Natural England

140. Yeovil Scarplands

• A very varied landscape of hills, wide valley bottoms, ridgetops and combes united by scarps of Jurassic limestone. 

• Mainly a remote rural area with villages and high church towers.

• Wide variety of local building materials including predominantly Ham Hill Stone.

• Small manor houses and large mansions with landscape parks.

• Varied land use: arable on the better low-lying land, woodland on the steep ridges and deep combes.

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