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Our Coverage

Legacy Habitat Banks Map

Updated

Q2 2026

North Northumberland Coastal Plain Northumberland Sandstone Hills Cheviot Fringe Cheviots Border Moors and Forests Solway Basin West Cumbria Coastal Plain Cumbria High Fells Eden Valley North Pennines Tyne Gap and Hadrian's Wall Mid Northumberland South East Northumberland Coastal Plain Tyne and Wear Lowlands Durham Magnesian Limestone Plateau Durham Coalfield Pennine Fringe Orton Fells Howgill Fells South Cumbria Low Fells Morecambe Bay Limestones Yorkshire Dales Pennine Dales Fringe Tees Lowlands Vale of Mowbray North York Moors and Cleveland Hills Vale of Pickering Yorkshire Wolds Vale of York Howardian Hills Southern Magnesian Limestone Morecambe Coast and Lune Estuary Lancashire and Amounderness Plain Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill Bowland Fells Lancashire Valleys Southern Pennines Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield Humberhead Levels Holderness Humber Estuary Lincolnshire Coast and Marshes Lincolnshire Wolds Central Lincolnshire Vale Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands The Fens Southern Lincolnshire Edge Trent and Belvoir Vales Sherwood Derbyshire Peak Fringe and Lower Derwent Dark Peak White Peak South West Peak Manchester Pennine Fringe Manchester Conurbation Lancashire Coal Measures Sefton Coast Merseyside Conurbation Wirral Mersey Valley Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain Cheshire Sandstone Ridge Oswestry Uplands Potteries and Churnet Valley Shropshire Hills Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau Cannock Chase and Cank Wood Needwood and South Derbyshire Claylands Trent Valley Washlands Melbourne Parklands Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield Mease/Sence Lowlands Charnwood Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Wolds Kesteven Uplands North West Norfolk North Norfolk Coast Central North Norfolk North East Norfolk and Flegg The Broads Greater Thames Estuary Suffolk Coast and Heaths South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands Mid Norfolk The Brecks South Suffolk and North Essex Clayland East Anglian Chalk Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands Northamptonshire Vales Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge Yardley-Whittlewood Ridge Rockingham Forest High Leicestershire Leicestershire Vales Northamptonshire Uplands Dunsmore and Feldon Arden Clun and North West Herefordshire Hills Black Mountains and Golden Valley Herefordshire Lowlands Herefordshire Plateau Teme Valley Malvern Hills South Herefordshire and Over Severn Forest of Dean and Lower Wye Severn and Avon Vales Cotswolds Upper Thames Clay Vales Midvale Ridge Chilterns Northern Thames Basin Inner London North Kent Plain Thames Basin Lowlands Thames Valley Berkshire and Marlborough Downs Avon Vales Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges North Downs Wealden Greensand Low Weald High Weald Romney Marshes Pevensey Levels South Downs South Coast Plain Isle of Wight South Hampshire Lowlands Thames Basin Heaths Hampshire Downs New Forest Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs Blackmore Vale and Vale of Wardour Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase Dorset Heaths South Purbeck Isle of Portland Weymouth Lowlands Marshwood and Powerstock Vales Yeovil Scarplands Mendip Hills Somerset Levels and Moors Mid Somerset Hills Quantock Hills Exmoor Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes Blackdowns Devon Redlands The Culm Dartmoor South Devon Cornish Killas Bodmin Moor Hensbarrow Carnmenellis West Penwith The Lizard Isles of Scilly Lundy

National Character Area

View our BNG Unit coverage across England's 159 National Character Areas. Select an area from the map to display our current coverage.

Joint Character Area Name

JCA Name

JCA Code

00

Region

JCA Region

Our Coverage

JCA Status

Key

  • 1:1 Coverage
  • 1:0.75 Coverage
  • No Coverage

Our Map is meticulously updated every quarter to ensure it accurately reflects our current coverage, which may have evolved significantly in recent months.

* Map for illustrative purposes only, area boundary lines are not an accurate representation.

View our BNG Unit Coverage across England's 159 National Character Areas. Our Map is meticulously updated every quarter to ensure it accurately reflects our current coverage, which may have evolved significantly in recent months.

