The
Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
(AONB) covers 99 square kilometres running north
west from the vale of Taunton Deane to the Bristol
Channel Coast. The Quantock Hills was England’s
first AONB being designated in 1956 (confirmed in
1957) and consists of large amounts of heathland,
oak woodlands, ancient parklands and agricultural
land.
Because of
the special nature of the Quantocks much of it
is covered by a designation of Site of Special
Scientific Interest (SSSI) for the geologically
interesting coastline to the maritime heathlands
on the northern hills.
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