The Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a nationally important landscape. The Dorset AONB Partnership works to conserve and enhance, promote and provide access to this beautiful and uniquely varied landscape. Find out more about our work.

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Stepping into Nature

Breaking barriers: connecting people with disabilities to the countryside

Stepping into Nature secure £101,286 to support adults with disabilities to explore, understand and engage with farms and support farmers deliver suitable events.

Landscapes for all

FLAVOURS project makes a tasty start

Offering new opportunities for people to get a taste of Dorset's outstanding landscape.

Purple heather in bloom with a lagoon and coastline in the background

Explore

Step into Summer!

Dorset's outstanding countryside offers plenty to do this summer, whatever the weather!

View over the Brit Valley in summer taken by Rosie Mathisen

Working with farmers

Farming and Forestry

Supporting farming and landowners to maximise benefits for wildlife and landscape, including Farming in Protected Landscapes programme

Outstanding landscapes

Landscape Planning and Assessment

Providing guidelines for landscape planning and management regarding the character and condition of the National Landscape.

Marsh and wetland with rushes in the foreground and a small island in the distance

Safeguarding wildlife

Wild Purbeck

Bringing people together to conserve and enhance Purbeck's valuable species and habitats at a landscape scale.

Connecting with nature

Stepping into Nature

Working in partnership to enable everyone, particularly those that face barriers, to enjoy nature in fun, social and creative ways.