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CPRE's Tranquility Maps show how development is impacting on our countryside
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has a good website that includes information about their Tranquility Mapping research (as well as a good section on Planning which is well worth a read!)
Tranquility Mapping initially may seem a novelty but it does throw up some important issues like how we are developing our countryside and the value with which we should hold our remaining tranquil areas.
As they state; We all need to ‘get away from it all’ every now and then. Tranquil areas provide a means of doing this in a crowded, heavily built-up country. Being largely natural and free from intrusive manmade noise and structures, tranquil areas in the countryside allow us to escape the noise and stress of cities, towns and suburbs, to be inspired and to get refreshed.
The whole country was divided into 500x500m squares and tested against 44 different factors which add to or detract from people’s feelings of tranquillity.
The Somerset Map is interesting, as Exmoor has a yellow line running across it from north to south. The effects of Taunton, Bridgwater and Yeovil can be seen.
You can view this from the link below, as well as the national rankings/League Table (Devon comes 5th, Somerset 14th).
The Tranquility research can be viewed here.
The Somerset Map can be viewed here
The League Table of Tranquility can be viewed here
Research process and responses
Created on April 22nd 2009
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