Residents living in a protected landscape, every council ranked
National Parks and National Landscapes, which Northern Ireland still calls Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where building is held to a higher bar to keep the landscape as it is. Scotland counts its National Scenic Areas instead. Figures for October 2026, published for 329 councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: 207 councils, 0%. The council in the middle: Spelthorne, 0%. Highest: Isles of Scilly, 100%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BarnetLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | BasildonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BedfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BexleyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BoltonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrentLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BridgendWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | BristolSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | BromleyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | BuryNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | CaerphillyWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CamdenLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | CardiffWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CeredigionWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | City of LondonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | CrawleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | CroydonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | DartfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | EalingLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | EastleighSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | EnfieldLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | ExeterSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | FarehamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | FenlandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | FyldeNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | GosportSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GreenwichLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HackneyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaltonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaringeyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarlowEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarrowLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HastingsSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaveringLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HillingdonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | HounslowLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | IpswichEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | IslingtonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | LambethLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | LewishamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | LutonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | MaldonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | MedwaySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | MertonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | NewhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | NewportWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | NorwichEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | OldhamNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | OxfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ReadingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | RochfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | SalfordNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | SeftonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | SloughSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | StevenageEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | StockportNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SuttonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | TamesideNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | ThanetSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | TorfaenWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | TraffordNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WandsworthLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WatfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | WestminsterLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WiganNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WirralNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WokingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WorthingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 208 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 0.1% |
| 208 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 0.1% |
| 208 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 0.1% |
| 211 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 0.2% |
| 211 joint | CherwellSouth East | 0.2% |
| 211 joint | PrestonNorth West | 0.2% |
| 211 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 0.2% |
| 211 joint | TendringEast of England | 0.2% |
| 216 | LichfieldWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 217 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 0.4% |
| 217 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 0.4% |
| 217 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 0.4% |
| 220 joint | AdurSouth East | 0.5% |
| 220 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 0.5% |
| 220 joint | WyreNorth West | 0.5% |
| 223 | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 0.6% |
| 224 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0.7% |
| 224 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 0.7% |
| 224 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 0.7% |
| 224 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 0.7% |
| 224 joint | WrexhamWales | 0.7% |
| 229 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 0.9% |
| 229 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 0.9% |
| 231 joint | HavantSouth East | 1% |
| 231 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 1% |
| 231 joint | PendleNorth West | 1% |
| 234 | ColchesterEast of England | 1.1% |
| 235 | North SomersetSouth West | 1.2% |
| 236 | TorbaySouth West | 1.5% |
| 237 | FlintshireWales | 1.6% |
| 238 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 1.7% |
| 238 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 1.7% |
| 240 | TandridgeSouth East | 1.8% |
| 241 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 1.9% |
| 241 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 1.9% |
| 243 | SwindonSouth West | 2% |
| 244 | HorshamSouth East | 2.4% |
| 245 | BelfastNorthern Ireland | 2.6% |
| 246 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 2.8% |
| 246 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 2.8% |
| 248 | West LindseyEast Midlands | 3.2% |
| 249 joint | ArunSouth East | 3.3% |
| 249 joint | SomersetSouth West | 3.3% |
| 251 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 3.4% |
| 251 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 3.4% |
| 253 | SwaleSouth East | 3.5% |
| 254 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 3.6% |
| 254 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 3.6% |
| 256 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 3.7% |
| 256 joint | CanterburySouth East | 3.7% |
| 256 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 3.7% |
| 256 joint | SwanseaWales | 3.7% |
| 260 | ConwyWales | 3.9% |
| 261 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 4% |
| 261 joint | DoverSouth East | 4% |
| 261 joint | Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland | 4% |
| 264 joint | DacorumEast of England | 4.1% |
| 264 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 4.1% |
| 266 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 4.2% |
| 266 joint | Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland | 4.2% |
| 268 | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 4.7% |
| 269 joint | Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland | 5.1% |
| 269 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 5.1% |
| 271 | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 5.3% |
| 272 | East LindseyEast Midlands | 5.4% |
| 273 | Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland | 6.2% |
| 274 | Isle of WightSouth East | 6.3% |
| 275 | Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland | 6.4% |
| 276 | ShropshireWest Midlands | 6.5% |
| 277 joint | Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland | 6.6% |
| 277 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 6.6% |
| 279 | High PeakEast Midlands | 6.8% |
| 280 joint | BaberghEast of England | 7.1% |
| 280 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 7.1% |
| 282 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 7.3% |
| 282 joint | LancasterNorth West | 7.3% |
| 284 | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 8.1% |
| 285 | East SuffolkEast of England | 8.2% |
| 286 | TewkesburySouth West | 8.9% |
| 287 | AshfordSouth East | 9.8% |
| 288 | WinchesterSouth East | 9.9% |
| 289 | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 10% |
| 290 | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 10.2% |
| 291 | North DevonSouth West | 10.3% |
| 292 joint | DenbighshireWales | 10.4% |
| 292 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 10.4% |
| 294 | Mid SussexSouth East | 10.5% |
| 295 | TeignbridgeSouth West | 10.7% |
| 296 | CornwallSouth West | 11.1% |
| 297 | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 12.1% |
| 298 | MonmouthshireWales | 13.4% |
| 299 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 14.2% |
| 299 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 14.2% |
| 301 | South OxfordshireSouth East | 14.3% |
| 302 | WiltshireSouth West | 14.5% |
| 303 | Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland | 14.7% |
| 304 | WaverleySouth East | 15% |
| 305 | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 16.1% |
| 306 | PowysWales | 17.5% |
| 307 | Isle of AngleseyWales | 17.9% |
| 308 | New ForestSouth East | 18.9% |
| 309 | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 19% |
| 310 | PembrokeshireWales | 19.7% |
| 311 | East DevonSouth West | 20.3% |
| 312 | West OxfordshireSouth East | 22.3% |
| 313 | GwyneddWales | 22.5% |
| 314 | LewesSouth East | 23.1% |
| 315 | DorsetSouth West | 23.8% |
| 316 | West BerkshireSouth East | 25.5% |
| 317 | East HampshireSouth East | 27% |
| 318 | StroudSouth West | 28.3% |
| 319 | ChichesterSouth East | 33.7% |
| 320 | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 35.7% |
| 321 | West DevonSouth West | 37.6% |
| 322 | RotherSouth East | 39.7% |
| 323 | WealdenSouth East | 42.6% |
| 324 | South HamsSouth West | 43.2% |
| 325 | SevenoaksSouth East | 49.1% |
| 326 | CotswoldSouth West | 51.4% |
| 327 | Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland | 52% |
| 328 | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 87.5% |
| 329 | Isles of ScillySouth West | 100% |
Not in this list
- Scotland. Scotland has no National Landscapes. Pages carry its National Parks and National Scenic Areas as Scotland's own measure.
Natural England, National Parks (England), 10 December 2024; Natural Resources Wales, National Parks, 29 May 2025; Natural England, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (England), 18 June 2024; Natural Resources Wales, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), 28 November 2022; DAERA (Northern Ireland Environment Agency), Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 29 October 2019, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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