills.jpg/300px-Howardian_Hills.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td>1987</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008204000000000000♠"></span>204 km<sup>2</sup> (79 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="Isle of Wight AONB">Isle of Wight</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Isle_of_Wight_coastline.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Isle_of_Wight_coastline.jpg/150px-Isle_of_Wight_coastline.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Isle_of_Wight_coastline.jpg/225px-Isle_of_Wight_coastline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Isle_of_Wight_coastline.jpg/300px-Isle_of_Wight_coastline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td>1963</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008189000000000000♠"></span>189 km<sup>2</sup> (73 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly" title="Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Martins_Daymark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/St_Martins_Daymark.jpg/150px-St_Martins_Daymark.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/St_Martins_Daymark.jpg/225px-St_Martins_Daymark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/St_Martins_Daymark.jpg/300px-St_Martins_Daymark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2133" data-file-height="1565" /></a></span></td> <td>1975</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007160000000000000♠"></span>16 km<sup>2</sup> (6.2 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly" title="Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent_Downs" title="Kent Downs">Kent Downs</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DownsRanscombeFieldToMway0734c.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/DownsRanscombeFieldToMway0734c.JPG/150px-DownsRanscombeFieldToMway0734c.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/DownsRanscombeFieldToMway0734c.JPG/225px-DownsRanscombeFieldToMway0734c.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/DownsRanscombeFieldToMway0734c.JPG/300px-DownsRanscombeFieldToMway0734c.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1940" data-file-height="1402" /></a></span></td> <td>1968</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008878000000000000♠"></span>878 km<sup>2</sup> (339 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Bromley" title="London Borough of Bromley">Bromley</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Ashford" title="Borough of Ashford">Ashford</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Canterbury" title="City of Canterbury">Canterbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dover_District" title="Dover District">Dover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Folkestone_%26_Hythe_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Folkestone & Hythe District">Folkestone & Hythe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gravesham" title="Gravesham">Gravesham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Maidstone" title="Borough of Maidstone">Maidstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sevenoaks_District" title="Sevenoaks District">Sevenoaks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Swale" title="Borough of Swale">Swale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_and_Malling" title="Tonbridge and Malling">Tonbridge and Malling</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Medway" title="Medway">Medway</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_Wolds" title="Lincolnshire Wolds">Lincolnshire Wolds</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lincolnshire_Wolds.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Lincolnshire_Wolds.jpg/150px-Lincolnshire_Wolds.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Lincolnshire_Wolds.jpg/225px-Lincolnshire_Wolds.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Lincolnshire_Wolds.jpg/300px-Lincolnshire_Wolds.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7024" data-file-height="2804" /></a></span></td> <td>1973</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008560000000000000♠"></span>560 km<sup>2</sup> (220 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/East_Lindsey" title="East Lindsey">East Lindsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Lindsey" title="West Lindsey">West Lindsey</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Lincolnshire" title="North East Lincolnshire">North East Lincolnshire</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Malvern_Hills" title="Malvern Hills">Malvern Hills</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_N_from_western_peak_of_Ragged_Stone_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35228.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/View_N_from_western_peak_of_Ragged_Stone_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35228.jpg/150px-View_N_from_western_peak_of_Ragged_Stone_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35228.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/View_N_from_western_peak_of_Ragged_Stone_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35228.jpg/225px-View_N_from_western_peak_of_Ragged_Stone_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35228.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/View_N_from_western_peak_of_Ragged_Stone_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35228.jpg/300px-View_N_from_western_peak_of_Ragged_Stone_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35228.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="479" /></a></span></td> <td>1959</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008105000000000000♠"></span>105 km<sup>2</sup> (41 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Forest_of_Dean_District" title="Forest of Dean District">Forest of Dean</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Malvern_Hills_District" title="Malvern Hills District">Malvern Hills</a>)</small></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mendip_Hills" title="Mendip Hills">Mendip Hills</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheddar_Gorge,_Somerset,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Cheddar_Gorge%2C_Somerset%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/150px-Cheddar_Gorge%2C_Somerset%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Cheddar_Gorge%2C_Somerset%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/225px-Cheddar_Gorge%2C_Somerset%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Cheddar_Gorge%2C_Somerset%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/300px-Cheddar_Gorge%2C_Somerset%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3864" data-file-height="2432" /></a></span></td> <td>1972</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008200000000000000♠"></span>200 km<sup>2</sup> (77 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bath_and_North_East_Somerset" title="Bath and North East Somerset">Bath and North East Somerset</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/North_Somerset" title="North Somerset">North Somerset</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nidderdale_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nidderdale AONB">Nidderdale</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Washburn_Valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1721355.