South Hampshire Coast

South Hampshire Coast
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Beaulieu River in the South Hampshire Coast AONB
Country	England
County	Hampshire
Location	south-east England

The South Hampshire Coast was an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Hampshire, England, UK that was subsumed into the New Forest National Park when it was established on 1 April 2005. It lies between the New Forest and the west shore of the Solent.

It includes freshwater lagoons, salt-marsh, shingle, tidal mudflats, wooded coastal lowlands and the estuaries of the Beaulieu and Lymington rivers.

The entire length of the AONB's coast is covered by Sites of Special Scientific Interest and the estuaries in particular are notable for wildlife. Places of interest include Bucklers Hard.

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England

East of England	Dedham Vale Norfolk Coast Suffolk Coast and Heaths

East Midlands	Lincolnshire Wolds

North East	Northumberland Coast North Pennines

North West	Arnside and Silverdale Forest of Bowland Solway Coast

South East	Chichester Harbour Chilterns High Weald Isle of Wight Kent Downs South Hampshire Coast Surrey Hills Abolished: East Hampshire Sussex Downs

South West	Blackdown Hills Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Cornwall Cotswolds Dorset East Devon Isles of Scilly Mendip Hills North Devon Coast North Wessex Downs Quantock Hills South Devon Tamar Valley

West Midlands	Cannock Chase Malvern Hills Shropshire Hills Wye Valley

Yorkshire and Humber	Howardian Hills Nidderdale

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Coordinates: 50°46′N 1°28′W / 50.767°N 1.467°W / 50.767; -1.467

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