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The Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers 958 square kilometres (370 sq mi) in Cornwall; that is, about 27% of the total area of the county. It comprises 12 separate areas, designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 for special landscape protection. Of the areas, eleven cover stretches of coastline; the twelfth is Bodmin Moor. The areas are together treated as a single Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Designation[edit]

The areas were designated in 1959, except for the Camel estuary which was added in 1981.[2] The list of designated areas is:[3]

Hartland (Morwenstow and Kilkhampton)

Pentire Point to Widemouth

Camel Estuary

Trevose Head to Stepper Point (Bedruthan to Padstow)

St Agnes

Godrevy to Portreath

West Penwith

South Coast - Western (Lizard and Marazion to Helford River)

South Coast - Central (Mylor & the Roseland to Porthpean)

South Coast - Eastern (Par Sands to Looe)

Rame Head

Bodmin Moor

There are separate AONBs covering the Isles of Scilly and the Tamar Valley (which is partly in Cornwall).

Management[edit]

The first Cornwall AONB Management Plan was adopted by the members of the Cornwall AONB Partnership [4] in July 2004.

The latest Cornwall AONB Management Plan was adopted by Cornwall Council and the members of the Cornwall AONB Partnership [4] in February 2011. [5]

The South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) covers 337 square kilometres, including much of the South Hams area of Devon and the rugged coastline from Jennycliff to Elberry Cove near Brixham. The purpose of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is to preserve and enhance the beauty of certain areas of countryside. South Devon AONB was established in 1960.

Towns and villages within the area include Bigbury/Burgh Island, Kingsbridge, Newton Ferrers, Salcombe on the Kingsbridge Estuary, Slapton, Wembury, and Dartmouth and Kingswear on either side of the River Dart Estuary.

The AONB also includes several Sites of Special Scientific Interest, including two National Nature Reserves and three Special Areas of Conservation. It contains nationally important populations of greater horseshoe bat, cirl bunting, shore dock and great green bush cricket.

The AONB also includes a section of the South West Coast Path, 10 kilometres of cliffs at Bolt Head, Bolberry Down which is one of the longest stretches of coast belonging to the National Trust and Prawle Point, the southernmost point in Devon

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