Jun 05 2008
The UK’s farmed landscape
Norfolk wheat field
Where better to start than the British landscape? Largely shaped by farming, the countryside underlies food production.
Essential landscape resources online
Natural England – Joint character area landscape descriptions – Natural England has divided England into 159 “joint character areas” (JCAs), each an area of characteristic landscape. A detailed report (pdf) on each area can be downloaded. More about JCAs…
MAGIC – Interactive environmental map – comprehensive environmental mapping of England, Scotland, Wales and surrounding marine areas. More about MAGIC…
Defra/NERC – Countryside Survey – extensive audit of the British countryside, collecting data on habitat types, hedgerows, plant species and freshwater invertebrates.
Defra/ADAS – Countryside Information System – downloadable program (Windows) providing mapping of environmental data from Magic, the Countryside Survey and other sources.
Landscape resources in print
Making of the English Landscape
Other landscape resources online
Defra – Farming: landscape features – advice and support for farmers on managing landscape features such as trees, hedges and drystone walls.
AHRC – Landscape and environment – an interdisciplinary thematic funding programme of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, with links to funded research programmes.
