Publications

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Mendip Hills AONB Publications

Visitor Guide 2012 (PDF download – 1.6MB)  Please telephone 01761 462338 or email mendiphills@somerset.gov.uk if you would like a copy of this leaflet.

See About Wild Walks for a list of stockists and how to buy a copy (£5 plus £1 p&p)  please telephone 01761 462338 or email mendiphills@somerset.gov.uk 

Walkers guides and maps for Western Mendip and Eastern Mendip showing the geology and landscape of the area are available from the British Geoloical Society book shop via Foundations of Mendip web site. Scroll down the page and click on BGS online shop link then use the search term “Mendip” for full details and to order.

Mendip Hills AONB Partnership Documents

Annual Review 2010-2011 (PDF download – 1MB)

Management Plan 2009 – 2014 (PDF download – 450KB)

State of the AONB Report (PDF download – 5MB)

The Future of Volunteering in the Mendip Hills (PDF download – 600KB)

Code of Conduct for Event Organisers (PDF download – 30KB)

Mendip Hills AONB Planning Guidance

Agricultural Building Design Guidelines for the Mendip Hills AONB (PDF download – 1.5MB) Supplementary Planning Guidance Published 2001

Guidelines for Horse Related Development for the Mendip Hills AONB(PDF download – 725KB) Supplementary Planning Guidance Published 2004 Revised 2012

Overview of Planning Controls in the AONB (PDF download – 120KB) Published 2007

Other Publications

Hawk and Owl Trust Spotters Guide  PDF Download 340KB
(Funded by Mendip Hills AONB Sustainable Development Fund)

Think Big:ecological recovery in protected landscapes (PDF download 375KB - joint publication by key stakeholders in Englands National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty  – AONBs)

Guide for Dog Owners (PDF download – 1MB) Published by Somerset County Coucil and available by telephoning 0845 345 9155

Horses the Landscape and You (PDF download – 1.1MB) Equestrian Guide to Keeping Horses in Protected Landscapes. Joint publication by South West Protected Landscapes (SWPLF), The British Horse Society (BHS) and Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) 2010

Ticks and Lyme’s Disease (PDF download – 130KB) Please email mendiphills@somerset.gov.uk or telephone 01761 462338 if you would like a copy of this leaflet.

Mendip Hills – Our vision for Forestry Commission Woodlands 2009-2019 – (PDF download – 400KB) Published by the Forestry Commission 2010