King's Lynn

Downham Market

King's Lynn and West Borough

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KING’S LYNN & WEST NORFOLK BOROUGH Figure 1.1 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net The Study Area March 2007

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King's Lynn

Downham Market

The Study Area

Principal Rivers

High : 230m

Low : 1m

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KING’S LYNN & WEST NORFOLK BOROUGH Figure 2.2 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net Landform and Drainage March 2007

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KING’S LYNN & WEST NORFOLK BOROUGH Figure 2.3 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES Nature Conservation Designations www.cba.uk.net March 2007

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King's Lynn

84 Mid Norfolk 76 North West Norfolk 85 Breckland

Downham Market

The Study Area

Joint Character Areas (source: Natural ) 46 84 Mid Norfolk 46 The Fens

76 North West Norfolk

77 North Norfolk Coast 85 Breckland

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KING’S LYNN & WEST NORFOLK BOROUGH Figure 3.1 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net National Joint Character Areas (1:250,000) March 2007

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LWO RDS

King's Lynn

LWD

RCE LWS

RBE

Downham Market

The Study Area National Landscape Character Types Physiography (1st letter) L Lowlands RDS R Intermediate Landcover (2nd letter) B Other Light Land C Clayland LWW D Heath & Moorland L Chalk & Limestone W Wetland Cultural Pattern (3rd letter) D Dispersed unwooded E Wooded - estateland O Unsettled/open land S Wooded - secondary W Wetland/waste unwooded RCD

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KING’S LYNN & WEST NORFOLK BOROUGH Figure 3.2 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net National Landscape Typology (1:250,000) March 2007

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FWG/urban RLB/urbanSSB/urban RSB/DETFWG/MET SSB/NFP RSB/DET LWT/MEP

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FWB/DFT

RSD/DEP RSD/urban RTG/NET

FWG/DET LWT/DEP RSD/urban FWB/urban RSB/NEP King's Lynn RSD/DEP FWG/DET

PCG/SFS FWB/DFT RSB/NFP

FWG/DET LWT/DEP

The Study Area RSD/NEP CountyPSD/NFP Landscape Typology NATURAL Geology/Physiography (1st letter) PSD/urban RCG/NFP SSB/DEPF - FluvialPSD/urban Drift RLR/NFP L - Vales &PSD/urban Valleys P - Hard (Palaeozoic) rocks R - Rolling lowland S - PSD/DEPSloping FWT/DET RSB/NFP Rock Type (2ndPSD/DEP letter) Downham Market C - Clay and Chalky Till PCG/SFS F - Other Fluvial Drift RSB/urban L - Chalk and Limestone SSB/NFP RSB/urban S - Soft Sst / Sandy Drift T - Other Till / Plateau Drift W - Alluvium / Fen Peat

Soils (3rd letter)LWT/CEP B - Deep Soils C - Clay and Chalky Till D - ImpoverishedPSD/DEP Soils RSD/DFP G - Gleyed Soils SSB/CEP R - Shallow Soils RSD/SSP T - Bog / Fen Peat

LWT/DEPCULTURAL RSB/DFP Settlement (1st letter) D - Dispersed FWT/DFP M - Unsettled Meadow N - Nucleated R - Unsettled - Wild Land RLR/DEP S - Mod-high Dispersal with Farms Farm Type (2nd letter) LWT/SSP E - Large Estates RSD/DEP F - Large Farms S - Small Farms U - Unenclosed / Common Land LWT/urbanTree Cover (3rd letter) LWT/MFSA - Ancient WoodsRSD/DEP RSD/urbanORSD/urban - Open / Unwooded RSD/DEP P - Estate Plantations PSD/DEP RLR/DEP S - Secondary / Recent PSD/urban LWT/urban T - Other Trees RLR/urban This map is based on Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised 0 2.5 5 km reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. OS Licence Number 100024314 2007, King's Lynn & West Norfolk Council 2007 Urban LWT/urbanLWT/urban LWT/DEP RSD/DEP KING’S LYNN & WEST NORFOLK BOROUGH Figure 3.3 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net County Landscape Typology March 2007

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King's Lynn

Downham Market

The Study Area

Zone of general habitat creation and enhancement

Zone of heath, grassland and wood enhancement Zone of large-scale wetland habitat creation and enhancement

Core Area*

* Includes priority zone for creation and enhancement of wet grassland, reedbed, fen, aquifer-fed waterbodies. mesotrophic lakes, chalk rivers and calcareous grassland.

