Poster: Areas of Outstanding National Beauty and National Scenic Areas

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Link: Using Data To Explore Great Britain's AONBs And NSAs

 

...Area

 

England – 33 AONBs – 19,307.35 km2

Scotland – 40 NSAs – 13,811.18 km2

Wales – 5 AONBs – 956.23 km2

GB total – 34,074.76 km2

 

Largest AONB/NSAs

 

1. Cotswolds – 2041.1 km2 (England)

2. South Lewis, Harris and North Uist – 2021.2 km2 (Scotland)

3. North Pennines – 1985.2 km2 (England)

4. North Wessex Downs – 1731.1 km2 (England)

5. High Weald – 1461.7 km2 (England)

 

Smallest AONB/NSAs

 

1. Isles of Scilly – 16.1 km2 (England)

2. River Earn (Comrie to St Fillans) – 31.1 km2 (Scotland)

3. Chichester Harbour – 36.3 km2 (England)

4. Eildon and Leaderfoot – 38.8 km2 (Scotland)

5. Glen Strathfarrar – 40.3 km2 (Scotland)

 

Highest points in AONBs and NSAs

 

1. Ben Nevis and Glen Coe – 1345 m above sea level (Ben Nevis Summit, Scotland)

2. Cairngorms – 1309 m above sea level (Ben Macdui mountain, Scotland)

3. Cairngorms – 1296 m (Braeriach mountain, Scotland)

4. Cairngorms – 1265 m (Can na Criche mountain, Scotland)

5. Cairngorms – 1258 m (The Angel’s Peak mountain, Scotland)

 

Lowest points in AONBs and NSAs

 

1. South Lewis, Harris, and North Uist – 9 m below sea level (Eileen Lingreabhaigh – small island off Harris, Scotland)

2. South Uist Machair – 4 m (Rubh’ Aird-mhicheil, Scotland)

3. Dornoch Firth – 4 m (near Dun Creich fort, Scotland)

4. Cornwall – 3 m – (coastal inlet ‘Pigeon Ogo’ near Lizard Point, England)

5. Llŷn – 3 m (Trwyn y Penrhyn near Aberdaron, Wales)

 

Most populated AONB/NSAs (including both residential and commercial addresses)

 

1. Cotswolds – 71,847 addresses (England)

2. High Weald – 55,590 addresses (England)

3. North Wessex Downs – 46,903 addresses (England)

4. Dorset – 41,667 addresses (England)

5. Kent Downs – 33,282 addresses (England)

 

Least populated AONB/NSAs (including both residential and commercial addresses)

 

1. St Kilda – 0 addresses (Scotland)

2. Scarba, Lunga and the Garvellachs – 1 address (Scotland)

3. Glen Affric – 2 addresses (Scotland)

4. Glen Strathfarrar – 3 addresses (Scotland)

5. The Trossachs – 21 addresses (Scotland)...