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The Yeovil Scarplands are a natural region in southern England in the counties of Somerset and Dorset. The region is listed as National Character Area 140 by Natural England , the UK Government's advisor on the natural environment .
To the west are the Somerset Levels and Moors, the Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes, to the north the Mendips rise steeply from the flat landscape, to the east and south are the Yeovil Scarplands and to the southwest are the Blackdown Hills. [1] The Mid Somerset Hills send four fingers of higher land into the Levels.
Yeovil Scarplands: 2 km SW of Crewkerne on the Somerset-Dorset border Nine Barrow Down [3] 199 152 Marilyn Lewesdon Hill: Purbeck Hills: One of Dorset's 4 Marilyns. Views of Poole Harbour. Ridgeway Hill [3] [5] 199 107 HuMP Swyre Head: Purbeck Hills: Chardown Hill [7] 194 68 TuMP Hardown Hill: South Dorset Downs: Dorset coast, E of Charmouth.
Yeovil is in the middle of the Yeovil Scarplands, an upland area on the southern borders of the county. It was settled in prehistoric times and Yeovil is also mentioned in the Domesday Book. The town is a centre for the aviation and defence industries and a major employer is the helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland. [13]
Yeovil (/ ˈ j oʊ v ɪ l /) [2] is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England.The population of Yeovil at the last census (2021) was 49,698. It is close to Somerset's southern border with Dorset, 126 miles (203 km) west of London, 41.8 miles (67.3 km) south of Bristol, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Sherborne and 27.6 miles (44.4 km) east of Taunton.
A National Character Area (NCA) is a natural subdivision of England based on a combination of landscape, biodiversity, geodiversity and economic activity. There are 159 National Character Areas and they follow natural, rather than administrative, boundaries. They are defined by Natural England, the UK government's advisors on the natural ...
Conegar Hill is a prominent rise, 214 metres (702 ft) high, [1] just north of the village of Broadwindsor in the Yeovil Scarplands, in the county of Dorset in southern England. It has a prominence of 51 metres (167 ft) which classifies it as one of the Tumps. [1]
This category captures those natural regions designated by Natural England and its predecessor bodies as natural areas or national character areas. Since many of these regions fall into both groupings, this one category is felt sufficient.