Yorkshire Wolds, Chalk and Limestone Mixed

Author(s): Jeremy Lake

The Yorkshire Wolds comprise a prominent chalk escarpment and foothills rising from the Vales of York and Pickering and falling to the plain of Holderness. The Wolds form an arc of high ground extending from the Humber Estuary west of Hull, to the North Sea coast north of Bridlington. Less than 2% of the area is classified as urban, with agricultural land accounting for 91% of the area. Woodland is limited at just 4%, though this is almost entirely made up of broadleaves.

Report Number:
31/2020
Series:
Research Report
Pages:
15
Keywords:
Landscape Farmstead Historic

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