National Character Areas (NCAs)

Natural England has updated the National Landscape Character assessments on their website.

 Wherever you are in England you are in one of these areas, which has a particular character.

Each NCA represents an area of distinct and recognisable character at the national scale. 

Their boundaries follow natural lines in the landscape, not county or district boundaries. 

This makes them a good framework for decision-making and planning for future change. 

The information contained within the NCA profiles aims to help guide land management and other activities to strengthen character and resilience, responding to pressures such as climate change.

I was born in Area 38: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield

I studied in Area 37: Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe

I trained as a teacher in Area 41: Humber Estuary

My first job was in Area 69: Trent Valley Washlands

The first home I owned was in Area 76: North West Norfolk and my school was on the very edge of Area 46: The Fens

I spent three years working in Area 37 - Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe, when I worked for the Geographical Association.

I now live in Area 84: Mid Norfolk, and my current school is in Area 46: The Fens

What numbers have you lived in?

BBC Scotland Landscape Animations

Well done to BBC Scotland for continuing to create new content for the Bitesize site for Geographers.

The animations feature 11 different landscapes and landscape features.

🌊🌍🏞️🛤️🌄🏔️🥾Want to go on an adventure around Scotland's incredible landscapes with our animated explorers, Isla and Connor? Take a look at our new videos for @BBCScotLearn here: https://t.co/qFxgzlkAqA#geography pic.twitter.com/pWEG9pt4xB

— Bright Button (@BrightButtonPro) October 15, 2021

Webinar on the drainage of the Fens

Free to register on Eventbrite.





Today's Fenland landscape is essentially the creation of the past 500 years, although some evidence of Roman and early medieval attempts at reclamation can still be seen. This talk explores how successive generations have tried to secure the Fens against flooding, from Vermuyden's work in the 17th century through windmill drainage in the18th, steam in the 19th to diesel and electric power in the 20th, and then the major works that followed the 1947 floods.

Throughout much of the period drainage was further handicapped by administrative confusion and conflicts of interest, for example between drainage and navigation and the hostility of King's Lynn towards inland works that could adversely affect the harbour and the Ouse outfall into the Wash.

This outwardly simple landscape of straight lines and great skies has a hidden complexity: every dyke, field, road, railway and building has a rich story to tell, if you know where to look.

Norfolk Coast AONB

Uploaded this document from the AONB website as a reminder of the key issues for managing the Norfolk Coast. This is our Distinctive Landscape for GCSE Geography.
More to come on this...

Norfolk AONB by GeoBlogs on Scribd

The Norfolk Coast - a distinctive landscape

And a reminder today of how dynamic it is...

We like this idea... Try it out Y10s

Impressive time lapse costal landforms from year 10 today 👍 #geography @Preston_School pic.twitter.com/eEstv0hz4Y

— Andrew (@mrcullingford06) April 19, 2018