Landscape types

Landscape types are the building blocks of landscape classification and are classified mainly on the basis of factors such as soils, landform, vegetation and settlement pattern. They are generic and can occur anywhere in the County. For example Woodland and Plantation on Heath occurs as a landscape type in the New Forest, as well as near Farnborough and in parts of the Weald in East Hampshire.

This page has the full set of landscape types for Hampshire. They are provided in PDF format which you can view, print, or save to your own computer.

The landscape character type and area information is also available in an open data format.

Draft landscape types

• Chalk Scarp
• Coastal Plain Enclosed
• Coastal Plain Open
• Coastal Reclaim and Grazing Marsh
• Downland Mosaic Large Scale
• Downland Mosaic Small Scale
• Estuary
• Greensand Hangers
• Greensand Hills
• Greensand Terrace
• Harbour Channels
• Intertidal Estuary and Harbour
• Lowland Mosaic Heath Associated
• Lowland Mosaic Medium Scale
• Lowland Mosaic Open
• Lowland Mosaic Small Scale
• Open Coastal Shore
• Open Downs
• Open Heath
• River Valley Floor
• River Valley Terrace
• Wooded Downland Plateau
• Woodland and Plantation Heath