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Tranquil places

Tranquillity helps improve quality of life Tranquillity helps improve quality of life. Tranquillity helps improve quality of life Tranquillity helps improve quality of life. Photo: © CPRE

Update:

The public value the tranquillity of the countryside

Mapping tranquillity helps to protect it

We commissioned a survey to establish which are the qualities people value most in the English countryside – and nearly three-quarters (72%) said that tranquillity topped the list.

In depth:

Natural landscapes like woodland helped define tranquil areas

How we mapped tranquillity

CPRE commissioned researchers to create a highly detailed new approach to defining tranquillity. By using these findings to create a national tranquillity map, it is possible to assess the likelihood of finding tranquillity in any given locality.

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