AONBs in England
There are 46 AONBs in Britain (33 wholly in England, four wholly in Wales, one that straddles the Anglo-Welsh border and eight in Northern Ireland). In Scotland a comparable designation is the NSA.
AONB | Photo | Established | Area |
Arnside and Silverdale | ![]() | 1972 | 75 km2 (29 sq mi) |
Blackdown Hills | ![]() | 1991 | 370 km2 (140 sq mi) |
Cannock Chase | ![]() | 1958 | 68 km2 (26 sq mi) |
Chichester Harbour | ![]() | 1964 | 37 km2 (14 sq mi) |
Chiltern Hills | ![]() | 1965 | 833 km2 (322 sq mi) |
Cornwall | ![]() | 1959 | 958 km2 (370 sq mi) |
Cotswolds | ![]() | 1966 | 2,038 km2 (787 sq mi) |
Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs | ![]() | 1981 | 983 km2 (380 sq mi) |
Dedham Vale | ![]() | 1970 | 90 km2 (35 sq mi) |
Dorset | ![]() | 1959 | 1,129 km2 (436 sq mi) |
East Devon | ![]() | 1963 | 268 km2 (103 sq mi) |
Forest of Bowland | ![]() | 1964 | 803 km2 (310 sq mi) |
High Weald | ![]() | 1983 | 1,460 km2 (560 sq mi) |
Howardian Hills | ![]() | 1987 | 204 km2 (79 sq mi) |
Isle of Wight | ![]() | 1963 | 189 km2 (73 sq mi) |
Isles of Scilly | ![]() | 1975 | 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi) |
Kent Downs | ![]() | 1968 | 878 km2 (339 sq mi) |
Lincolnshire Wolds | ![]() | 1973 | 560 km2 (220 sq mi) |
Malvern Hills | ![]() | 1959 | 105 km2 (41 sq mi) |
Mendip Hills | ![]() | 1972 | 200 km2 (77 sq mi) |
Nidderdale | ![]() | 1994 | 603 km2 (233 sq mi) |
Norfolk Coast | ![]() | 1968 | 453 km2 (175 sq mi) |
North Devon Coast | ![]() | 1959 | 171 km2 (66 sq mi) |
North Pennines | ![]() | 1988 | 1,983 km2 (766 sq mi) |
Northumberland Coast | ![]() | 1958 | 138 km2 (53 sq mi) |
North Wessex Downs | ![]() | 1972 | 1,730 km2 (670 sq mi) |
Quantock Hills | ![]() | 1956 | 98 km2 (38 sq mi) |
Shropshire Hills | ![]() | 1958 | 802 km2 (310 sq mi) |
Solway Coast | ![]() | 1964 | 115 km2 (44 sq mi) |
South Devon | ![]() | 1960 | 337 km2 (130 sq mi) |
Suffolk Coast and Heaths | ![]() | 1970 | 403 km2 (156 sq mi) |
Surrey Hills | ![]() | 1958 | 422 km2 (163 sq mi) |
Tamar Valley | ![]() | 1995 | 190 km2 (73 sq mi) |
Wye Valley (partly in Wales) | ![]() | 1971 | 326 km2 (126 sq mi) |