Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Northern Ireland)

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Northern Ireland, is an area of countryside that has been designated for statutory protection, due to their significant landscape value, by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. There are eight AONBs in Northern Ireland; Antrim Coast and Glens, Binevenagh, Causeway Coast, Lagan Valley, Mourne, Ring of Gullion, Sperrin, and Strangford and Lecale.