County Galway Landscape Character Type CDP 2022 2028

<p style='margin-bottom:0cm; text-align:justify; background:white;'><span style='color:black;'>Galway County Landscape Character Type. Produced as part of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028. See </span><a href='https://www.galway.ie/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>www.galway.ie</a><span style='color:black;'> for further details. </span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm; text-align:justify; background:white;'><span style='color:black;'>The Landscape Character Type identifies an area of land that has an appearance that is readily recognisable as being different and distinctive from other areas</span><span style='color:black;'>. A total of 10 character areas have been identified in the County.</span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm; text-align:justify; background:white;'><span style='color:black;'><br /></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm; text-align:justify; background:white;'>Each part of the County has been classified according to the type of landscape that it is part of, as follows;</p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm; text-align:justify; background:white;'></p><ul><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>Coastal Landscape - the Coasts of Galway are highly distinctive, but very complex and varied, types of landscape that vary considerably between low and high tide.</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>Island Landscape - large, inhabited islands, unconnected to the shore - more than 3km from the coast.</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>Uplands and Bog Landscape - an extensive area of very open landscapes with low levels of settlement, roads or agriculture. Upland and Bogs make up much of the centre of those western parts of the county that are nearest to the Atlantic.</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>Lake Environs Landscape - this type covers Lough Corrib and Lough Derg, Ireland’s second and third largest lakes respectively, both highly prized as recreational and scenic resources.</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>North Galway Complex Landscape - an extensive grassland plain stretching from the Suck River in the east to the watershed of the River Clare in the west. It includes elevated areas such as Slieve Dart in the north, as well as lakes, turloughs, raised bogs, wetlands and winding rivers.</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>Central Galway Complex Landscape - an extensive plain of grasslands comprising medium-to-large fields with low enclosures and many areas of low stone walls. This area contains the majority of the county's population with associated high levels of rural housing, roads and settlements.</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>Urban Environs Landscape - around all major settlements, can establish extensive landscapes of urbanised appearance and character for a considerable distance around each centre.</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>Shannon Environs Landscape - establishes an extensive area of distinctive character along much of the southeastern boundary of the county.</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>Karst Landscape - distinctive localised landscape created where the northern-most extent</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>Burren exposed limestone forms a southern boundary of County Galway. The characters that define the Karst Landscape extend beyond the southern boundary of County Galway.</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-18pt;'>Slieve Aughty Landscape - distinctive uplands of the Slieve Aughty Mountains define the much of Galway's southern boundary with County Clare.</span></li></ul><div style='text-indent:-24px;'><br /></div><div style='text-indent:-24px;'><br /></div><div style='text-indent:-24px;'><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; text-indent:0px;'>      Galway County Council provides this information with the understanding that it is not guaranteed to be accurate, correct, or complete. </span><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; text-indent:0px;'>Galway County Council accepts no liability for any loss or damage suffered by those using this data for any purpose.</span></div>