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UK Topographic Regions Map

A map of the principle Topographic Regions of the United Kingdom

UK Topographic Regions Map

The map above shows the principle topographic regions or relief areas of the United Kingdom and Eire. These region names are also in generic use by the population to describe location.

 

Key ID

Topographic Regions

Key ID

Topographic Regions

1

Islands of N.E. Scotland (Orkney and Shetland)

2

Caithness Lowland Region

3

N.W. Highlands (a-Northern, b-Southern)

4

Hebrides (a-Inner, b-Outer)

5

Buchan Lowland Region

6

Grampians (a-North-eastern, b-South-western)

7

Central Lowlands of Scotland

8

Southern Upland Region

9

Tweed Basin (Merse of Berwick)

10

Cheviots

11

North-eastern Lowland Region

12

Northumbrian Fells

13

Solway Lowlands (a-Vale of Eden)

14

Pennines (a-Northern, b-Central, c-Southern)

15

Lake District

16

North York Moors

17

Vales of York and Trent

18

Eastern Pennine Foothill Fringe

19

Lancastrian Lowland Region

20

East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire scarps and vales

21

East Anglia

22

Fen district and Bedford Lowland region

23

East Midland plateaux

24

West Midland plateaux

25

Lower Severn and Warwickshire Avon valleys

26

Chilterns

27

Oxford clay vale (Upper Thames and Bristol Avon valleys)

28

Cotswolds

29

London basin

30

Wessex Downs (including Salisbury Plain and White Horse Hills)

31

Mendip Hills

32

Weald

33

Hampshire basin

34

Somerset plain

35

South-western England (a-Exmoor, b-Dartmoor, c-Bodmin Moor)

36

North Wales coastal lowlands and Anglesey

37

Mountains of North Wales

38

Welsh Border hills

39

Dissected plateaux of central Wales

40

West Wales coastal lowland region

41

Lower Wye basin

42

Dissected plateaux and mountains of South Wales

43

South Wales coastal lowland region

44

Isle on Man

Ireland

45

Antrim plateaux

46

Bann valley

47

N.W. Highland (a-Northern, b-South-western)

48

Lagan valley

49

County Down lowland region

50

North-eastern hills (including the Mourne Mountains)

51

Ox Mountains

52

Western uplands (a-Northern, b-Southern)

53

Central lowland region

54

Leinster hills (including the Wicklow Mountains)

55

South-central hills

56

Lower Shannon lowland  region

57

North Clare hills

58

Feale Hills (or Mullarghareiks)

59

South-eastern lowland region

60

South-western ranges and valleys

 

 

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