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This group is widely dispersed and includes almost all the South Wales<br />

mining valleys, areas in the Marches and Derbyshire and parts of the<br />

Southern Uplands of Scotland.<br />

Its;members are restricted to Carboniferous rocks, generally coal<br />

measures, and are further grouped by possession of poorly &rained<br />

acidic soils. Boulder clay is the most abundant drift.<br />

The climate is wet, but sunshine hours and snow lie vary widely with<br />

altitude. There are a considerable number of single track lines in<br />

this group, and members fall into all British Rail administrative<br />

Regions except Southern.<br />

Class 17 Midland Hills<br />

Estimated acreage: 5500 ± 540<br />

Preferential attributes: 400' asl<br />

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