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AONB stands for 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' and that description fits this part of the world perfectly: it's a precious landscape with such a distinctive character and natural beauty that it is in the nation's interest to safeguard it.
There are 40 AONBs across England and Wales, created by the legislation of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of 1949. Together, they comprise some of the finest countryside in England and Wales. The primary purpose of AONB designation is to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the designated area: In achieving this the social and economic development that contributes to the natural beauty of the AONB should be encouraged and the management of recreation and tourism improved. The AONBs are a national asset containing a wide variety of attractive landscapes including wolds, downlands, woodlands, moorlands and heaths, rivers and streams, estuaries and marshes, and coast. Like National Parks, our AONBs are very much living and working landscapes that have been, and continue to be, shaped by nature and human activity.
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