Solway Basin, Western Mixed
Author(s): Jeremy Lake
This is a flat, open and largely managed pastoral landscape, with key features including raised beaches, mudflats and salt marshes. Around 3.2% of the area is urban, with the vast majority (83.5%) of the area being open, cultivated grassland. Only 4.6% of the area is woodland. Of the Character Area, 11.3% is designated as the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB); 9% of the area is designated as Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI); 1% as National Nature Reserve (NNR) and just under 3% is common land.
- Report Number:
- 10/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 14
- Keywords:
- Landscape Farmstead Historic