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KING’S LYNN & WEST NORFOLK BOROUGH Figure 3.4 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net Ecological Network March 2007

S:\Projects\11102201_ Kings_Lynn_W_Norfolk_LCA\GIS\Projects\FinalRept_March-07\11102201_3_4_EcoNetwork.mxd The Study Area Landscape Character Areas A8 A9 A9 A - Open Coastal Marshes A6 A7 A1 Terrington A5 C3 A2 North Wootton C2 A3 Shepherd's Port A4 I1 A5 Hunstanton A6 Holme next the Sea A7 Thornham and I2 I3 A8 B3 A9 Overy Creek B - Drained Coastal Marshes B1 Terrington I4aI4 B2 North Wootton A4 J1 B3 North Heacham C1 C - Coastal Slopes I5 C1 Heacham I5a C2 Holme next the Sea to Brancaster C3 D - The Fens - Settled Inland Marshes D1 Marsh J4 D2 Walpole, Terrington and Clench Warton D3 I6 D4 , and A3 F1 D5 I7 B2 J2 A2

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E2 E - The Fens - Open Inland Marshes E1 E2 Saddlebow and D4 E3 E3 Wiggenhall St. Mary E4 Marshland St. James E5 E6 Fen E7 River E8 Denver Sluice E4 H1 E9 E10 H2 F - Wooded Slopes with Estate Land F1 and F2 Sandringham F3 Babingley River Downham Market F4 Hillington and F5 Pott Row and D5 E5 F5a Valley F6 Grimston F7 North and and H4 E8 H3 G - Farmland with Woodland and Wetland G1 and G2 Middleton G3 Gayton and G4 H - Settled Farmland with Plantations H1 E6 H2 H6 H3 Denver E7 E9 H4 H5 H6 Hilgay and I - Rolling Open Farmland K1 I1 H5 I2 Ringstead Downs I3 Ringstead I4 and the Creakes I4a Burn River Valley I5 E10 I5a Valley I6 Bagthorpe I7 and Flitcham I8 Harpley and the Rudhams Landscape is a continuum and character does not in general change I9 and abruptly on the ground. The boundaries between Landscape J- Plateau Farmland Character Types and Areas should be considered to reflect zones of J1 Docking transition in many cases. J2 The assessment was undertaken at a scale of 1:25,000 and should J3 only be used at this scale to inform decision-making. J4 Bircham Newton K - The Brecks - Plantations K1 Cranwich This map is based on Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised 0 2.5 5 km reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. OS Licence Number 100024314 2007, King's Lynn & West Norfolk Council 2007

KING’S LYNN & WEST NORFOLK BOROUGH Figure 3.5 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES Borough Landscape Character www.cba.uk.net Types and Areas (1:25,000) March 2007

