The Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, or AONB for short, is a special area around the rivers Tamar and Tavy. The area is famous for its mining heritage landscape. A team of dedicated staff run projects and coordinate work to protect the valley.
On one side is Devon the other Cornwall. The valley extends north from the broad estuary at Plymouth to the intricate, deeply incised river meanders just below Launceston and Tavistock. It borders Dartmoor National Park to the east and takes in Kit Hill to the west.