Useful Links
The Durham Landscape team cannot be held responsible for the information contained on other websites.
British Geological Survey
Packed with geological information.
Cassop Vale National Nature Reserve
Information about Cassop Vale National Nature Reserve.
Castle Eden Dene National Nature Reserve
Information about Castle Eden Dene national nature reserve
Countryside Agency - Character Assessment Guidance
Landscape Character Assessment Guidance for England and Scotland
Countryside Character Initiative
A programme of information and advice on the character of the English countryside. It includes descriptions of the features and characteristics that make the landscape, and guidance documents on how to undertake Landscape Character Assessment.
Derwent Gorge and Muggleswick Woods
Information on Derwent Gorge and Muggleswick Woods National Nature Reserve.
Durham City Council - World Heritage
Information about World Heritage sites
English Nature - Natural Areas
Information from English Nature about natural areas. Includes a clickable map to find your nearest area.
Environmentally Sensitive Areas
Provides information about the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme which were introduced in 1987 to offer incentives to encourage farmers to adopt agricultural practices which would safeguard and enhance parts of the country of particularly high landscape, wildlife or historic value.
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
FWAG exists to provide farmers, landowners and our other clients with the best opportunity for environmental gain through cost effective, quality solutions. Website includes information on membership, current events, press releases, links and vacancies.
Infoterra Global
Remote sensing and geo-information solutions.
Landscape Character Network
LCN is an informal network, open to anyone who has an interest in Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) and its applications.
MAGIC - Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside
A one-stop shop for rural and countryside information from the partner organisations, bringing together definitive rural designation boundaries and information about rural land-based schemes into one place for the first time.
Moor House Nature Reserve
Details about Moor House Upper Teesdale Nature Reserve
National Nature Reserves Durham Coast
Information on the Durham Coast.
Thrislington National Naure Reserve
Information about Thrislington National Naure Reserve