Vale of York, Eastern Arable
Author(s): Jeremy Lake
The Vale of York is a gently undulating area bounded by the ridge of Magnesian Limestone that rises to the west and the Howardian Hills and Yorkshire Wolds to the east. It forms a transition from the more varied topography and mixed farming of the Vale of Mowbray to the north and the open levels of the Humberhead Levels to the south. Major rivers include the Swale and Ure, merging as the Ouse before it flows through York into the Humber. there are also the Derwent, Nidd and Fosse. Of the area, 6% is urban, 3% is woodland and 73% is under cultivation.
- Report Number:
- 32/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 14
- Keywords:
- Landscape Farmstead Historic
