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Geographical areas of England

A **National Character Area** (**NCA**) is a natural subdivision of England based on a combination of landscape, biodiversity, geodiversity and economic activity. There are 159 National Character Areas and they follow natural, rather than administrative, boundaries. They are defined by [Natural England](/source/Natural_England), the UK government's advisors on the natural environment.

## NCA profiles

As part of its responsibilities in delivering the Natural Environment White Paper, Biodiversity 2020 and the [European Landscape Convention](/source/European_Landscape_Convention), Natural England is revising its National Character Area profiles to make environmental evidence and information easily available to a wider audience. Revised profiles for all 159 NCAs were published in September 2014. The new NCAs are being published in a rolling program and can be found on the Natural England website.[1]

NCAs are areas that share similar landscape characteristics, and which follow natural lines in the landscape rather than administrative boundaries, making them a good decision-making framework for the natural environment. National Character Area profiles are guidance documents which can help communities to inform their decision-making about the places that they live in and care for. The information they contain will support the planning of conservation initiatives at a landscape scale, inform the delivery of [nature improvement areas](/source/Nature_Improvement_Area) and encourage broader partnership working through [local nature partnerships](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Local_nature_partnership&action=edit&redlink=1). The profiles will also help to inform choices about how land is managed and can change.

Each profile includes a description of the natural and cultural features that shape our landscapes, how the landscape has changed over time, the current key drivers for ongoing change, and a broad analysis of each area's characteristics and [ecosystem services](/source/Ecosystem_service). Statements of environmental opportunity (SEOs) are suggested, which draw on this integrated information. The SEOs offer guidance on the critical issues, which could help to achieve [sustainable growth](/source/Sustainable_growth) and a more secure environmental future.

NCA profiles are working documents which draw on current evidence and knowledge. Natural England aim to refresh and update them periodically as new information becomes available.

## NCAs by region

Natural England list the Natural Character Areas by regions. Because some overlap regional boundaries, they may be shown in more than one region.

### North East

1. [North Northumberland Coastal Plain](/source/North_Northumberland_Coastal_Plain) (Northumberland) 2. [Northumberland Sandstone Hills](/source/Northumberland_Sandstone_Hills) (Northumberland) 3. [Cheviot Fringe](/source/Cheviot_Fringe) (Northumberland) 4. [Cheviots](/source/Cheviots) (Northumberland) 5. [Border Moors & Forests](/source/Border_Moors_%26_Forests) (Northumberland and Cumbria) 10. [North Pennines](/source/North_Pennines) (Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland and North Yorkshire) 11. [Tyne Gap](/source/Tyne_Gap) & [Hadrian's Wall](/source/Hadrian's_Wall) (Northumberland and Cumbria) 12. [Mid Northumberland](/source/Mid_Northumberland) (Northumberland) 13. [South East Northumberland Coastal Plain](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_East_Northumberland_Coastal_Plain&action=edit&redlink=1) (Northumberland and Tyne & Wear) 14. [Tyne & Wear](/source/Tyne_%26_Wear) Lowlands (Tyne & Wear, Northumberland and Durham) 15. [Durham Magnesian Limestone Plateau](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham_Magnesian_Limestone_Plateau&action=edit&redlink=1) (Durham, Tyne & Wear and Cleveland) 16. [Durham Coalfield](/source/Durham_Coalfield) Pennine Fringe (Durham, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and Cleveland) 22. [Pennine Dales](/source/Pennine_Dales) Fringe (North Yorkshire, Durham and West Yorkshire) 23. [Tees Lowlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tees_Lowlands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Cleveland, North Yorkshire and Durham) 25. [North York Moors](/source/North_York_Moors) and [Cleveland Hills](/source/Cleveland_Hills) (North Yorkshire and Cleveland)

