Global Information Lookup Global Information

Marshwood and Powerstock Vales information


Marshwood Vale and Conegar Hill

The Marshwood and Powerstock Vales form a natural region in southwest England reaching to the Dorset coastline.

The region is recognised as a National Character Area (No. 139) by Natural England, the UK Government's advisors on the natural environment. It covers an area of 15,945 hectares (61.56 sq mi) and lies entirely within the Dorset AONB. The boundary of the Marshwood and Powerstock Vales NCA runs along the coastline from just east of Charmouth to West Bay, cutting briefing inland towards Bridport before heading eastwards again to Chilcombe. It then runs broadly north-northeast, taking in Eggardon Hill, before reaching the A356 near Toller Porcorum. It then heads westwards towards Mapperton, Beaminster and Stoke Abbott before swinging in a wide arc to return to the coast via Pilsdon and Whitchurch Canonicorum.[1]

The heart of the region is the clay bowl of the Vale of Marshwood surrounded by Upper Greensand ridges and hills with a deeply incised network of valleys, in the east forming the Powerstock Hills - small, conical hills divided by deep valleys. To the north, a broad plateau overlooks the valley of the River Axe and separates the region from the Yeovil Scarplands. To the east are the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase, and the coastal strip of the Weymouth Lowlands, and, to the west, the Greensand transitions into the Blackdowns. Lastly, to the south is Lyme Bay on the English Channel where the coastline is characterised by slumped, mobile cliffs, prominent headlands like Golden Cap, and hidden valleys.[1]

The major watercourses of the region are the River Brit and the River Char.[2]

  1. ^ a b Marshwood and Powerstock Vales - Character Area 139 at www.naturalengland.org.uk. Accessed on 6 Apr 2013.
  2. ^ NCA: 139 Marshwood & Powerstock Vales - Key Facts & Data at www.naturalengland.org.uk. Accessed on 6 Apr 2013.

and 27 Related for: Marshwood and Powerstock Vales information

Request time (Page generated in 1.2989 seconds.)

Marshwood and Powerstock Vales

Last Update:

The Marshwood and Powerstock Vales form a natural region in southwest England reaching to the Dorset coastline. The region is recognised as a National...

Word Count : 307

Dorset Downs

Last Update:

by the Dorset Heaths and Weymouth Lowlands to the south, the Marshwood and Powerstock Vales to the west and the Blackmore Vale to the north. The main...

Word Count : 588

Whitchurch Canonicorum

Last Update:

(hundred) Flag of Dorset, The Dorset Cross/St Wite's Cross Marshwood and Powerstock Vales "Area: Whitchurch Canonicorum (Parish), Key Figures for 2011...

Word Count : 637

Yeovil Scarplands

Last Update:

Vale of Wardour and to the south, the Marshwood and Powerstock Vales and Dorset Downs. With a predominantly rural landscape, Yeovil and other urban areas...

Word Count : 561

National Character Area

Last Update:

138. Weymouth Lowlands 139. Marshwood and Powerstock Vales 140. Yeovil Scarplands 141. Mendip Hills 142. Somerset Levels and Moors 143. Mid Somerset Hills...

Word Count : 1203

Devon Redlands

Last Update:

Culm, Exmoor, the Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes, the Blackdowns, the Yeovil Scarplands and the Marshwood and Powerstock Vales. The Devon Redlands...

Word Count : 362

Blackdown Hills National Landscape

Last Update:

Scarplands to the east and the Marshwood and Powerstock Vales to the southeast. Straddling the border of Somerset and Devon, the Blackdown Hills AONB covers...

Word Count : 3941

Hardown Hill

Last Update:

Ryall and Morcombelake in the county of Dorset, England. It rises west of the South Dorset Downs, close to the Dorset coast, and overlooks the Marshwood Vale...

Word Count : 472

West Dorset

Last Update:

Compton, Owermoigne Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide, Portesham, Poundbury, Powerstock, Poyntington, Puddletown, Puncknowle, Purse Caundle, Pymore Rampisham...

Word Count : 600

List of places in Dorset

Last Update:

Poole Town Centre, Portesham, Portfield, Isle of Portland, Poundbury, Powerstock, Poxwell, Poyntington, Preston, Puddletown, Pulham, Puncknowle, Purewell...

Word Count : 731

Mapperton

Last Update:

Mapperton is a hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Beaminster. Dorset County Council estimated that the population...

Word Count : 611

Littlebredy

Last Update:

(also written Little Bredy, pronounced /ˈlɪtəlbrɪdi/) is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated approximately 6.5...

Word Count : 1352

Winterbourne Abbas

Last Update:

Winterbourne Abbas is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley on the A35 road 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Dorchester...

Word Count : 587

List of schools in Dorset

Last Update:

School, Pimperne Portesham CE Primary School, Portesham Powerstock CE Primary School, Powerstock The Prince of Wales School, Poundbury Puddletown CE First...

Word Count : 1252

Godmanstone

Last Update:

Godmanstone (or Godmanston) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of...

Word Count : 320

Bradford Abbas

Last Update:

village and civil parish in north-west Dorset, England, on the border with Somerset. The village is 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Yeovil and 5 miles (8 km)...

Word Count : 549

Puddletown

Last Update:

Puddletown is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated by the River Piddle, from which it derives its name, about 4.5 miles (7 km)...

Word Count : 3271

Cheselbourne

Last Update:

Cheselbourne (sometimes spelled Chesilborne or Cheselborne) is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset Downs, 7 miles (11 km)...

Word Count : 363

Warmwell

Last Update:

Warmwell is a small village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated on the B3390 road about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Dorchester...

Word Count : 117

West Stafford

Last Update:

West Stafford is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Dorchester. In the 2011...

Word Count : 206

Bincombe

Last Update:

hamlet, and civil parish in Dorset, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Weymouth. The village is 1 mile (1.6 km) from Upwey railway station and 28 miles...

Word Count : 264

Puncknowle

Last Update:

Puncknowle ( /ˈpʌnəl/ PUN-əl) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated on the southern slopes of the Bride...

Word Count : 357

Morcombelake

Last Update:

the Marshwood Vale ward which elects 1 member to Dorset Council. "Golden Cap". National Trust. Retrieved 4 May 2014. "Area profile for Marshwood Vale -...

Word Count : 115

Diocese of Salisbury

Last Update:

Marshwood: St Mary Melplash: Christ Church Monkton Wyld: St Andrew Mosterton: St Mary Netherbury: St Mary North Poorton: St Mary Magdalene Powerstock:...

Word Count : 5103

List of hills of Dorset

Last Update:

hills are important historical, archaeological and nature conservation sites, as well as popular hiking and tourist destinations in the county of Dorset...

Word Count : 834

Owermoigne

Last Update:

Owermoigne (/ˌoʊ.ərˈmɔɪn/ OH-ər-MOYN) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east...

Word Count : 222

Pilsdon Pen

Last Update:

the north end of the Marshwood Vale, approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Beaminster. It is Dorset's second highest point and has panoramic views extending...

Word Count : 725

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net