Cornwall State of the AONB Report 2021

In 2007, the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) pioneered the first landscape monitoring project in the UK. In 2021 the project entered its third phase of landscape monitoring to form important evidence for the latest  AONB Management Plan 2022-2027 . The Cornwall AONB Atlas 2021 has been developed to support this latest phase of the project alongside the latest  Cornwall State of the AONB Report (2021) . 

In order to understand trends impacting on the AONB over time, available data and information has been collected and analysed against a number of ‘monitoring indicators’. These indicators are grouped under 11 themes of relevance to the AONB designation and the management of the protected landscape. Detailed findings are presented in the accompanying  State of the AONB Report . This AONB Atlas has been developed to present available mapped information against the same 11 themes and indicators. 

Credits for images used:

Towanroath Engine House, Wheal Coates Mine, St Agnes – Andrew Hocking

Horse Riding at Sunset, Widemouth Bay – Luke Storry

Tree above Mylor Yacht Harbour - Ian Lewis

Walker on coast path, The Rumps, Pentire Head – Sue Rowlands

Goonhilly Wind Farm - LUC

Highland Cattle, Bodmin Moor - Paul Hockaday

Autumn at Golitha Falls, Bodmin Moor - Mary Poad

Thrift covered cliffs at Godrevy - Mary Poad 

Bodmin Moor - Julie Taylor

Levant Mine – Duncan Scobie

Cadgwith boats - Sue Rowlands

Sunset skimming at Sennen Cove beach – Kevin Dawson

St Mawes water taxi - Sue Rowlands

A dream surf, Godrevy - Dale Pointon 

Sunset at Crown Houses, Botallack - James Reed

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