This is an area of gently rolling hills and valleys. Rivers flow out in all directions, including the Cherwell, Avon, Welland, Tove, Ouse, Nene and Ise. Landscape features include extensive areas of open field systems with ridge and furrow, high and wide A-shaped hedgerows with their frequent mature trees, nationally important designed parkland landscapes, narrow lanes with very wide grassy verges, and the small, scattered but prominent, broadleaved woods and coverts.
The core habitat includes, arable field margins, Hedgerows, lowland calcareous grassland, Lowland dry acid grassland, Lowland meadow, Lowland mixed deciduous woodland, Ponds, Rivers and Traditional orchards