Marshwood and Powerstock Vales, Western Mixed
Author(s): Jeremy Lake
At the heart of this Character Area, the bowl-shaped vale of Marshwood is surrounded by a diverse landscape of steep greensand ridges and conical hills. To the south, the undulating hills extend to an attractive coastline of slumped cliffs, steep headlands and hidden valleys between Morecombelake and West Bay. This is a rural area (only 4% ‘urban’) centred on the market town of Bridport. All the Character Area is within the Dorset Downs and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the coastline is a Heritage Coast.
- Report Number:
- 143/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 11
- Keywords:
- Landscape Farmstead Historic
