Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire, Chalk and Limestone Mixed
Author(s): Jeremy Lake
Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs are bounded by the chalk downland of the Hampshire Downs and the Berkshire and Marlborough Downs on the northern and eastern sides and by the Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase in the south-west. The Character Area is almost entirely within Wiltshire, with a small part of the eastern edge in Hampshire. The dominant and unifying features of the landscape are rolling chalklands, steep escarpments and sheltered chalk valleys. Just under 30% of the area is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs). It is a very rural area with just under 4 % classified as urban. Woodland cover is 8% and over 70% is agricultural land. Farmsteads Mapping has been undertaken across the Character Area.
- Report Number:
- 136/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 14
- Keywords:
- Landscape Farmstead Historic