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Washburn_Valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1721355.jpg/150px-Washburn_Valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1721355.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Washburn_Valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1721355.jpg/225px-Washburn_Valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1721355.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Washburn_Valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1721355.jpg/300px-Washburn_Valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1721355.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="591" /></a></span></td> <td>1994</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008603000000000000♠"></span>603 km<sup>2</sup> (233 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Coast_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Coast AONB">Norfolk Coast</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cromer_beach_summer_UK.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Cromer_beach_summer_UK.JPG/150px-Cromer_beach_summer_UK.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Cromer_beach_summer_UK.JPG/225px-Cromer_beach_summer_UK.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Cromer_beach_summer_UK.JPG/300px-Cromer_beach_summer_UK.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td>1968</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008453000000000000♠"></span>453 km<sup>2</sup> (175 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Great_Yarmouth" title="Borough of Great Yarmouth">Great Yarmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Lynn_and_West_Norfolk" title="King's Lynn and West Norfolk">King's Lynn and West Norfolk</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Norfolk" title="North Norfolk">North Norfolk</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Devon_Coast" title="North Devon Coast">North Devon Coast</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cliffs_Clovelly_Coast_West.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Cliffs_Clovelly_Coast_West.JPG/150px-Cliffs_Clovelly_Coast_West.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Cliffs_Clovelly_Coast_West.JPG/225px-Cliffs_Clovelly_Coast_West.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Cliffs_Clovelly_Coast_West.JPG/300px-Cliffs_Clovelly_Coast_West.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2934" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></td> <td>1959</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008171000000000000♠"></span>171 km<sup>2</sup> (66 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/North_Devon" title="North Devon">North Devon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torridge_District" title="Torridge District">Torridge</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Pennines" title="North Pennines">North Pennines</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cauldron_Snout_-_July_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cauldron_Snout_-_July_2006.jpg/150px-Cauldron_Snout_-_July_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cauldron_Snout_-_July_2006.jpg/225px-Cauldron_Snout_-_July_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cauldron_Snout_-_July_2006.jpg/300px-Cauldron_Snout_-_July_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></td> <td>1988</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009198300000000000♠"></span>1,983 km<sup>2</sup> (766 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">County Durham</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_(unitary_authority)" title="Cumberland (unitary authority)">Cumberland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_Coast_National_Landscape" title="Northumberland Coast National Landscape">Northumberland Coast</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bamburgh2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Bamburgh2006.jpg/150px-Bamburgh2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Bamburgh2006.jpg/225px-Bamburgh2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Bamburgh2006.jpg/300px-Bamburgh2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1706" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></td> <td>1958</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008138000000000000♠"></span>138 km<sup>2</sup> (53 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Wessex_Downs" title="North Wessex Downs">North Wessex Downs</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uffington_White_Horse_and_Dragon_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_238471.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Uffington_White_Horse_and_Dragon_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_238471.jpg/150px-Uffington_White_Horse_and_Dragon_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_238471.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Uffington_White_Horse_and_Dragon_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_238471.jpg/225px-Uffington_White_Horse_and_Dragon_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_238471.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Uffington_White_Horse_and_Dragon_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_238471.jpg/300px-Uffington_White_Horse_and_Dragon_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_238471.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td>1972</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009173000000000000♠"></span>1,730 km<sup>2</sup> (670 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Basingstoke_and_Deane" title="Basingstoke and Deane">Basingstoke and Deane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Test_Valley" title="Test Valley">Test Valley</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/South_Oxfordshire" title="South Oxfordshire">South Oxfordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vale_of_White_Horse" title="Vale of White Horse">Vale of White Horse</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/West_Berkshire" title="West Berkshire">West Berkshire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quantock_Hills" title="Quantock Hills">Quantock Hills</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quantockheather.