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sandstone (for graph, see Crushed rock)<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004 Tonnes<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
sandstone–see Building and<br />
dimension stone<br />
Production 14 900 000 19 967 000 18 362 000 18 259 000 18 844 000<br />
great britain production of sandstone by end-use and area of origin 2004<br />
94<br />
Thousand tonnes<br />
Area of origin Building Roadstone Railway Concrete Other Other con- Armour- Industrial Total<br />
stone ballast aggregate screened structional stone & uses<br />
Sold For coating Uncoated Surface & graded uses Gabion<br />
coated at remote dressing<br />
plants chippings<br />
North East 62 — — — — — — — 61 — — 122<br />
Yorkshire and<br />
the Humber 220 … 552 … … — 85 71 388 … — 1 357<br />
North West — … … … — … 761 … 20 — 3 104<br />
West Midlands … 330 305 192 44 — 99 38 232 — 36 …<br />
East Midlands … — — 25 — — … 95 … … — 320<br />
East of England … — — — — — — — 170 — — …<br />
South East 2 — — — — — — — … — — …<br />
South West … … … … 18 70 … 67 119 … — 686<br />
england 398 377 1 490 813 203 70 728 1 032 1 904 25 36 7 076<br />
Wales … 529 … 246 173 399 480 1 817 … — 3 241<br />
scotland 28 141 … 145 116 … 87 272 643 … 1 1 613<br />
great britain 439 1 047 2 149 1 205 493 … 1 214 1 784 3 364 35 38 11 929<br />
england Wales<br />
County Total County Total County Total<br />
Avon … Oxfordshire … Powys 1 652<br />
Gloucestershire … Durham 23 Dyfed …<br />
Wiltshire … Norfolk 170 West Glamorgan …<br />
Somerset … Northumberland 99 Mid Glamorgan …<br />
Cheshire … North Yorkshire 906 Gwent 185<br />
Greater Manchester 1 053 West Yorkshire 450 Gwynedd —<br />
Lancashire 1 264 South Yorkshire 1<br />
Cumbria … Shropshire 1 239 Wales 3 241<br />
Derbyshire 212 West Sussex 39<br />
Staffordshire … Bedfordshire …<br />
Devon 533 Surrey 1<br />
Cornwall 77 Hereford & Worcester —<br />
Dorset 2 Northamptonshire 108<br />
scotland<br />
england 7 076<br />
Source: Office for National Statistics.<br />
Region Total<br />
South of Scotland 680<br />
West Central Scotland 272<br />
Tayside and Fife 21<br />
North East Scotland …<br />
Highlands 399<br />
Orkney …<br />
Shetland …<br />
scotland 1 613