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15) Parley River Terrace There are ribbons of housing and other developments such as nurseriesand garden centres along the Christchurch Road and housing alongContextChurch Lane that impinge upon the more rural character of the characterarea. The rural character is also impacted by the movements of aircraft inLandscape Character Type: River terraceand out of the nearby Bournemouth Airport to the east.Landscape Description Unit No. 456View westwards across the character area showing the large, flat fields, note the gardencentre buildings alongside Christchurch Road on the right hand side of the photograph.DescriptionAn area of valley gravel set alongside the northern edge of the LowerStour Valley extending eastwards from the West Parley traffic lights tobeyond the boundary of the District and include the hamlet of WestParley that lies near to an historic crossing point of the Stour. Thischaracter area is broad and largely flat and is mainly used for agriculture.Large irregularly shaped fields occupy this terrace. Tree cover is sparse.Flat, agricultural land to the east of New RoadKey Characteristics• Gentle slope to river• Sparse tree cover• Large flat fieldsEast Dorset District Council District Landscape Character Assessment 200845
• Urban influencesKey Features16) Moors River ValleyContext• O/h power lines (adverse impact) Landscape Character Type: Lowland river valley• Ribbon development alongside Christchurch Road and ChurchLaneLandscape Description Unit No. 476 & part 452• West Parley hamlet• Airport flightpath (aircraft noise)View across the Moors River Valley character area where it is crossed by the A31 at WestMoors and at Tricketts CrossDescriptionStarting beyond the District Boundary at Hurn, this area extends northand westwards from Tricketts Cross to include, to the west, the valley ofthe Uddens Water and Mannington Brook and, to the north, the MoorsRiver and the River Crane as far as Verwood.East Dorset District Council District Landscape Character Assessment 200846
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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
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Page 15 and 16: distinctive profile of Badbury Ring
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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 and 44: that lies within Poole is set on a
Page 45 and 46: 13) Hampreston River TerraceContext
Page 47: golf course suggest this character
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
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