d3dbe657-809d-48cc-98a4-daa919eb8766 en utf8 dataset Natural Resources Wales pointOfContact Natural Resources Wales author 2025-02-10T16:16:27Z ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003 4326 EPSG 6.11 inspire-nrw:NRW_AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) 2022-11-28T00:00:00Z publication date mapDigital This spatial dataset contains the digital boundaries of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) statutory landscape designation in Wales. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has a legal duty to maintain and make available AONB boundaries. Following recommendations from a review commissioned by Welsh Government, in 2024 AONBs were rebranded as National Landscapes. Both names of AONB and National Landscapes are currently in use. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty remains the legal name for this statutory designation. AONBs are designated for the purpose of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty and differ from National Parks in that they do not have a recreation remit. AONBs are managed by their constituent Local Authorities. NRW is the designating authority to create any new AONB in Wales or boundary variations to existing ones, however these must be confirmed by Welsh Ministers. NRWs statutory powers derive from the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act (NPAC) 1949 and Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. Any new AONBs designated by NRW would now be under powers derived from the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. Five AONBs have been designated in Wales: Gower (1956) was the first AONB designated in England and Wales, Llŷn (1957), Anglesey (1967) and Wye Valley (1971), which straddles the border with England. The Clwydian Range AONB was designated in 1985 and extended by the then Countryside Council for Wales (a predecessor organisation to NRW) in 2011. The data has been held digitally since mid-1990s. The boundary has been transferred to OS MasterMap by NRW and has been subject to joint checking by NRW staff and the relevant Local Authority staff. Attribution statement Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444 . Crown Copyright and Database Right. completed Natural Resources Wales originator ESRI Shapefile 1.0 features NRW_AONB theme Global place license Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL): (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) en utf8 environment -4.847870378230576 -2.524366164036235 51.52399814185108 53.45945513658152 https://datamap.gov.wales WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Online link to the 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)' description on GeoNode https://datamap.gov.wales/uploaded/thumbs/layer-d3dbe657-809d-48cc-98a4-daa919eb8766-thumb.png?v=c74fe1fa WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .png Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (Thumbnail Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetLegendGraphic&format=image/png&WIDTH=20&HEIGHT=20&LAYER=inspire-nrw:NRW_AONB&STYLE=Red%2520Line&version=1.3.0&sld_version=1.1.0&legend_options=fontAntiAliasing:true;fontSize:12;forceLabels:on WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .png Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (Legend Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetLegendGraphic&format=image/png&WIDTH=20&HEIGHT=20&LAYER=inspire-nrw:NRW_AONB&STYLE=NRW_AONB&version=1.3.0&sld_version=1.1.0&legend_options=fontAntiAliasing:true;fontSize:12;forceLabels:on WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .png Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (Legend Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetLegendGraphic&format=image/png&WIDTH=20&HEIGHT=20&LAYER=inspire-nrw:NRW_AONB&STYLE=nrw_aonb_nf&version=1.3.0&sld_version=1.1.0&legend_options=fontAntiAliasing:true;fontSize:12;forceLabels:on WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .png Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (Legend Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typename=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&outputFormat=SHAPE-ZIP&srs=EPSG%3A27700&format_options=charset%3AUTF-8 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .zip Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (Zipped Shapefile Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typename=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&outputFormat=json&srs=EPSG%3A27700&srsName=EPSG%3A27700 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .json Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (GeoJSON Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typename=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&outputFormat=excel&srs=EPSG%3A27700 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .excel Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (Excel Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typename=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&outputFormat=csv&srs=EPSG%3A27700 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .csv Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (CSV Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typename=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&outputFormat=text%2Fxml%3B+subtype%3Dgml%2F3.1.1&srs=EPSG%3A27700 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .gml Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (GML 3.1.1 Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typename=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&outputFormat=gml2&srs=EPSG%3A27700 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .gml Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (GML 2.0 Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typename=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&outputFormat=dxf&srs=EPSG%3A27700 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .dxf Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (DXF Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typename=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&outputFormat=gpkg&srs=EPSG%3A27700 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .gpkg Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (OGC Geopackage Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetMap&layers=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&format=image%2Fpng&height=550&width=396&srs=EPSG%3A27700&bbox=210882.7%2C184091.67%2C363741.53%2C395994.1 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .png Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (PNG Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetMap&layers=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&format=application%2Fpdf&height=550&width=396&srs=EPSG%3A27700&bbox=210882.7%2C184091.67%2C363741.53%2C395994.1 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .pdf Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (PDF Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetMap&layers=inspire-nrw%3ANRW_AONB&format=image%2Fjpeg&height=550&width=396&srs=EPSG%3A27700&bbox=210882.7%2C184091.67%2C363741.53%2C395994.1 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .jpg Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (JPEG Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/download/382 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .zip Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (Original dataset Format) https://datamap.gov.wales/geoserver/ows OGC:WFS inspire-nrw:NRW_AONB Service - 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