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Quantockheather.jpg/150px-Quantockheather.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Quantockheather.jpg/225px-Quantockheather.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Quantockheather.jpg/300px-Quantockheather.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="454" /></a></span></td> <td>1956</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007980000000000000♠"></span>98 km<sup>2</sup> (38 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Hills_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="Shropshire Hills AONB">Shropshire Hills</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shropshire_Long_Mynd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Shropshire_Long_Mynd.jpg/150px-Shropshire_Long_Mynd.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Shropshire_Long_Mynd.jpg/225px-Shropshire_Long_Mynd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Shropshire_Long_Mynd.jpg/300px-Shropshire_Long_Mynd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></td> <td>1958</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008802000000000000♠"></span>802 km<sup>2</sup> (310 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Telford_and_Wrekin" title="Telford and Wrekin">Telford and Wrekin</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Solway_Coast" title="Solway Coast">Solway Coast</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Near_Mawbray_Yard,_Cumbria.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Near_Mawbray_Yard%2C_Cumbria.JPG/150px-Near_Mawbray_Yard%2C_Cumbria.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Near_Mawbray_Yard%2C_Cumbria.JPG/225px-Near_Mawbray_Yard%2C_Cumbria.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Near_Mawbray_Yard%2C_Cumbria.JPG/300px-Near_Mawbray_Yard%2C_Cumbria.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></td> <td>1964</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008115000000000000♠"></span>115 km<sup>2</sup> (44 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_(unitary_authority)" title="Cumberland (unitary authority)">Cumberland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty" class="mw-redirect" title="South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">South Devon</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slapton_Sands_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Slapton_Sands_1.jpg/150px-Slapton_Sands_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Slapton_Sands_1.jpg/225px-Slapton_Sands_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Slapton_Sands_1.jpg/300px-Slapton_Sands_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></td> <td>1960</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008337000000000000♠"></span>337 km<sup>2</sup> (130 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/South_Hams" title="South Hams">South Hams</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Torbay" title="Torbay">Torbay</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_%26_Essex_Coast_%26_Heaths_National_Landscape" title="Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape">Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cliffs_at_Easton_Wood,_near_Covehithe,_Suffolk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52726.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Cliffs_at_Easton_Wood%2C_near_Covehithe%2C_Suffolk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52726.jpg/150px-Cliffs_at_Easton_Wood%2C_near_Covehithe%2C_Suffolk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52726.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Cliffs_at_Easton_Wood%2C_near_Covehithe%2C_Suffolk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52726.jpg/225px-Cliffs_at_Easton_Wood%2C_near_Covehithe%2C_Suffolk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52726.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Cliffs_at_Easton_Wood%2C_near_Covehithe%2C_Suffolk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52726.jpg/300px-Cliffs_at_Easton_Wood%2C_near_Covehithe%2C_Suffolk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52726.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="329" /></a></span></td> <td>1970</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008403000000000000♠"></span>403 km<sup>2</sup> (156 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Babergh_District" title="Babergh District">Babergh</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Suffolk_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Suffolk (district)">East Suffolk</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Surrey_Hills_National_Landscape" title="Surrey Hills National Landscape">Surrey Hills</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CalvertRoadDorking.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/CalvertRoadDorking.jpg/150px-CalvertRoadDorking.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/CalvertRoadDorking.jpg/225px-CalvertRoadDorking.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/CalvertRoadDorking.jpg/300px-CalvertRoadDorking.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></td> <td>1958</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008422000000000000♠"></span>422 km<sup>2</sup> (163 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Guildford" title="Borough of Guildford">Guildford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mole_Valley" title="Mole Valley">Mole Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reigate_and_Banstead" title="Reigate and Banstead">Reigate and Banstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tandridge_District" title="Tandridge District">Tandridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Waverley" title="Borough of Waverley">Waverley</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamar_Valley_National_Landscape" title="Tamar Valley National Landscape">Tamar Valley</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Tamar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_326342.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/River_Tamar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_326342.jpg/150px-River_Tamar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_326342.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/River_Tamar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_326342.jpg/225px-River_Tamar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_326342.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/River_Tamar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_326342.jpg/300px-River_Tamar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_326342.