Our Regions

Joint Character Name

North York Moors and Cleveland Hills

North York Moors and Cleveland Hills Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    25

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Tees Lowlands

    23

  • Vale of Mowbray

    24

  • Vale of Pickering

    26

  • Howardian Hills

    29

Joint Character Name

Yorkshire Dales

Yorkshire Dales Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    21

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • North Pennines

    10

  • Orton Fells

    17

  • Howgill Fells

    18

  • South Cumbria Low Fells

    19

  • Pennine Dales Fringe

    22

02/07

Joint Character Name

Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill

Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    33

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Morecambe Bay Limestones

    20

  • Morecambe Coast and Lune Estuary

    31

  • Lancashire and Amounderness Plain

    32

  • Bowland Fells

    34

03/07

Joint Character Name

Lancashire Valleys

Lancashire Valleys Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    35

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Lancashire and Amounderness Plain

    32

  • Lancashire Coal Measures

    56

04/07

Joint Character Name

Southern Pennines

Southern Pennines Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    36

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Pennine Dales Fringe

    22

  • Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe

    37

  • Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield

    38

  • Lancashire Coal Measures

    56

05/07

Joint Character Name

Dark Peak

Dark Peak Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    51

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe

    37

  • Derbyshire Peak Fringe and Lower Derwent

    50

  • White Peak

    52

  • South West Peak

    53

06/07

Joint Character Name

Manchester Pennine Fringe

Manchester Pennine Fringe Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    54

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • South West Peak

    53

  • Manchester Conurbation

    55

  • Lancashire Coal Measures

    56

07/07

Joint Character Name

Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain

Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    61

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • South West Peak

    53

  • Manchester Conurbation

    55

  • Wirral

    59

  • Mersey Valley

    60

  • Cheshire Sandstone Ridge

    62

  • Oswestry Uplands

    63

  • Potteries and Churnet Valley

    64

  • Shropshire Hills

    65

  • Cannock Chase and Cank Wood

    67

  • Needwood and South Derbyshire Claylands

    68

Joint Character Name

North York Moors and Cleveland Hills

North York Moors and Cleveland Hills Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    25

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Tees Lowlands

    23

  • Vale of Mowbray

    24

  • Vale of Pickering

    26

  • Howardian Hills

    29

02/07

Joint Character Name

Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill

Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    33

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Morecambe Bay Limestones

    20

  • Morecambe Coast and Lune Estuary

    31

  • Lancashire and Amounderness Plain

    32

  • Bowland Fells

    34

03/07

Joint Character Name

Lancashire Valleys

Lancashire Valleys Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    35

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Lancashire and Amounderness Plain

    32

  • Lancashire Coal Measures

    56

04/07

Joint Character Name

Southern Pennines

Southern Pennines Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    36

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Pennine Dales Fringe

    22

  • Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe

    37

  • Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield

    38

  • Lancashire Coal Measures

    56

05/07

Joint Character Name

Holderness

Holderness Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    40

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Yorkshire Wolds

    27

  • Humber Estuary

    41

06/07

Joint Character Name

Central Lincolnshire Vale

Central Lincolnshire Vale Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    44

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Humber Estuary

    41

  • Lincolnshire Coast and Marshes

    42

  • Lincolnshire Wolds

    43

  • Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands

    45

  • The Fens

    46

07/07

Joint Character Name

Dark Peak

Dark Peak Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    51

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe

    37

  • Derbyshire Peak Fringe and Lower Derwent

    50

  • White Peak

    52

  • South West Peak

    53

Joint Character Name

Dark Peak

Dark Peak Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    51

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe

    37

  • Derbyshire Peak Fringe and Lower Derwent

    50

  • White Peak

    52

  • South West Peak

    53

02/02

Joint Character Name

Manchester Pennine Fringe

Manchester Pennine Fringe Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    54

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • South West Peak

    53

  • Manchester Conurbation

    55

  • Lancashire Coal Measures

    56

Joint Character Name

Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain

Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    61

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • South West Peak

    53

  • Manchester Conurbation

    55

  • Wirral

    59

  • Mersey Valley

    60

  • Cheshire Sandstone Ridge

    62

  • Oswestry Uplands

    63

  • Potteries and Churnet Valley

    64

  • Shropshire Hills

    65

  • Cannock Chase and Cank Wood

    67

  • Needwood and South Derbyshire Claylands

    68

02/02

Joint Character Name

Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau

Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    66

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Shropshire Hills

    65

  • Cannock Chase and Cank Wood

    67

  • Arden

    97

  • Teme Valley

    102

  • Severn and Avon Vales

    106

Joint Character Name

Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges

Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    118

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Severn and Avon Vales

    106

  • Cotswolds

    107

  • Mendip Hills

    141

  • Somerset Levels and Moors

    142

02/02

Joint Character Name

Exmoor

Exmoor Charater Area Outline JCA Boundary
  • Joint Character Area Code

    145

  • Our Coverage

    BNG Units on a 1:1 Basis

Adjacent Areas BNG Units on a 1:0.75 Basis

  • Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes

    146

  • Devon Redlands

    148

  • The Culm

    149

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