Understanding VFR Charts

It’s showing airspaces. The blue circles are the aerodrome controlled areas and the numbers are the applicable altitudes (lower on the bottom-higher on top, logically). The blue regions with dashed lines are restricted/danger areas. On the CAA charts, these have a key that provides more info…

Here’s the same area on an oldish CAA quarter-mill sectional - much more cluttered, much more information:

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