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a></span></td> <td>1995</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008190000000000000♠"></span>190 km<sup>2</sup> (73 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/South_Hams" title="South Hams">South Hams</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Devon" title="West Devon">West Devon</a>)</small></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wye_Valley" title="Wye Valley">Wye Valley</a> <small>(partly in Wales)</small></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Wye_Lancat_and_Ban_y_Gore_Nature_Reserve.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/River_Wye_Lancat_and_Ban_y_Gore_Nature_Reserve.jpg/150px-River_Wye_Lancat_and_Ban_y_Gore_Nature_Reserve.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/River_Wye_Lancat_and_Ban_y_Gore_Nature_Reserve.jpg/225px-River_Wye_Lancat_and_Ban_y_Gore_Nature_Reserve.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/River_Wye_Lancat_and_Ban_y_Gore_Nature_Reserve.jpg/300px-River_Wye_Lancat_and_Ban_y_Gore_Nature_Reserve.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9717" data-file-height="3128" /></a></span></td> <td>1971</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008326000000000000♠"></span>326 km<sup>2</sup> (126 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Forest_of_Dean_District" title="Forest of Dean District">Forest of Dean</a>)</small></li><li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>: <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire" title="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="3">Total </td> <td>19,035 km<sup>2</sup> (7,349 sq mi) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Former_Areas">Former Areas</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Former Areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>South Hampshire Coast AONB</b> </p><p>The establishment of the <a href="/wiki/New_Forest_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="New Forest National Park">New Forest National Park</a> in 2005 meant the subsumption of <a href="/wiki/South_Hampshire_Coast" title="South Hampshire Coast">South Hampshire Coast</a> AONB into it. </p><p><b>East Hampshire AONB</b> and <b>Sussex Downs AONB</b> </p><p><a href="/wiki/East_Hampshire_AONB" title="East Hampshire AONB">East Hampshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sussex_Downs_AONB" title="Sussex Downs AONB">Sussex Downs</a> AONBs were replaced in 2010 by the <a href="/wiki/South_Downs_National_Park" title="South Downs National Park">South Downs National Park</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wales">Wales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty_in_Wales" title="Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales">Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>AONB / AHNE</th> <th class="unsortable">Photo</th> <th>Established</th> <th>Area</th> <th>Local authorities </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anglesey" title="Anglesey">Anglesey</a> <p><i>(Ynys Môn)</i> </p> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anglesey_Coast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1367265.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Anglesey_Coast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1367265.jpg/150px-Anglesey_Coast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1367265.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Anglesey_Coast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1367265.jpg/225px-Anglesey_Coast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1367265.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Anglesey_Coast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1367265.jpg/300px-Anglesey_Coast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1367265.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td>1967</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008221000000000000♠"></span>221 km<sup>2</sup> (85 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anglesey" title="Anglesey">Anglesey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clwydian_Range_and_Dee_Valley" title="Clwydian Range and Dee Valley">Clwydian Range and Dee Valley</a> <p><i>(Bryniau Clwyd a Dyffryn Dyfrdwy)</i> </p> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Dee_In_March.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/River_Dee_In_March.JPG/150px-River_Dee_In_March.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/River_Dee_In_March.JPG/225px-River_Dee_In_March.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/River_Dee_In_March.JPG/300px-River_Dee_In_March.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></td> <td>1985</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008389000000000000♠"></span>389 km<sup>2</sup> (150 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Denbighshire" title="Denbighshire">Denbighshire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Flintshire" title="Flintshire">Flintshire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gower_Peninsula" title="Gower Peninsula">Gower</a> <p><i>(Gŵyr)</i> </p> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Worm%27s_Head_(Rhossili).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Worm%27s_Head_%28Rhossili%29.jpg/150px-Worm%27s_Head_%28Rhossili%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Worm%27s_Head_%28Rhossili%29.jpg/225px-Worm%27s_Head_%28Rhossili%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Worm%27s_Head_%28Rhossili%29.jpg/300px-Worm%27s_Head_%28Rhossili%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></td> <td>1956</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008188000000000000♠"></span>188 km<sup>2</sup> (73 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ll%C5%B7n_Peninsula" title="Llŷn Peninsula">Llŷn</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aberdaron_-_Porth_Neigwl_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Aberdaron_-_Porth_Neigwl_2.JPG/150px-Aberdaron_-_Porth_Neigwl_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Aberdaron_-_Porth_Neigwl_2.JPG/225px-Aberdaron_-_Porth_Neigwl_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Aberdaron_-_Porth_Neigwl_2.JPG/300px-Aberdaron_-_Porth_Neigwl_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></td> <td>1956</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008155000000000000♠"></span>155 km<sup>2</sup> (60 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wye_Valley" title="Wye Valley">Wye Valley</a> <p><i>(Dyffryn Gwy)</i> </p><p><small>(partly in England)</small> </p> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monmouth_from_Livox_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_203771.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Monmouth_from_Livox_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_203771.jpg/150px-Monmouth_from_Livox_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_203771.