Special Features of the Northumberland Coast

Visual and Sensory

Landscape Types

• Dunes and Beaches
• Sandflats and mudflats
• Cliffs and rocky shore
• Farmland
• Woodland
• Seascapes

Visuals

• Wide, open coastal views into and across width of AONB
• Lateral coastal views containing contrasting landscape types
• Vertical punctuations (castles, lighthouses, limekilns)
• A defensive coastline (reflected in castles, cliffs, dunes, military defences, RAF Boulmer, location, layout and design of settlements and isolated buildings)
• Rural industry and trade, past and present
• Seasonal views - e.g. snow-capped hills as backdrop in winter
• Impact of changeable coastal weather altering visibility and appearance of land and sea
• Quality of light

Sensory

• Overall sense of wildness, remoteness, tranquillity and naturalness
• Intimacy of small bays, woods and denes

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