### North West

5. [Border Moors & Forests](/source/Border_Moors_%26_Forests) (Northumberland and Cumbria) 6. [Solway Basin](/source/Solway_Basin) (Cumbria) 7. [West Cumbria](/source/West_Cumbria) Coastal Plain (Cumbria) 8. [Cumbria High Fells](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cumbria_High_Fells&action=edit&redlink=1) (Cumbria) 9. [Eden Valley](/source/River_Eden%2C_Cumbria) (Cumbria) 10. [North Pennines](/source/North_Pennines) (Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland and North Yorkshire) 11. [Tyne Gap](/source/Tyne_Gap) & [Hadrian's Wall](/source/Hadrian's_Wall) (Northumberland and Cumbria) 17. [Orton Fells](/source/Orton_Fells) (Cumbria) 18. [Howgill Fells](/source/Howgill_Fells) (Cumbria) 19. [South Cumbria Low Fells](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Cumbria_Low_Fells&action=edit&redlink=1) (Cumbria and Lancashire) 20. [Morecambe Bay Limestones](/source/Morecambe_Bay_Pavements) (Cumbria and Lancashire) 21. [Yorkshire Dales](/source/Yorkshire_Dales) (North Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire and West Yorkshire) 31. [Morecambe](/source/Morecambe) Coast & [Lune Estuary](/source/River_Lune) (Lancashire) 32. [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire) & [Amounderness](/source/Amounderness) Plain (Lancashire and Merseyside) 33. [Bowland](/source/Forest_of_Bowland) Fringe & [Pendle Hill](/source/Pendle_Hill) (Lancashire and North Yorkshire) 34. [Bowland Fells](/source/Bowland_Fells) (Lancashire and North Yorkshire) 35. [Lancashire Valleys](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lancashire_Valleys&action=edit&redlink=1) (Lancashire and North Yorkshire) 36. [Southern Pennines](/source/Southern_Pennines) (West Yorkshire, Lancashire, North Yorkshire and Greater Manchester) 51. [Dark Peak](/source/Dark_Peak) (Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester) 53. [South West Peak](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_West_Peak&action=edit&redlink=1) (Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire) 54. [Manchester Pennine Fringe](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Pennine_Fringe&action=edit&redlink=1) (Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Lancashire) 55. [Manchester Conurbation](/source/Manchester_Conurbation) (Greater Manchester and Cheshire) 56. [Lancashire Coal Measures](/source/Lancashire_Coal_Measures) (Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire and Cheshire) 57. [Sefton Coast](/source/Sefton_Coast) (Merseyside and Lancashire) 58. [Merseyside](/source/Merseyside) Conurbation (Merseyside, Lancashire and Cheshire) 59. [Wirral](/source/Wirral_Peninsula) (Merseyside and Cheshire) 60. [Mersey Valley](/source/Mersey_Valley) (Cheshire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester) 61. [Shropshire, Cheshire & Staffordshire Plain](/source/Shropshire%2C_Cheshire_%26_Staffordshire_Plain) (Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Greater Manchester) 62. [Cheshire Sandstone Ridge](/source/Cheshire_Sandstone_Ridge) (Cheshire)

### Yorkshire and the Humber

10. [North Pennines](/source/North_Pennines) (Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland and North Yorkshire) 21. [Yorkshire Dales](/source/Yorkshire_Dales) (North Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire and West Yorkshire) 22. [Pennine Dales](/source/Pennine_Dales) Fringe (North Yorkshire, Durham and West Yorkshire) 23. [Tees Lowlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tees_Lowlands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Cleveland, North Yorkshire and Durham) 24. [Vale of Mowbray](/source/Vale_of_Mowbray) (North Yorkshire) 25. [North Yorkshire Moors](/source/North_Yorkshire_Moors) & [Cleveland Hills](/source/Cleveland_Hills) (North Yorkshire and Cleveland) 26. [Vale of Pickering](/source/Vale_of_Pickering) (North Yorkshire) 27. [Yorkshire Wolds](/source/Yorkshire_Wolds) (Humberside and North Yorkshire) 28. [Vale of York](/source/Vale_of_York) (North Yorkshire and Humberside) 29. [Howardian Hills](/source/Howardian_Hills) (North Yorkshire) 30. [Southern Magnesian Limestone](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southern_Magnesian_Limestone&action=edit&redlink=1) (North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire) 33. [Bowland Fringe](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bowland_Fringe&action=edit&redlink=1) & [Pendle Hill](/source/Pendle_Hill) (Lancashire and North Yorkshire) 34. [Bowland Fells](/source/Bowland_Fells) (Lancashire and North Yorkshire) 35. [Lancashire Valleys](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lancashire_Valleys&action=edit&redlink=1) (Lancashire and North Yorkshire) 36. [Southern Pennines](/source/Southern_Pennines) (West Yorkshire, Lancashire, North Yorkshire and Greater Manchester) 37. [Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yorkshire_Southern_Pennine_Fringe&action=edit&redlink=1) (West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire) 38. [Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & Yorkshire Coalfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nottinghamshire,_Derbyshire_%26_Yorkshire_Coalfield&action=edit&redlink=1) (West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire) 39. [Humberhead Levels](/source/Humberhead_Levels) (Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and West Yorkshire) 40. [Holderness](/source/Holderness) (Humberside) 41. [Humber Estuary](/source/Humber_Estuary) (Humberside) 42. [Lincolnshire Coast](/source/Lincolnshire_Coast) & [Marshes](/source/Lincolnshire_Marshes) (Lincolnshire and Humberside) 43. [Lincolnshire Wolds](/source/Lincolnshire_Wolds) (Lincolnshire and Humberside) 44. [Central Lincolnshire Vale](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Lincolnshire_Vale&action=edit&redlink=1) (Lincolnshire and Humberside) 45. [Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Lincolnshire_Edge_with_Coversands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Lincolnshire and Humberside) 50. [Derbyshire Peak Fringe & Lower Derwent](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derbyshire_Peak_Fringe_%26_Lower_Derwent&action=edit&redlink=1) (Derbyshire) 51. [Dark Peak](/source/Dark_Peak) (Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester)

