The map shows the landscape character areas for the rural parts of Bath and North East Somerset whereby the landscape is divided into parcels of land with common characteristics. These 18 distinct landscape character areas are described in the Rural Landscapes of Bath and North East Somerset A Landscape Character Assessment which was approved as Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) on 17 February 2003. The Bath and North East Somerset area includes parts of three of the national landscape character areas: the Mendip Hills, the Cotswolds and Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges. This assessment at the intermediate / local authority scale reflects these distinctions and adds more detail and further subdivision.
