The Neroche Scheme covers 10,000 hectares of the northern escarpment and wooded ridge of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Somerset / Devon border, from Culmstock Beacon in the west to Castle Neroche in the east, and down into the vale of Taunton Deane as far as West Hatch and Orchard Portman. The Scheme takes its name from Castle Neroche, the Iron Age hill fort above Staple Fitzpaine. The Neroche Scheme is setting out to celebrate, enhance and reinforce the heritage of this part of the AONB