National Character Areas (England)

There are 159 Character Areas, each of which is distinctive with a unique 'sense of place'. These broad divisions of landscape form the basic units of cohesive countryside character, on which strategies for both ecological and landscape issues can be based. The Character Area framework is used to describe and shape objectives for the countryside, its planning and management.

Two new fields added January 2023: ALT - Agricultural Landscape Typology BLT - Broad Landscape Typology Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Data and Resources

ArcGIS Open Dataset record page

ArcGIS Open Dataset record page
NationalCharacterAreasEngland_Download

National Character Areas (England) Download
NationalCharacterAreasEngland_WFS

National Character Areas (England) WFS
NationalCharacterAreasEngland_WMS

National Character Areas (England) WMS
National_Character_Areas_(England)_ESRI_REST_Feature_Server_Endpoint

National Character Areas (England) ESRI REST Feature Server Endpoint

Additional Info

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Last Updated	March 31, 2023, 09:12 (UTC)
Created	March 6, 2017, 18:01 (UTC)