Special characteristics

The Solway Coast National Landscape is a special place. We are relatively small in comparison to some of the 46 designated NLs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but we are distinctive because of our habitats, heritage and landscape which are of international significance. We could write endless lists of the area’s special qualities – […]

Patterns on the landscape

‘Mosaic’ is a word often used to describe the Solway Coast National Landscape and it’s an apt description in both the physical and metaphorical sense. This is a place which has its origins in nature, but which has been shaped by both nature and man, and those patterns on the landscape spread across its entire […]