### East Midlands

30. [Southern Magnesian Limestone](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southern_Magnesian_Limestone&action=edit&redlink=1) (North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire) 37. [Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yorkshire_Southern_Pennine_Fringe&action=edit&redlink=1) (West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire) 38. [Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & Yorkshire Coalfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nottinghamshire,_Derbyshire_%26_Yorkshire_Coalfield&action=edit&redlink=1) (West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire) 39. [Humberhead Levels](/source/Humberhead_Levels) (Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and West Yorkshire) 42. [Lincolnshire Coast](/source/Lincolnshire_Coast) & [Marshes](/source/Lincolnshire_Marshes) (Lincolnshire and Humberside) 43. [Lincolnshire Wolds](/source/Lincolnshire_Wolds) (Lincolnshire and Humberside) 44. [Central Lincolnshire Vale](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Lincolnshire_Vale&action=edit&redlink=1) (Lincolnshire and Humberside) 45. [Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Lincolnshire_Edge_with_Coversands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Lincolnshire and Humberside) 46. [The Fens](/source/The_Fens) (Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk) 47. [South Lincolnshire Edge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Lincolnshire_Edge&action=edit&redlink=1) (Lincolnshire) 48. [Trent](/source/River_Trent) & [Belvoir](/source/Vale_of_Belvoir) Vales (Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire) 49. [Sherwood](/source/Sherwood_Forest) (Nottinghamshire) 50. [Derbyshire Peak Fringe & Lower Derwent](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derbyshire_Peak_Fringe_%26_Lower_Derwent&action=edit&redlink=1) (Derbyshire) 51. [Dark Peak](/source/Dark_Peak) (Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester) 52. [White Peak](/source/White_Peak) (Derbyshire and Staffordshire) 53. [South West Peak](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_West_Peak&action=edit&redlink=1) (Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire) 54. [Manchester Pennine Fringe](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Pennine_Fringe&action=edit&redlink=1) (Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Lancashire) 64. [Potteries](/source/Staffordshire_Potteries) & [Churnet Valley](/source/Churnet_Valley) (Staffordshire and Derbyshire) 68. [Needwood](/source/Needwood_Forest) & [South Derbyshire Claylands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Derbyshire_Claylands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Derbyshire and Staffordshire) 69. [Trent Valley](/source/Trent_Valley) Washlands (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire) 70. [Melbourne Parklands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Parklands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire) 71. [Leicestershire & South Derbyshire Coalfield](/source/Leicestershire_%26_South_Derbyshire_Coalfield) (Leicestershire and Derbyshire) 72. [Mease](/source/Mease)/[Sence](/source/River_Sence) Lowlands (Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire) 73. [Charnwood](/source/Charnwood_Forest) (Leicestershire) 74. [Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire Wolds](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leicestershire_%26_Nottinghamshire_Wolds&action=edit&redlink=1) (Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland and Lincolnshire) 75. [Kesteven Uplands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kesteven_Uplands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Lincolnshire, Rutland, Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire) 88. [Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire Claylands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire_%26_Cambridgeshire_Claylands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire) 89. [Northamptonshire Vales](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire_Vales&action=edit&redlink=1) (Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire) 91. [Yardley-Whittlewood Ridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yardley-Whittlewood_Ridge&action=edit&redlink=1) (Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire) 92. [Rockingham Forest](/source/Rockingham_Forest) (Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Rutland and Lincolnshire) 93. [High Leicestershire](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_Leicestershire&action=edit&redlink=1) (Leicestershire and Rutland) 94. [Leicestershire Vales](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leicestershire_Vales&action=edit&redlink=1) (Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Northamptonshire) 95. [Northamptonshire Uplands](/source/Northamptonshire_Uplands) (Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire) 96. [Dunsmore & Feldon](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunsmore_%26_Feldon&action=edit&redlink=1) (Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and West Midlands) 107. [Cotswolds](/source/Cotswolds) (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Avon, Somerset, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire and Buckinghamshire)

