Geographical Area

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Northwest Herefordshire
Northwest Herefordshire		The Silurian limestone areas of the Ludlow Anticline, Mortimer Forest and Kington.
Upland Herefordshire
The Golden Valley and the Bromyard Plateau		The St Maughans Formation hills of the Golden Valley and Bromyard Plateau, to the SE and NW of Hereford, respectively.
Central Herefordshire
Central Herefordshire		The Raglan Mudstone lowland plains around Hereford and Leominster
South Herefordshire
South Herefordshire		The Brownstones plateau extending south from Hereford to the border with Wales and the Forest of Dean.
Malvern Hills
Malvern Hills		The Precambrian inlier of the Malvern Hills and adjacent Silurian outcrops.
Teme Valley
Teme Valley		The Teme Valley between Knightwick and Stanford Bridge, spanning the Malvern fault zone and including Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Triassic rocks brought together by faulting.
North Worcestershire
Northwest Worcestershire		The Carboniferous and Triassic sandstones of the Severn Valley from Arley to Bewdley and the Triassic sandstone areas of Kidderminster, Stourport and Hartlebury. The same stones are also used in Worcester.
South Worcestershire
South Worcestershire		The Lias mudstone plains of south and central Worcestershire and the outliers of Jurassic oolite at Bredon Hill and Broadway.

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