East Dorset Landscape Character Assessment - Dorsetforyou.com

• Narrow, winding lanes throughout the area, with high, densehedgerows• Extensive network of public footpaths and woodland and othertracks• Farmhouses and other modest rural dwellings, few major historicbuildings or churches• General absence of archaeological remains, except for tumuli onhilltops• Heavy concentration of Ancient Woodlands• Quiet, peaceful countryside largely unaffected by moderndevelopmentPhoto: Peter MounceHillbutts looking eastwards towards Wimborne, Q.E School to the right of the photoKey Characteristics• Undulating landform, punctuated by hilltops• Heavily influenced by woods, copses and hedgerow treescreating an irregular patchwork• Absence of major roads• Irregular road pattern, having an east-west emphasis with shortnorth-south linksEast Dorset District Council District Landscape Character Assessment 200831