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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Defra cuts pose ‘existential threat’ to England’s most beautiful areas

The River Tamar running through a beautiful landscape
The Tamar Valley national landscape is facing a 20% reduction in core services as a result of proposed budget cuts. Photograph: Georg Berg/Alamy

Proposed cuts to England’s most beautiful landscapes pose an “existential threat”, the managers of the National Landscapes Association have warned.

These 46 regions, including the Chilterns, the Cotswolds, the Wye Valley and the north Pennines, used to be known as areas of outstanding natural beauty but were renamed this year as “national landscapes”. They cover 15% of England, including 20% of the coastline.

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