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Monmouth_from_Livox_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_203771.jpg/225px-Monmouth_from_Livox_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_203771.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Monmouth_from_Livox_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_203771.jpg/300px-Monmouth_from_Livox_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_203771.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td>1971</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008326000000000000♠"></span>326 km<sup>2</sup> (126 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire" title="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire</a></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_Ireland">Northern Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Northern Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>AONB</th> <th class="unsortable">Photo</th> <th>Established</th> <th>Area</th> <th>Local authorities </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Antrim_Coast_and_Glens" title="Antrim Coast and Glens">Antrim Coast and Glens</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Antrim_Coast_near_Ballycastle.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Antrim_Coast_near_Ballycastle.JPG/150px-Antrim_Coast_near_Ballycastle.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Antrim_Coast_near_Ballycastle.JPG/225px-Antrim_Coast_near_Ballycastle.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Antrim_Coast_near_Ballycastle.JPG/300px-Antrim_Coast_near_Ballycastle.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1718" data-file-height="1289" /></a></span></td> <td>1989</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008724000000000000♠"></span>724 km<sup>2</sup> (280 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Causeway_Coast_and_Glens" title="Causeway Coast and Glens">Causeway Coast and Glens</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_East_Antrim" title="Mid and East Antrim">Mid and East Antrim</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Binevenagh" title="Binevenagh">Binevenagh</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Castle-rock-derry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Castle-rock-derry.jpg/150px-Castle-rock-derry.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Castle-rock-derry.jpg/225px-Castle-rock-derry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Castle-rock-derry.jpg/300px-Castle-rock-derry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="830" data-file-height="1130" /></a></span></td> <td>1966<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008138000000000000♠"></span>138 km<sup>2</sup> (53 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Causeway_Coast_and_Glens" title="Causeway Coast and Glens">Causeway Coast and Glens</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Causeway_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Causeway Coast">Causeway Coast</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giant%27s_Causeway_(14).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Giant%27s_Causeway_%2814%29.JPG/150px-Giant%27s_Causeway_%2814%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Giant%27s_Causeway_%2814%29.JPG/225px-Giant%27s_Causeway_%2814%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Giant%27s_Causeway_%2814%29.JPG/300px-Giant%27s_Causeway_%2814%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2543" /></a></span></td> <td>1989</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007420000000000000♠"></span>42 km<sup>2</sup> (16 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Causeway_Coast_and_Glens" title="Causeway Coast and Glens">Causeway Coast and Glens</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley" title="Lagan Valley">Lagan Valley</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dixon-Park-04.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Dixon-Park-04.JPG/150px-Dixon-Park-04.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Dixon-Park-04.JPG/225px-Dixon-Park-04.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Dixon-Park-04.JPG/300px-Dixon-Park-04.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></td> <td>1965</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007390000000000000♠"></span>39 km<sup>2</sup> (15 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lisburn_and_Castlereagh" title="Lisburn and Castlereagh">Lisburn and Castlereagh</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mourne_Mountains" title="Mourne Mountains">Mourne Mountains</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mourne_mountains.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mourne_mountains.jpg/150px-Mourne_mountains.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mourne_mountains.jpg/225px-Mourne_mountains.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mourne_mountains.jpg/300px-Mourne_mountains.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="456" /></a></span></td> <td>1986</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008570000000000000♠"></span>570 km<sup>2</sup> (220 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armagh_City,_Banbridge_and_Craigavon" title="Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon">Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Newry,_Mourne_and_Down" title="Newry, Mourne and Down">Newry, Mourne and Down</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Gullion" title="Ring of Gullion">Ring of Gullion</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cam_Lough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_267458.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Cam_Lough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_267458.jpg/150px-Cam_Lough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_267458.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Cam_Lough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_267458.jpg/225px-Cam_Lough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_267458.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Cam_Lough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_267458.jpg/300px-Cam_Lough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_267458.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td>1966<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008154000000000000♠"></span>154 km<sup>2</sup> (59 sq mi)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newry,_Mourne_and_Down" title="Newry, Mourne and Down">Newry, Mourne and Down</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sperrins" title="Sperrins">Sperrins</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sawel_mountain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sawel_mountain.jpg/150px-Sawel_mountain.