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From Cornwall to the Northumberland coast, and from the Sussex downs to the Shropshire hills, there are numerous areas of natural beauty across most regions of England, and each offering a great opportunity to appreciate the unspoiled, less developed side of the English countryside.
The following is a list of some of the classified Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) located in England, and further information where available:
England AONB's
Arnside and Silverdale Morecambe Bay |
Blackdown Hills Devon/Somerset |
Cannock Chase Staffordshire |
Chichester Harbour Southern Coast |
Chilterns |
Cotswolds |
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs |
Dedham Vale Essex/Suffolk |
East Devon |
Forest of Bowland Lancashire/Yorkshire |
High Weald (TBA) |
Howardian Hills North Yorkshire |
Isle of Wight |
Isles of Scilly (TBA) |
Kent Downs Kent |
Lincolnshire Wolds |
Malvern Hills Herefordshire/Worcestershire |
Mendip Hills Somerset |
Nidderdale Yorkshire |
Norfolk Coast (TBA) |
North Devon Devon |
North Pennines (TBA) |
Northumberland Coast Northumberland |
North Wessex Downs (TBA) |
Quantock Hills Somerset |
Shropshire Hills |
Solway Coast Cumbria |
South Devon |
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Suffolk Coast and Heaths (TBA) |
Surrey Hills (TBA) |
Tamar Valley Cornwall/Devon |
Wye Valley England-Wales border |
Other AONBs in England
- For Dorset AONB see Dorset county guide and for Cornwall AONB areas see the Cornwall county guide.
- East Hampshire and Sussex Downs 'areas of outstanding natural beauty' now fall within the South Downs National Park borders.
- The North Downs fall within two AONB's: Surrey Hills and Kent Downs