0 Listings Argyll and Bute (Scotland) Stretches across the west coast and islands of Scotland; the second‑largest Scottish council area
0 Listings Lincolnshire (England) East Midlands; the second‑largest county by area in England and sparsely populated
0 Listings Powys (Wales) Mid‑Wales; covers a quarter of Wales’s area and is the country’s most sparsely populated county
1 Listing Devon (England) South‑west England; the third‑largest English county with dispersed rural settlements
0 Listings Cornwall (England) The southernmost area on the list; classified as 92 % rural by the UK Government