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149. The Culm
• Rolling, locally steeply-undulating open, pasture separated by many small valleys.
• Heavy, poorly-drained soil supporting rushy pastures of low agricultural quality but high nature-conservation interest.
• Wide views across a remote landscape.
• Little tree cover except occasional wind-shaped hedgerow and farmstead trees, conifer blocks and valley woodlands.
• Patches of heathland commons.
• Scattered hamlets and farms in cob and whitewashed stone, connected by winding sunken lanes.
• Occasional hilltop villages.
• Spectacular coastline of high cliffs and a few fishing villages in sheltered coves.
• Contrasting enclosed wooded valleys of Taw and Torridge cutting through the ridges.
For further details on this character area and for an introduction to the region, please see the PDF documents in the box at the top right hand side of this page.