### West Midlands

52. [White Peak](/source/White_Peak) (Derbyshire and Staffordshire) 53. [South West Peak](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_West_Peak&action=edit&redlink=1) (Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire) 61. [Shropshire, Cheshire & Staffordshire Plain](/source/Shropshire) (Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Greater Manchester) 63. [Oswestry Uplands](/source/Oswestry_Uplands) (Shropshire) 64. [Potteries](/source/Staffordshire_Potteries) & [Churnet Valley](/source/Churnet_Valley) (Staffordshire and Derbyshire) 65. [Shropshire Hills](/source/Shropshire_Hills) (Shropshire and Herefordshire) 66. [Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau](/source/Mid_Severn_Sandstone_Plateau) (Shropshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire and West Midlands) 67. [Cannock Chase](/source/Cannock_Chase) & [Cank Wood](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cank_Wood&action=edit&redlink=1) (Staffordshire, West Midlands and Warwickshire) 68. [Needwood](/source/Needwood_Forest) & South [Derbyshire Claylands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derbyshire_Claylands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Derbyshire and Staffordshire) 69. [Trent Valley](/source/Trent_Valley) Washlands (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire) 70. [Melbourne Parklands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Parklands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire) 72. [Mease](/source/Mease)/[Sence](/source/River_Sence) Lowlands (Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire) 94. [Leicestershire Vales](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leicestershire_Vales&action=edit&redlink=1) (Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Northamptonshire) 95. [Northamptonshire Uplands](/source/Northamptonshire_Uplands) (Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire) 96. [Dunsmore & Feldon](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunsmore_%26_Feldon&action=edit&redlink=1) (Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and West Midlands) 97. [Arden](/source/Arden%2C_Warwickshire) (Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and Staffordshire) 98. [Clun](/source/Clun) & [North West Herefordshire Hills](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_West_Herefordshire_Hills&action=edit&redlink=1) (Shropshire and Herefordshire) 99. [Black Mountains](/source/Black_Mountains%2C_Wales) & [Golden Valley](/source/Golden_Valley%2C_Herefordshire) (Herefordshire) 100. [Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire) Lowlands (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire) 101. [Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire) Plateau (Herefordshire and Worcestershire) 102. [Teme Valley](/source/Teme_Valley) (Worcestershire, Shropshire and Herefordshire) 103. [Malvern Hills](/source/Malvern_Hills) (Herefordshire and Worcestershire) 104. [South Herefordshire & Over Severn](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Herefordshire_%26_Over_Severn&action=edit&redlink=1) (Herefordshire and Gloucestershire) 105. [Forest of Dean](/source/Forest_of_Dean) & Lower [Wye](/source/River_Wye) (Gloucestershire and Herefordshire) 106. [Severn](/source/Severn_Vale) & [Avon Vales](/source/Avon_Vale) (Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Avon and Warwickshire) 107. [Cotswolds](/source/Cotswolds) (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Avon, Somerset, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire and Buckinghamshire)

