Upper farmed and wooded slopes

Located in extensive areas along the upper slopes of river valleys throughout the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Features

• Undulating upper valley slopes below the scarp slope
   
• Well treed pastoral farmland, with arable cultivation on lower slopes
   
• Small to medium size fields with irregular boundaries
   
• Deciduous woods and copses, especially on hilltops and upper slopes
   
• Very wide, usually low, species-rich hedges with many hedgerow trees
   
• Dispersed settlement pattern of isolated farms and small villages
   
• Very winding narrow lanes
   
• An intimate and intricate landscape with views out confined by vegetation
   
• Remote and with little 20th century development