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Landscape of Hertfordshire - character assessment

This is the gateway to all published local authority landscape character statements in Hertfordshire, and in turn the Strategy and Guidelines for the management of landscape change in different areas of the county.

The boundary of Hertfordshire is shown by the area of darker colours on the map below.

For details of neighbouring county and district assessments please see the national database of landscape character assessments.

Central River Valleys Region (part of CCAs 111 & 115)
The lowdown on this part of CoAg/EN Area 111 (Northern Thames Basin) and a tiny part of 115 (Thames Valley)
East Herts Plateau (part of CCA 86)
Explanation of the Herts part of English Nature and Countryside Agency Area 86 (The S. Suffolk and N. Essex Clayland)
Hertfordshire Chilterns Region (part of CCA 110)
Formed from part of the Countryside Agency's & English Nature's Character Area 110 (The Chilterns)
Landscape Character Assessment Methodology
North Herts Ridge (part of CCA 87)
Signposts to more information about the Herts part of the region known as the East Anglian Chalk (JCA 87)
Northern Vale Salients - N of Tring (part of CCA 108)
A small part of Hertfordshire lying within CCA 108 (The Upper Thames Clay Vale)
South Herts Plateau Region (part of CCA 111)
A distinctive subset of the En/CoAg area 111 (Northern Thames Basin)