Landscapes

Snowdonia - Cumbria - Cotswolds - Somerset - Surrey

Snowdonia (Addison Landscape Publications)

THE ICE AGE IN CWM IDWAL Kenneth Addison.

ISBN 978-0-9511175-4-5 ALP 1988. 21pages. 16 illustrations.    £3.60

The Ice Age invested Cwm Idwal with a landscape whose combination of glaciological, geological and floristic elements is unsurpassed in mountain Britain. Cwm Idwal is readily accessible on good paths within a few minute’s walk of the A5 route through Snowdonia.

SNOWDON IN THE ICE AGE Kenneth Addison

ISBN 978-0-9511175-1-4 ALP 1988. 30 pages. 18 illustrations.    £3.60

Ken Addison interprets the evidence left by successive glaciers around Snowdon (the last of which melted only 10,000 years ago) in a way which brings together the serious student of the Quaternary Ice Age, and the interested inquisitive visitor.

THE ICE AGE IN Y GLYDERAU AND NANT FFRANCON Kenneth Addison

ISBN 978-0-9511175-3-8 ALP. 1988. 30 pages. 21 illustrations.    £3.60

Ice, in the last main glaciation, carved a glacial highway through the heart of Snowdonia so boldly as to ensure that Nant Ffrancon is amongst the best-known natural landmarks in Britain. The phenomenon is explained in a way that is understandable to both specialist and visitor.

Cumbria (Cumbria RIGS Publications)

THE ROCKS AND LANDSCAPE OF THE KESWICK AREA Alan Smith 1996.

18 pages. 9 figures. £1.50

Geological walks and excursions around Keswick, Derwentwater, Borrowdale and Bassenthwaite. Aimed at walkers with a geological and landscape interest, all the walks are within walking distance of Keswick (within 15 km).

GEOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS IN THE EDEN VALLEY 1994.

12 pages. 8 illustrations. £1.50

Four excursions are described in the Armethwaite, Penrith, Appleby and Brough-Kirkby Stephen districts.

WHITBARROW (1995)

10 pages. 24 illustrations. £1.50

A geological walk looking at rocks, plants and landscapes.

ANCIENT ROCKS IN SOUTH CUMBRIA

17 pages. 27 photos. 23 line drawings and maps. £2.00

Glacial erosion, glacial deposits, drumlins, desert and flood, fossils in limestone, limestone pavements, folding and slates, volcanoes, ancient rocks are all evoked to explain the ‘Shape of the Lake District’.  

KENDAL BUILDING STONES

12-page pamphlet. 18+ colour illustrations. 50p

A one and a half hour walk around ‘The auld grey town’, predominantly built of grey Carboniferous limestone.

ROCKS AND LANDSCAPE OF ALSTON MOOR, geological walks in the Nent Valley  Barry Webb and Brian Young (Edited by Eric Skipsey).
Cumbria Riggs 2002.  A5. 28 pages, 40 illustrations in full colour. £2.50
‘Anyone with an interest in discovering the story of the North Pennines landscape and countryside will enjoy the two walks in this booklet. By describing rocks, fossils and minerals the authors unravel clues about how today’s rocks and landscapes were formed, what the North Pennines area was like in the past and how men have exploited the geological riches of Alston Moor.’

Cotswolds

GEOLOGY OF OXFORDSHIRE Philip Powell. Dovecote Press. Wimbourne 2005
ISBN 978-1-904349-19-8    108 pages.   103 coloured plates.   27 maps.   5 tables.  £12.95
The author states, “The object of this book is to explain something of how the rocks (of Oxfordshire) were formed and their arrangement.” This is achieved within a well-illustrated account of such interest and clarity that the receptive audience will range from the established geologist to those who have an intelligent, but non-specialist knowledge of the landscape of the county and how it was formed. The author is careful to conclude by bringing the story up to date by including Quaternary landscape changes, acknowledging that, “It should be kept in mind that Oxfordshire as we know it today has been shaped only in the last few thousand years.” A well rounded book which will find a place on the shelves of those who have a fascination in the subtle interplay between geology and landscape in this gentle county.

THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE COTSWOLDS

Andrew Goudie & Adrian Parker. £10.00.

ISBN 978-0-9529662-0-3 Cotteswold Nat. Field Club. 1996. A5.139 pages. 54 figures. This introduction to the physical landscape of the Cotswolds includes chapters on the Jurassic geology, the Quaternary including glaciation and river terraces, the valley systems, mass movement phenomena and the form of the escarpment and its outliers.

Somerset

GEOLOGY & LANDSCAPE OF TAUNTON DEANE Hugh Prudden

ISBN 978-0-9540521-0-2 141 pages. 210 x 201mm. Taunton Deane B.C. 2001 £8.50

HAM HILL: ROCKS AND QUARRIES Hugh Prudden

ISBN 978-1-899983-00-1 Somerset District Council 1995.A5. 16 pages. 11 figures. £1.00

A clearly written, short trail designed for both the casual visitor and school party visiting this popular Somerset hill near Montacute House.

Surrey

NEWLANDS CORNER - ALBURY GEOLOGY TRAIL                                                

Surrey RIGS 2002. A5.  24 pages. 26 full-colour illustrations, photos and maps.  £1.50                                         

This well illustrated five mile geological walk near Guildford spans 120 million years of earth history. Rocks, soil, nature and history all contribute to the commentary on this colourful, clearly presented circular walk.