For Greensand Ridge in Bedfordshire, see Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge.
An eroded sunken lane on the Greensand Ridge
The Greensand Ridge, also known as the Wealden Greensand,[1] is an extensive, prominent, often wooded, mixed greensand/sandstone escarpment in south-east England. Forming part of the Weald, a former dense forest in Sussex, Surrey and Kent, it runs to and from the East Sussex coast, wrapping around the High Weald and Low Weald. It reaches its highest elevation, 294 metres (965 ft), at Leith Hill in Surrey—the second highest point in south-east England, while another hill in its range, Blackdown, is the highest point in Sussex at 280 metres (919 ft). The eastern end of the ridge forms the northern boundary of Romney Marsh.
About 51 per cent of the Wealden Greensand is protected as the South Downs National Park, Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[2]
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The GreensandRidge, also known as the Wealden Greensand, is an extensive, prominent, often wooded, mixed greensand/sandstone escarpment in south-east...
The GreensandRidge Walk is a long-distance walk of 40 miles (64 km) that traverses the county of Bedfordshire in England, with brief sections in the...
poorer soils. These GreensandRidges are popular long distance walking routes, for instance the Greensand Way in Kent. The Lower Greensand (known as the Woburn...
England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the GreensandRidge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural,...
Leith Hill in southern England is the highest summit of the GreensandRidge, approximately 6.7 km (4 mi) southwest of Dorking, Surrey and 40.5 km (30 mi)...
"High Weald" in the centre, the clay "Low Weald" periphery and the GreensandRidge, which stretches around the north and west of the Weald and includes...
remnant being Winterfold Forest directly north-west on the northern GreensandRidge. In 2011 it had a population of just over 11,000. Until the mid-1860s...
Charleshill, Elstead in its east, a steep northern outcrop of the GreensandRidge at Crooksbury Hill on Crooksbury Common in the north and Farnham Common...
cottages and outhouses on the wooded, upper southern slopes of the GreensandRidge near Coldharbour in Surrey, England. It was built around 1830 for the...
are now lakes: at Priory Country Park, Wyboston and Felmersham. The GreensandRidge is an escarpment across the county from near Leighton Buzzard to near...
metres (1,066 ft) Salisbury Plain – Walbury Hill at 297 metres (974 ft) GreensandRidge – Leith Hill at 294 metres (965 ft) South Downs – Butser Hill at 271...
chiefly set in the wooded Vale of Holmesdale between the North Downs and GreensandRidge. As of 2011 the village had a population of 1,032. The village gives...
outskirts of Holmbury St Mary. More than half of the parish lies on the GreensandRidge, while the remainder is divided between the Vale of Holmesdale and...
Country Park is in Sevenoaks, in Kent, England. It is located on the GreensandRidge, close to Ide Hill village. The site is owned and managed by Sundridge...
Kent, England, is the name given to the broad clay vale between the GreensandRidge and the High Weald. The area is drained by a number of rivers, including...
referred to as part of the North Downs, but it is located on the parallel GreensandRidge and does not consist of chalk. The Downland of the North Downs consists...
roughly concentric circles towards the centre; these comprise the GreensandRidge, most prominent on the north side of the Weald, where it includes Leith...
Leith Hill south of Dorking and Gibbet Hill in Hindhead, both on the GreensandRidge). Botley Hill was a main surveying point for the Anglo-French Survey...
section of the London Borough of Bromley. The AONB also includes the GreensandRidge, a prominent sandstone escarpment which lies south of the chalk escarpment...
Outstanding Natural Beauty, which cover parts of the North Downs and GreensandRidge, including locally Leith Hill, Polesden Lacey and Box Hill. Denbies...
Romney Marsh and the patchy remnant forest of The Weald (between the GreensandRidge and South Downs). Common amenities are a garage and a public house...
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