Environmental Assets

The South West has a wealth of environmental resources, including sixty percent of England’s protected coastline, over one third of the land nationally designated for its landscape quality, internationally important wildlife sites and a host of locally distinctive features. The region also has two National Parks, three World Heritage Sites, the largest concentration of built heritage in the country and a variety of urban environments and townscapes.

Further information on the region’s environmental assets can be found in the Regional Environment Strategy, and via the Environment Observatory www.swenvo.org.uk