East Dorset Landscape Character Assessment - Dorsetforyou.com

Key Characteristics• Flat landform• Mosaic of large fields used for arable and pasture• Few trees in fields, most trees near river and villageKey Features14) Dudsbury RidgeContextLandscape Character Type: Heath/farmland mosaicLandscape Description Unit No. 454• A31 by pass to the west• A.348 at Longham• Hampreston village and churchThe woodland at Dudsbury Camp viewed from the Golf CourseDescriptionFlat grazing land of the terrace to the west of the A348The Bagshot Sands that cover the area between Ferndown and Alderholtextend southwards and, overlaid with a cap of Bracklesham Beds,appear as a ridge of high ground close to the river. The similarity ofgeology, the Podzol soils and land use prior to the development of theEast Dorset District Council District Landscape Character Assessment 200843