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Situation

Dumbleton is situated on the north-eastern edge of Dumbleton Hill, one of the small foothills on the eastern edge of the Cotswold plateau where it rises from the lowlands of the Severn Vale. The village is included within the Cotswolds National Landscape ( previously known as Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), although the conservation area also overlaps into the adjacent Special Landscape Area. The primary character of the surrounding country is arable, although there is some pasture and to the south-west of the village, running up Dumbleton Hill, is the landscaped park of Dumbleton Hall, providing a well-wooded backdrop to the village

Purpose

The purpose behind conservation area designation is not to prevent any future change, rather it is to ensure that whatever change does occur is carefully managed. The definition of a conservation area is “an area of special architectural or historic interest the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.”

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