Classification of Test Valley Landscape

Hampshire County
Landscape Types		 Test Valley Landscape
Character Types		 Test Valley Landscape Character Areas
Heath and Forest Heathland (LCT1) 1A   West Wellow Heaths
Pasture and Woodland:
Heath Associated		 Pasture and Woodland Associated with Heathland (LCT2) 2A   
2B  		 Embley Wood and Heathland
North Baddesley to Chilworth Woodland Mosaic
Mixed Farmland and
Woodland		 Mixed Farmland and
Woodland Medium Scale (LCT3)		 3A   
3B   
3C  		 Baddesley Mixed Farm and Woodland
Melchet and Awbridge Wooded Farmland
Tytherley and Mottisfont Wooded Farmland

Mixed Farmland and
Woodland

 Mixed Farmland and
Woodland Small Scale
(LCT4)		 4A   
4B  		 Sherfi eld English
Michelmersh to Ampfi eld Wooded Farmland
River Valley River Valley Floor (LCT5) 5A   
5B  
5C   
5D   
5E   
5F   
5G   
5H   
5I   
5J  		 Lower Test Floodplain
Middle Test Valley Floor
Upper Test Valley Floor
Dun River Valley Floor
King's Somborne River Valley Floor
Wallop Brook Valley Floor
River Dever Valley Floor
Pillhill Brook Valley Floor
Upper River Anton Valley Floor
Lower River Anton Valley Floor
Chalk and Clay Semi-enclosed Chalk and
Clay Farmland (LCT7)		 7A
7B 
7C		 Ashley Downs
Broughton Downs
Linkenholt Downs
Clay Plateau/ Scarps:
Downland		 Enclosed Clay Plateau Farmland (LCT8) 8A Tangley and Doles Wood
Clay Plateau/ Scarps:
Downland		 Semi-enclosed Clay Plateau Farmland (LCT9) 9A North Andover Plateau
Open Arable/ Scarps:
Downland		 Open Chalklands (LCT10) 10A 
10B
10C 
10D
10E 
10F 
10G		 East Dean Chalk Downland King's Somborne Chalk Downland
Thruxton and Danebury Chalk Downland
Leckford and Chilbolton Chalk Downs
Drayton Chalk Downland
Andover Chalk Downland
Cholderton Downs
Open Arable/ Scarps:
Downland		 Chalk Downland Ridges (LCT11) 11A Quarley Hill Downs
Chalk and Clay Bourne Valleys (LCT12) 12A 
12B		 River Swift Valley
River Bourne Valley