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37. Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe
• Eastern slopes of the Pennines, dropping from upland in the west down to the east, and dissected by numerous steep-sided valleys.
• Extensive urban influences from the matrix of large and small towns.
• Close conjunction of large scale industry, urban areas and transport routes with open countryside.
• Predominance of local sandstone and 'gritstone' as a building material, notably in large and dominant industrial buildings.
• Urban development mainly confined by valleys creating dramatic interplay of views between settlements and the surrounding hillsides.
• Predominantly pastoral farming with strong linear patterns of walled enclosures on plateaux.
• Predominantly broadleaved woodlands on steep valley sides forming important backdrops to industrialised areas.
• Impression of a well wooded landscape even though tree cover is relatively sparse overall.
• Dense network of roads, canals and railways.
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