S:\Projects\11102201_ Kings_Lynn_W_Norfolk_LCA\GIS\Projects\FinalRept_March-07\11102201_3_5_LCABoro.mxd F - Wooded Slopes with Estate Land Landscape Character Areas F1 Snettisham and Dersingham A - Open Coastal Marshes F2 Sandringham F3 Babingley River A1 Terrington A8 A9 A2 North Wootton F4 Hillington and Congham A9 A3 Shepherd's Port F5 Pott Row and Roydon Common A6 A7 F5a Gaywood River Valley C3 A4 Heacham F6 Grimston A5 A5 Old Hunstanton F7 North Wootton and Castle Rising C2 A6 Holme next the Sea G - Farmland with Woodland and Wetland A7 Thornham and Titchwell G1 Bawsey and Leziate A8 Brancaster A9 Overy Creek G2 Middleton G3 Gayton and East Winch B - Drained Coastal Marshes I1 B1 Terrington G4 West Winch B2 North Wootton H - Settled Farmland with Plantations B3 North Heacham H1 Stow Bardolph I2 C - Coastal Slopes H2 Fincham I3 C1 Heacham H3 Denver B3 C2 Holme next the Sea to Brancaster H4 Wereham C3 Burnham Overy H5 Northwold D - The Fens - Settled Inland Marshes H6 Hilgay and Southery D1 Clenchwarton Marsh I - Rolling Open Farmland I4 D2 Walpole, Terrington and Clench Warton I1 Burnham Market I4a D3 Terrington St John I2 Ringstead Downs A4 J1 D4 Emneth, West Walton and Walsoken C1 D5 Outwell I3 Ringstead I4 Burnham Thorpe and the Creakes E - The Fens - Open Inland Marshes I4a Burn River Valley I5 E1 Tilney All Saints I5 Sedgeford I5a E2 Saddlebow and Wormegay I5a Heacham River Valley E3 Wiggenhall St. Mary I6 Bagthorpe E4 Marshland St. James I7 Shernborne and Flitcham E5 Downham West I8 Harpley and the Rudhams E6 Hilgay Fen I9 Little Massingham and Castle Acre E7 Welney River J - Plateau Farmland J4 E8 Denver Sluice E9 Methwold J1 Docking E10 Feltwell J2 Bircham J3 Great Massingham J4 Bircham Newton I6 0 2 4 km F1 K - The Brecks - Plantations A3 K1 Cranwich I7 This map is based on Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead B2 to prosecution or civil proceedings. OS Licence Number 100024314 2007, King's Lynn & West Norfolk Council 2007

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Landscape Character Areas F - Wooded Slopes with Estate Land H3 H4 F1 Snettisham and Dersingham E8 A - Open Coastal Marshes F2 Sandringham A1 Terrington F3 Babingley River A2 North Wootton F4 Hillington and Congham A3 Shepherd's Port F5 Pott Row and Roydon Common A4 Heacham F5a Gaywood River Valley F6 Grimston A5 Old Hunstanton A6 Holme next the Sea F7 North Wootton and Castle Rising A7 Thornham and Titchwell G - Farmland with Woodland and Wetland A8 Brancaster G1 Bawsey and Leziate A9 Overy Creek G2 Middleton E6 B - Drained Coastal Marshes G3 Gayton and East Winch B1 Terrington G4 West Winch H6 B2 North Wootton H - Settled Farmland with Plantations B3 North Heacham H1 Stow Bardolph E7 C - Coastal Slopes H2 Fincham E9 C1 Heacham H3 Denver C2 Holme next the Sea to Brancaster H4 Wereham C3 Burnham Overy H5 Northwold D - The Fens - Settled Inland Marshes H6 Hilgay and Southery D1 Clenchwarton Marsh I - Rolling Open Farmland D2 Walpole, Terrington and Clench Warton I1 Burnham Market K1 D3 Terrington St John D4 Emneth, West Walton and Walsoken I2 Ringstead Downs H5 D5 Outwell I3 Ringstead I4 Burnham Thorpe and the Creakes E - The Fens - Open Inland Marshes I4a Burn River Valley E1 Tilney All Saints E2 Saddlebow and Wormegay I5 Sedgeford I5a Heacham River Valley E3 Wiggenhall St. Mary I6 Bagthorpe E4 Marshland St. James I7 Shernborne and Flitcham E5 Downham West I8 Harpley and the Rudhams E6 Hilgay Fen E10 I9 Little Massingham and Castle Acre E7 Welney River Appendix D (South) E8 Denver Sluice J - Plateau Farmland E9 Methwold J1 Docking Borough Landscape Character E10 Feltwell J2 Bircham Types and Areas (OS Base) J3 Great Massingham 0 2 4 km J4 Bircham Newton KING’S LYNN & WEST NORFOLK K - The Brecks - Plantations BOROUGH LANDSCAPE K1 Cranwich This map is based on Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of CHARACTER ASSESSMENT Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. OS Licence Number 100024314 2007, King's Lynn & West Norfolk Council 2007 CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net S:\Projects\11102201_ Kings_Lynn_W_Norfolk_LCA\GIS\Projects\FinalRept_March-07\11102201_3_5_LCABoroS_lsc.mxd

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