Tranquility Maps

At a car boot sale on Sunday I came across a stall being run by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). The lady behind the table was enthusiastically proclaiming that they were about much more than protecting rural areas and this prompted me to check out their website.

Here I discovered their fascinating collection of "tranquility maps" which show the "likelihood that someone will experience tranquility in any locality". A nationwide survey to find what tranquility actually meant to people produced a top 10 list of what it is (e.g. seeing natural landscape and the stars at night, hearing natural sounds and running water) and also a top 10 list of what it most definitely is not (e.g. seeing urban development and light pollution, hearing constant noise of traffic and people).

I think it's facinating to take a look at these, starting with the national level map and then drilling down to county level ones. In some respects their results are not surprising but are graphically showing something that has never been presented this way on this scale before. CPRE wil use this to help protect tranquility and measure threats to it in the future. Something we would all support I am sure.

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