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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 />