### East of England

46. [The Fens](/source/The_Fens) (Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk) 76. [North West Norfolk](/source/North_West_Norfolk) (Norfolk) 77. [North Norfolk Coast](/source/North_Norfolk_Coast_Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest) (Norfolk) 78. [Central North Norfolk](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_North_Norfolk&action=edit&redlink=1) (Norfolk) 79. [North East Norfolk & Flegg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_East_Norfolk_%26_Flegg&action=edit&redlink=1) (Norfolk) 80. [The Broads](/source/The_Broads) (Norfolk and Suffolk) 81. [Greater Thames Estuary](/source/Greater_Thames_Estuary) (Essex, Kent and Greater London) 82. [Suffolk Coast & Heaths](/source/Suffolk_Coast_%26_Heaths) (Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex) 83. [South Norfolk & High Suffolk Claylands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Norfolk_%26_High_Suffolk_Claylands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Norfolk and Suffolk) 84. [Mid Norfolk](/source/Mid_Norfolk) (Norfolk) 85. [The Brecks](/source/The_Brecks) (Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire) 86. [South Suffolk & North Essex Clayland](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Suffolk_%26_North_Essex_Clayland&action=edit&redlink=1) (Essex, Suffolk, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire) 87. [East Anglian Chalk](/source/East_Anglian_Chalk) (Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk and Bedfordshire) 88. [Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire_Claylands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire) 89. [Northamptonshire Vales](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire_Vales&action=edit&redlink=1) (Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire) 90. [Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge](/source/Bedfordshire_Greensand_Ridge) (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire) 91. [Yardley-Whittlewood Ridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yardley-Whittlewood_Ridge&action=edit&redlink=1) (Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire) 92. [Rockingham Forest](/source/Rockingham_Forest) (Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Rutland and Lincolnshire) 110. [Chilterns](/source/Chilterns) (Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire and Berkshire) 111. [Northern Thames Basin](/source/Northern_Thames_Basin) (Essex, Hertfordshire and Greater London) 115. [Thames Valley](/source/Thames_Valley) (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Surrey, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire)

### South East and London

81. [Greater Thames Estuary](/source/Greater_Thames_Estuary) (Essex, Kent and Greater London) 88. [Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire_Claylands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire) 90. [Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge](/source/Bedfordshire_Greensand_Ridge) (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire) 91. [Yardley-Whittlewood Ridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yardley-Whittlewood_Ridge&action=edit&redlink=1) (Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire) 95. [Northamptonshire Uplands](/source/Northamptonshire_Uplands) (Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire) 107. [Cotswolds](/source/Cotswolds) (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Avon, Somerset, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire and Buckinghamshire) 108. [Upper Thames Clay Vales](/source/Upper_Thames_Clay_Vales) (Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire) 109. [Midvale Ridge](/source/Midvale_Ridge) (Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Buckinghamshire) 110. [Chilterns](/source/Chilterns) (Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire and Berkshire) 111. [Northern Thames Basin](/source/Northern_Thames_Basin) (Essex, Hertfordshire and Greater London) 112. [Inner London](/source/Inner_London) (Greater London) 113. [North Kent Plain](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Kent_Plain&action=edit&redlink=1) (Kent and Greater London) 114. [Thames Basin Lowlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thames_Basin_Lowlands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Surrey, Greater London and Hampshire) 115. [Thames Valley](/source/Thames_Valley) (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Surrey, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire) 116. [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire_Downs) and [Marlborough Downs](/source/Marlborough_Downs) (Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire) 119. [North Downs](/source/North_Downs) (Kent, Greater London and Surrey) 120. [Wealden Greensand](/source/Wealden_Greensand) (Surrey, Kent, Hampshire and West Sussex) 121. [Low Weald](/source/Low_Weald) (East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent and Surrey) 122. [High Weald](/source/High_Weald) (East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent and Surrey) 123. [Romney Marshes](/source/Romney_Marshes) (Kent and East Sussex) 124. [Pevensey Levels](/source/Pevensey_Levels) (East Sussex) 125. [South Downs](/source/South_Downs) (Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex) 126. [South Coast Plain](/source/South_Coast_Plain) (West Sussex, Hampshire and East Sussex) 127. [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight) (Isle of Wight) 128. [South Hampshire Lowlands](/source/South_Hampshire_Lowlands) (Hampshire and West Sussex) 129. [Thames Basin Heaths](/source/Thames_Basin_Heaths) (Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and Wiltshire) 130. [Hampshire Downs](/source/Hampshire_Downs) (Hampshire, Wiltshire and Surrey) 131. [New Forest](/source/New_Forest) (Hampshire and Dorset) 132. [Salisbury Plain](/source/Salisbury_Plain) & [West Wiltshire Downs](/source/West_Wiltshire_Downs) (Wiltshire and Hampshire) 134. [Dorset Downs](/source/Dorset_Downs) and [Cranborne Chase](/source/Cranborne_Chase) (Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire) 135. [Dorset Heaths](/source/Dorset_Heaths) (Dorset and Hampshire)