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sawel_mountain.jpg/225px-Sawel_mountain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sawel_mountain.jpg/300px-Sawel_mountain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></td> <td>1968</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009118100000000000♠"></span>1,181 km<sup>2</sup> (456 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Causeway_Coast_and_Glens" title="Causeway Coast and Glens">Causeway Coast and Glens</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Derry_and_Strabane" class="mw-redirect" title="Derry and Strabane">Derry and Strabane</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_Omagh" title="Fermanagh and Omagh">Fermanagh and Omagh</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Ulster_(district)" title="Mid Ulster (district)">Mid Ulster</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strangford_Lough" title="Strangford Lough">Strangford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lecale_Coast_AONB" title="Lecale Coast AONB">Lecale</a><sup id="cite_ref-strangfordandlecale_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strangfordandlecale-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Strangford_Lough_from_Portaferry,_looking_towards_the_narrows.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Strangford_Lough_from_Portaferry%2C_looking_towards_the_narrows.JPG/150px-Strangford_Lough_from_Portaferry%2C_looking_towards_the_narrows.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Strangford_Lough_from_Portaferry%2C_looking_towards_the_narrows.JPG/225px-Strangford_Lough_from_Portaferry%2C_looking_towards_the_narrows.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Strangford_Lough_from_Portaferry%2C_looking_towards_the_narrows.JPG/300px-Strangford_Lough_from_Portaferry%2C_looking_towards_the_narrows.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></td> <td>1967<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008525000000000000♠"></span>525 km<sup>2</sup> (203 sq mi)</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ards_and_North_Down" title="Ards and North Down">Ards and North Down</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Newry,_Mourne_and_Down" title="Newry, Mourne and Down">Newry, Mourne and Down</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Strangford Lough AONB designated 1972. Redesignated as a single AONB in 2010.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_areas_in_England">Proposed areas in England</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Proposed areas in England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For proposed areas in Wales, see <a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty_in_Wales#Proposed_areas" title="Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales">Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales § Proposed areas</a>.</div> <p>The following are formal proposals for new AONBs submitted to <a href="/wiki/Natural_England" title="Natural England">Natural England</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambs</a> <a href="/wiki/River_Great_Ouse" title="River Great Ouse">Ouse Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Churnet" title="River Churnet">Churnet Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_of_Dean" title="Forest of Dean">Forest of Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a> <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Marches" title="Welsh Marches">Marches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northants</a> Ironstone Uplands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Wolds" title="Yorkshire Wolds">Yorkshire Wolds</a></li></ul> <p>The 2019 Landscape Review Report additionally favourably mentions proposals not listed in Natural England's list: from <a href="/wiki/Mid_Cheshire_Ridge" title="Mid Cheshire Ridge">Sandstone Ridge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Belvoir" title="Vale of Belvoir">Vale of Belvoir</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cheshire Sandstone Ridge was subsequently shortlisted for AONB designation in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 October 2024, Natural England launched a statutory and public consultation for proposed plans to designate part of the Yorkshire Wolds as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Conservation in the United Kingdom">Conservation in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Landscape_Convention" title="European Landscape Convention">European Landscape Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landscape-scale_conservation" title="Landscape-scale conservation">Landscape-scale conservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National parks of England and Wales">National parks of England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="National parks of Northern Ireland">National parks of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty_in_Wales" title="Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales">Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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Wales</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#AFD697"><div><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglesey" title="Anglesey">Anglesey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clwydian_Range_and_Dee_Valley" title="Clwydian Range and Dee Valley">Clwydian Range and Dee Valley</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gower_Peninsula" title="Gower Peninsula">Gower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ll%C5%B7n_Peninsula" title="Llŷn Peninsula">Llŷn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wye_Valley" title="Wye Valley">Wye Valley</a><sup>2</sup></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wales_AONBs_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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title="Mourne Mountains">Mourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binevenagh" title="Binevenagh">Binevenagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Gullion_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ring of Gullion AONB">Ring of Gullion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sperrins" title="Sperrins">Sperrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strangford_Lough" title="Strangford Lough">Strangford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lecale_Coast_AONB" title="Lecale Coast AONB">Lecale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lough_Erne" title="Lough Erne">Erne Lakeland</a>†</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fermanagh_Caveland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fermanagh Caveland (page does not exist)">Fermanagh Caveland</a>†</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northern_Ireland_AONBs_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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