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WILTSHIRE
Both nationally and regionally Wiltshire has a number of distinctive and striking landscape qualities. Some of the more striking features are as follows:
- 80% of the nation’s important chalk downlands are located in Wiltshire
- Less than 10% of the 260,667 hectares farmed is occupied as smallholdings
- The other 90% of holdings have an average size of 225 hectares
- 44% of the county is classified AONB
- 940 Sites of Special Scientific Interest exist within Wiltshire
- World Heritage Sites (Stonehenge and Avebury)
- 21,089 registered archaeological sites and monuments within the county
Sowing the Seeds - Planning the future of the countryside in Wiltshire
Sowing the Seeds: Planning the future off the countryside in Wiltshire - a report on the Wiltshire Rural Event, Monday 25th October 2004.
For more information on the Wiltshire SFF, contact Helen Clift on 01225 713200 or email Helen.clift@wiltshire.gov.uk
Last updated 10/12/2007