### South West

100. [Herefordshire Lowlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herefordshire_Lowlands&action=edit&redlink=1) (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire) 103. [Malvern Hills](/source/Malvern_Hills) (Herefordshire and Worcestershire) 104. [South Herefordshire and Over Severn](/source/South_Herefordshire_and_Over_Severn) (Herefordshire and Gloucestershire) 105. [Forest of Dean](/source/Forest_of_Dean) and [Lower Wye](/source/River_Wye) (Gloucestershire and Herefordshire) 106. [Severn](/source/River_Severn) and [Avon Vales](/source/Avon_Vale) (Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Avon and Warwickshire) 107. [Cotswolds](/source/Cotswolds) (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Avon, Somerset, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire and Buckinghamshire) 108. [Upper Thames Clay Vales](/source/Upper_Thames_Clay_Vales) (Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire) 109. [Midvale Ridge](/source/Midvale_Ridge) (Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Buckinghamshire) 116. [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire_Downs) and [Marlborough Downs](/source/Marlborough_Downs) (Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire) 117. [Avon Vales](/source/Avon_Vale) (Wiltshire and Somerset) 118. [Bristol](/source/Bristol), [Avon Valleys and Ridges](/source/River_Avon%2C_Bristol) (Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire) 129. [Thames Basin Heaths](/source/Thames_Basin_Heaths) (Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and Wiltshire) 130. [Hampshire Downs](/source/Hampshire_Downs) (Hampshire, Wiltshire and Surrey) 131. [New Forest](/source/New_Forest) (Hampshire and Dorset) 132. [Salisbury Plain](/source/Salisbury_Plain) and [West Wiltshire Downs](/source/West_Wiltshire_Downs) (Wiltshire and Hampshire) 133. [Blackmoor Vale and Vale of Wardour](/source/Blackmoor_Vale_and_Vale_of_Wardour) (Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire) 134. [Dorset Downs](/source/Dorset_Downs) and [Cranborne Chase](/source/Cranborne_Chase) (Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire) 135. [Dorset Heaths](/source/Dorset_Heaths) (Dorset and Hampshire) 136. [South Purbeck](/source/South_Purbeck) (Dorset) 137. [Isle of Portland](/source/Isle_of_Portland) (Dorset) 138. [Weymouth Lowlands](/source/Weymouth_Lowlands) (Dorset) 139. [Marshwood and Powerstock Vales](/source/Marshwood_and_Powerstock_Vales) (Dorset) 140. [Yeovil Scarplands](/source/Yeovil_Scarplands) (Somerset and Dorset) 141. [Mendip Hills](/source/Mendip_Hills) (Somerset and Avon) 142. [Somerset Levels and Moors](/source/Somerset_Levels_and_Moors) (Somerset and Avon) 143. [Mid Somerset Hills](/source/Mid_Somerset_Hills) (Somerset) 144. [Quantock Hills](/source/Quantock_Hills) (Somerset) 145. [Exmoor](/source/Exmoor) (Devon and Somerset) 146. [Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes](/source/Vale_of_Taunton_and_Quantock_Fringes) (Somerset and Devon) 147. [Blackdowns](/source/Blackdown_Hills_National_Landscape) (Devon, Somerset and Dorset) 148. [Devon Redlands](/source/Devon_Redlands) (Devon and Somerset) 149. [The Culm](/source/Culm_National_Character_Area) (Devon, Cornwall and Somerset) 150. [Dartmoor](/source/Dartmoor) (Devon) 151. [South Devon](/source/South_Devon) (Devon) 152. [Cornish Killas](/source/Cornish_Killas) (Cornwall) 153. [Bodmin Moor](/source/Bodmin_Moor) (Cornwall) 154. [Hensbarrow](/source/Hensbarrow) (Cornwall) 155. [Carnmenellis](/source/Carnmenellis) (Cornwall) 156. [West Penwith](/source/West_Penwith) (Cornwall) 157. [The Lizard](/source/The_Lizard) (Cornwall) 158. [Isles of Scilly](/source/Isles_of_Scilly) (Cornwall) 159. [Lundy](/source/Lundy) (Devon)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["National Character Areas – defining England's natural boundaries"](http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/publications/nca/default.aspx). Natural England. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

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