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Born in an AONB.
Moved to within 10 miles of Pertenhall - nice enough area but the landscape is definitely nothing to write home about.
Now living in a National Park in a Grade 2 listed house - the planning restrictions are nothing to joke about. 6 SSSIs within easy walking distance.
Putters | 22.08.21 - 7:19 a.m. | #
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National Parks and AONBs cover 27% of England by area, but contain only 2½% of the population.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 22.08.21 - 7:45 a.m. | #
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The midlands does have something called the 'National Forest'. There are road signs announcing you are entering it, but you won't always see any trees.
kev | 22.08.21 - 7:54 a.m. | #
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Looking at the map it appears that the South Downs National Park is also AONB? It seems to be the only national park that is also AONB? Is this just a result of the relative recent NP designation or perhaps I’m just misreading the map?
With the new planning white paper I think becoming an AONB will be increasingly an aspiration of NIMBYs.
David | 22.08.21 - 8:17 a.m. | #
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Absolutely fascinating. I don't know how I've got to this age without ever having heard of National Character Areas - thank you for rectifying that!
Sarah | Homepage | 22.08.21 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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Brilliantly informative article; thanks for all your research here.
Phil SW11 | 22.08.21 - 9:42 a.m. | #
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The National Character Area descriptions make for fascinating reading. Especially to a spatial thinker. I say that having just read through the 25 areas in my own region, the North East. Bookmarked to 'visit' the local diversity of some other areas I know this week.
Rod | 22.08.21 - 11:03 a.m. | #
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Quite simply a bravura performance today, DG - the national character areas are especially absorbing! I had, however, been under the impression Scotland had "forest parks" rather than "national parks".
cau1khead | 22.08.21 - 11:38 a.m. | #
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I'd never heard of National Character Areas either!
Extending the Chiltern AONB does make sense. The Chiltern Way long distance trail for example already goes into some of the areas not currently part of the AONB, but integral to the Chiltern landscape.
Mikey C | 22.08.21 - 11:44 a.m. | #
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Really good article and well reasearched post. Thanks.
The Chiltern AONB map appears to have mis-labelled High Wycombe as Amersham.
dg writes: Better researched now, thanks.
CentralUser | 22.08.21 - 11:54 a.m. | #
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The speculation about Chilterns becoming a National Park isn't new, it was supported by multiple candidates in the Chesham and Amersham by-election back in June. It's a local discussion since years.
Maxime | 22.08.21 - 3:05 p.m. | #
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Thanks for this DG. I am enjoying reading out local reports.
JJ | 22.08.21 - 9:04 p.m. | #
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The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads (not just the Norfolk Broads) is not strictly a National Park, but it is treated as if it were. It is not designated under Part II of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (as other National Parks are), but is established and regulated by its own Acts, because of the importance of navigation interests.
Hugh | 22.08.21 - 9:31 p.m. | #
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The Chilterns and Cotswold proposals may not be official yet, but the Welsh Government is officially proposing to turn the Clwydian Range into a National Park.
Nick | 30.08.21 - 12:01 p.m. | #
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