Enhance Overview

A strong local partnership works together to conserve and enhance the Area's special qualities. The AONB Unit undertakes and facilitates active
countryside management and seeks to involve everyone in the area's protection, while raising awareness of why the AONB is so special.

 

 

What is an AONB?
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales are designated under statutory provisions, to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the area's landscape.
The AONB Family
There are 46 AONBs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They are all members of the AONB Family, which covers 8000 square miles of the finest countryside.
UK protected landscapes map
46 AONBs, 15 National Parks, 40 National Scenic Areas - find out where all the UK's protected landscapes are on this map.
History of designation
Committees, reports, National Park designations and road proposals all went into the melting pot which finally bore the Arnside & Silverdale AONB.
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