Cold Ash ridge from across the fields of Westrop Farm
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Cold Ash ridge from across the fields of Westrop Farm by D Gore as part of the Geograph project.
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Cold Ash ridge from across the fields of Westrop Farm
Image: © D Gore Taken: 19 Jun 2011
This ridge on the skyline, which stands some 280 feet above the valley of the river Pang, is six miles long and runs in an arc from Hermitage in the north, through here at Cold Ash, to Upper Bucklebury and finally to Chapel Row in the east. The geology of the ridge (referred to as a ‘plateau’) is mainly glacial sands, gravels and head with some clay in the north near Hermitage http://www.berksbap.org/bucklebury-plateau . Almost throughout its length the ridge is covered with the remnants of beautiful ancient woodland which includes the 900 acres of Bucklebury Common http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2469549
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Image Location
Latitude
51.426693
Longitude
-1.263532