A Glossary of terms used in this section

Landscape Character Assessment

A method for recording the way different components of the landscape – physical, natural and cultural – interact and are perceived.

Launder

A channel often made of wood for conveying liquids.

Leat

A man-made watercourse frequently associated with the delivery of water to a mill wheel or with its discharge from the wheelpit.

Lengthman

A person employed to maintain a section of road, railway or canal.

Listed Building

A statutory term for buildings of special architectural or historic interest, which are listed in three grades, I, II* or II, depending upon their level of importance.

Local Nature Reserve

A statutory designation by a local authority of an area to be managed, in the long term, for its biodiversity value.