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historic village has been considerably extended from the its riversidecore southwards to the A350.A golf course and a series of large fish farm lakes lie to the east of thesettlement. The undeveloped part of this character area is also adverselyaffected by the presence of the busy A.350 and the A31 trunk road andthe 400kv overhead pylon line. Fields are large but of irregular shape,tree cover is sparse, confined largely to field boundaries.The historic Henbury House lies at the southern edge of this characterarea, in a slightly elevated location overlooking the river terrace.Glimpses of the house can be obtained from the A.31 trunk road to thenorth.Key Characteristics• Large flat, open fields• Field boundary trees and hedgesKey Features• A.350 and the A.31 trunk road• Sturminster Marshall village and historic church• O/h power lines (adverse impact)• Henbury HouseLarge flat fields and boundary planting on the river terrace viewed from the A31Henbury House, a Grade 2* listed building, overlooking the river terrace and the A.31East Dorset District Council District Landscape Character Assessment 200841
13) Hampreston River TerraceContextLandscape Character Type: River terraceLandscape Description Unit Nos. 479Leigh and Brook Road and by the A.31 Wimborne by pass that crossesthe river to the south west and the roundabout at Canford Bottom. To theeast the landscape is more agricultural, with large regular fields usedpredominantly for arable or grazing, a large group of glasshouses liesouth of Ham Lane close to the river but are screened to view byintervening woodland. The urban influence on the landscape characterreturns at the village of Hampreston and, at the easternmost point, thedevelopments, both commercial and residential at Longham that lieeither side of the busy A.348.View across the western edge of the character area, Leigh Road to the right and the bypassto the left of the pictureDescriptionAn area of valley gravel lying to the north of the river, the western part ofthe area is influenced by the industrial and residential developments atHampreston village and its landscape settingSouth of Ham Lane important landscape trees lie on field boundaries andalong the river banks. North of Ham Lane there are important plantationsthat provide a backdrop to the view from the road.East Dorset District Council District Landscape Character Assessment 200842
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Page 7 and 8: Regional guidanceThe draft Regional
Page 9 and 10: Area of Outstanding Beauty (AONB) p
Page 11 and 12: 1) Chase WoodsContextLandscape Type
Page 13 and 14: 2) East Dorset Downs/South Blandfor
Page 15 and 16: distinctive profile of Badbury Ring
Page 17 and 18: To the north east of this valley th
Page 19 and 20: Handley Road. The strong contrast b
Page 21 and 22: 3) Allen Valley Flat water meadows
Page 23 and 24: 4) Monkton Up Wimborne ValleyContex
Page 25 and 26: 5) Gussage ValleyContextLandscape C
Page 27 and 28: 6) Crichel ValleyContextLandscape C
Page 29 and 30: 7) Lower Winterborne ValleyContextL
Page 31 and 32: • A31 Trunk road - has an adverse
Page 33 and 34: Horton Tower, a Grade II* listed bu
Page 35 and 36: • O/h powerline at Pamphill (adve
Page 37 and 38: View of Henbury Plantation from Bla
Page 39 and 40: that mark the former floodplain. Ho
Page 41 and 42: The Stour looking north eastwards f
Page 43: that lies within Poole is set on a
Page 47 and 48: golf course suggest this character
Page 49 and 50: • Urban influencesKey Features16)
Page 51 and 52: Key CharacteristicsKey Features•
Page 53 and 54: 18) Ringwood-Hurn Forest/Heath Mosa
Page 55 and 56: Forest which reaches back into the
Page 57 and 58: appearance, it has more in common w
Page 59 and 60: 21) Horton Common-Three Legged Cros
Page 61 and 62: a National Nature Reserve the heath
Page 63 and 64: Stour Valley northwards to Alderhol
Page 65 and 66: Historically the River was an impor
Page 67 and 68: Landscape DescriptionUnit boundarie
Page 69 and 70: Appendix 2 Appendix 3© Crown Copyr

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