East Dorset Landscape Character Assessment - Dorsetforyou.com
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View along valley towards Gussage All Saints, the church tower can be seen among thetrees on the leftth18 C packhorse bridgeKey Characteristics• Steep sided valley gradually spreading out into downland to thenorthKey Features:• Historic churches of All Saints and St Michael• Bridges at Bull Bridge and south of Ryalls Farmhouse• Riverine vegetation• Important chalk stream habitat• Linear settlements along valley floor• Farm buildings grouped along valley floor• Road pattern follows valley floorEast Dorset District Council District Landscape Character Assessment 200823
6) Crichel ValleyContextLandscape Character Type: Chalk river valleyExtension to Landscape Description Unit No. 398is largely due to landuse factors: the area is much less developed, and inconsequence, more rural and totally unspoilt. Farms and cottages areset along the road frontage. Being of traditional materials, mostly brickand flint under peg tile roofs, they relate well with one another and withthe surrounding landscape.Long Crichel church, at the southern end of the village, forms a locallandmark, seen at its best when entering the village from the north.Around the church and Long Crichel House are fine specimen treesgiving a park-like appearance to the adjacent watermeadows.View across the middle section of the Long Crichel valleyDescriptionThis elongated sub-area of the Allen, centred on Long Crichel, followsthe pattern of its neighbouring valleys in terms of geology andtopography, but its character is quite different. This change in characterView south-eastwards along the valley stream, the pasture and trees in the foregroundcontrast with the open downland on the horizonThe field pattern is square to the road, with hedges that run up the slopeson either side generating a strong rhythm. Except for Norwood Park andEast Dorset District Council District Landscape Character Assessment 200824
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- Page 11 and 12: 1) Chase WoodsContextLandscape Type
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- Page 21 and 22: 3) Allen Valley Flat water meadows
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- Page 47 and 48: golf course suggest this character
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6) Crichel ValleyContext<strong>Landscape</strong> <strong>Character</strong> Type: Chalk river valleyExtension to <strong>Landscape</strong> Description Unit No. 398is largely due to landuse factors: the area is much less developed, and inconsequence, more rural and totally unspoilt. Farms and cottages areset along the road frontage. Being of traditional materials, mostly brickand flint under peg tile roofs, they relate well with one another and withthe surrounding landscape.Long Crichel church, at the southern end of the village, forms a locallandmark, seen at its best when entering the village from the north.Around the church and Long Crichel House are fine specimen treesgiving a park-like appearance to the adjacent watermeadows.View across the middle section of the Long Crichel valleyDescriptionThis elongated sub-area of the Allen, centred on Long Crichel, followsthe pattern of its neighbouring valleys in terms of geology andtopography, but its character is quite different. This change in characterView south-eastwards along the valley stream, the pasture and trees in the foregroundcontrast with the open downland on the horizonThe field pattern is square to the road, with hedges that run up the slopeson either side generating a strong rhythm. Except for Norwood Park and<strong>East</strong> <strong>Dorset</strong> District Council District <strong>Landscape</strong> <strong>Character</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> 200824
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