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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
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345:Shropshire, Cheshire & Staffordshire Plain
663:Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire Claylands
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653:Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire Wolds
579:Derbyshire Peak Fringe & Lower Derwent
549:Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands
494:Derbyshire Peak Fringe & Lower Derwent
489:Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands
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78:and a more secure environmental future.
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752:Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau
510:Southern Magnesian Limestone
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617:South Derbyshire Claylands
191:Border Moors & Forests
119:Border Moors & Forests
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1016:Yardley-Whittlewood Ridge
970:Yardley-Whittlewood Ridge
673:Yardley-Whittlewood Ridge
599:Manchester Pennine Fringe
544:Central Lincolnshire Vale
484:Central Lincolnshire Vale
309:Manchester Pennine Fringe
64:local nature partnerships
1125:South Hampshire Lowlands
1021:Northamptonshire Uplands
801:Northamptonshire Uplands
693:Northamptonshire Uplands
355:Yorkshire and the Humber
350:Cheshire Sandstone Ridge
319:Lancashire Coal Measures
246:Morecambe Bay Limestones
60:nature improvement areas
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1212:Upper Thames Clay Vales
1031:Upper Thames Clay Vales
559:South Lincolnshire Edge
241:South Cumbria Low Fells
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18:National character area
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1006:Bedfordshire Claylands
1001:Greater Thames Estuary
960:Northamptonshire Vales
955:Bedfordshire Claylands
920:Greater Thames Estuary
668:Northamptonshire Vales
314:Manchester Conurbation
1061:Thames Basin Lowlands
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995:South East and London
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806:Dunsmore & Feldon
698:Dunsmore & Feldon
387:North Yorkshire Moors
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1149:West Wiltshire Downs
796:Leicestershire Vales
770:Derbyshire Claylands
688:Leicestershire Vales
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900:North Norfolk Coast
781:Melbourne Parklands
728:Staffordshire Plain
683:High Leicestershire
628:Melbourne Parklands
1323:Mid Somerset Hills
950:East Anglian Chalk
895:North West Norfolk
539:Lincolnshire Wolds
530:Lincolnshire Coast
479:Lincolnshire Wolds
470:Lincolnshire Coast
435:Lancashire Valleys
289:Lancashire Valleys
207:Cumbria High Fells
138:Mid Northumberland
76:sustainable growth
72:ecosystem services
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1080:North Downs
935:Mid Norfolk
846:Teme Valley
425:Pendle Hill
331:Conurbation
279:Pendle Hill
231:Orton Fells
212:Eden Valley
1444:Categories
1408:References
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1378:Hensbarrow
1343:Blackdowns
1255:New Forest
1231:Avon Vales
1202:Avon Vales
1168:South West
1140:New Forest
1095:High Weald
940:The Brecks
915:The Broads
874:Avon Vales
724:Shropshire
714:White Peak
589:White Peak
460:Holderness
329:Merseyside
265:Lancashire
185:North West
93:North East
1222:Berkshire
1207:Cotswolds
1193:Lower Wye
1090:Low Weald
1071:Berkshire
1041:Chilterns
1026:Cotswolds
980:Chilterns
879:Cotswolds
777:Washlands
761:Cank Wood
738:Potteries
703:Cotswolds
648:Charnwood
624:Washlands
604:Potteries
584:Dark Peak
499:Dark Peak
299:Dark Peak
256:Morecambe
1358:Dartmoor
1353:The Culm
890:The Fens
836:Lowlands
792:Lowlands
766:Needwood
644:Lowlands
613:Needwood
574:Sherwood
554:The Fens
222:Tyne Gap
150:Lowlands
129:Tyne Gap
114:Cheviots
1428:26 June
1236:Bristol
842:Plateau
568:Belvoir
534:Marshes
474:Marshes
275:Bowland
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