South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Landscape evolution

South Gloucestershire Boundary Note: At this plan scale, not all of the above planning factors can be illustrated. Reference to definitive information source is therefore advised. Natural & Cultural Heritage

Source Data: South Gloucestershire Core Strategy Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Adopted December 2013. South Gloucestershire Local Plan Adopted January Forest of Avon 2006. SSSI’s and Sites of International Nature Conservation Interest

Registered Historic Parks, Gardens and Battlefields Gwent Scheduled Ancient Monuments Gloucestershire Conservation Areas

Environmental Protection

Coastal Zone

Green Belt

Green Belt

Economy and Settlement

Land Safeguarded for Employment Purpose or Housing

Settlement Boundaries

Major Employment Area with Historic Planning Permission

Major Recreational Routes

Severn Way Monarch’s Way

Wiltshire Cotswold Way Limestone Link

Frome Valley Comunity Walkway Forest Path

Jubilee Way Bristol & Bath Bristol Railway Path Dramway

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North Somerset Figure 5 1 Bath and North East Somerset Planning Context

Major Recreational Routes South Gloucestershire Council. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council. Licence No. 10023401, 2013 Character overview

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River Severn Thornbury

Yate

Bristol

Kingswood

Kilometres 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 Miles

South Gloucestershire Boundary National Character Area

Main Settlements andLarge scale industry Forest of Dean and Lower Wye (No. 105)

Severn and Avon Vales (No.106)

Cotswolds (No. 107)

Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges (No. 118)

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South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Figure 6 3 Regional National Landscape Character Areas South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Character overview

Source Information based on British Geological Mapping South Gloucestershire Boundary This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Badminton Plateau (1) Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and Marshfield Plateau (2) may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No 100023410, 2013 Ashwicke Ridges (3) 19 Cotswold Scarp (4)

Wickwar Ridge & Vale (5) 21 7 Pucklechurch Ridge & Boyd Valley (6)

Falfield Vale (7)

Yate Vale (8) Thornbury Tytherington Plain (9) 18 Earthcott Vale (10) 17 Golden Valley (11) 9 Westerleigh Vale & Oldland Ridge (12)

20 Frome Valley (13) 8 5 Kingswood (14) 10 Patchway & Filton (15) Frampton 1 Bradley Cotterell Yate Avon Valley (16) Stoke Winterbourne 15 Rudgeway & Tytherington Ridge (17) Chipping Stoke Sodbury Severn Ridges (18) Gifford Coalpit Heath 13 Oldbury Levels (19) 4 Pilning Levels (20)

Severn Shoreline & Estuary (21)

6 Major areas of settlement

2 14 12 Bristol Kingswood N

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16 Figure 8 3a Landscape Character Areas South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Character overview

Source Information based on British Geological Mapping South Gloucestershire Boundary This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Badminton Plateau (1) Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and Marshfield Plateau (2) may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No 100023410, 2013 Ashwicke Ridges (3) 19 Cotswold Scarp (4)

Wickwar Ridge & Vale (5) 21 7 Pucklechurch Ridge & Boyd Valley (6)

Falfield Vale (7)

Yate Vale (8)

Tytherington Plain (9) 18 Earthcott Vale (10) 17 Golden Valley (11) 9 Westerleigh Vale & Oldland Ridge (12)

20 Frome Valley (13) 8 5 Kingswood (14) 10 Patchway & Filton (15) 1 Avon Valley (16)

15 Rudgeway & Tytherington Ridge (17) Severn Ridges (18)

13 Oldbury Levels (19) 4 Pilning Levels (20)

Severn Shoreline & Estuary (21)

6 Major areas of settlement

2 14 12 Bristol N 0 5km

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16 Landscape Character Areas with Parish Boundaries South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Landscape evolution

South Gloucestershire Boundary

Major areas of settlements

Alluvium

Great Oolite Limestone

Fuller’s Earth

Inferior Oolite Limestone

Thornbury Lias Severn Estuary White and Blue Lias

Rhaetic

Keuper Marl

Upper Coal Series and Pennant Series

Lower Coal Series

Upper Cromhall Sandstone

Carboniferous Limestone

Old Red Sandstone

Patchway Frampton Yate Silurian and Cambrian Cotterell Winterbourne Jurassic Strata

Chipping Sodbury Coalpit Heath Source Information based upon Avon County Mineral Plan Stoke Gifford This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. THE COTSWOLDS Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No 100023410, 2013

Kingswood Bristol N

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Figure 2 67 Geology South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Landscape evolution

South Gloucestershire Boundary

Major areas of settlement

O.S. High Water Mark

O.S. Low Water Mark

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30-60m

60-90m

90-120m Thornbury 120-150m

150-180m

180-210m

Severn Estuary 210-240m

240-270m

Rivers

Frampton Chipping Patchway Cotterell Yate Sodbury Winterbourne

Stoke Coalpit Heath Gifford

Source Information based on British Geological Mapping

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Bristol N Kingswood

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Figure 3 68 Topography and Drainage South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Landscape evolution

South Gloucestershire Boundary

Common fields enclosed by local arrangement and exchange Common fields adjusted from earlier enclosures, similar pattern to Parlimentary enlosures Common fields on steep slopes Meadowlands, mostly in common Wetlands,/ ‘Levels’ & Moors, common enclosure or reclamation Wetlands enclosed in severalty, irregular pattern Wetlands, common enclosure ‘clay belt’ Wetlands, Parlimentary enclosure peat moor/saltmarsh Wetlands, unenclosed coastal ‘warth’ Downland, or common sheep pasture, enclosed by Parliamentary Act (c18/19) Downland, or common sheep pasture, unenclosed

Heathland, unenclosed Heathland, enclosed, organised Heathland, enclosed, by Parliamentary Act Woodland, ‘natural’, pre-1800 Woodland planted or forestry Cleared woodland, by assart Cleared woodland, planned Medieval parkland, enclosed Ornamental (designed landscapes) Modern recreational areas Large scale industrial sites No data

N Source Historic Landscape Characterisation digital data courtesy of Avon Environmental Geographic Information System (AEGIS) 0 5km Reproduced from Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Figure 4 69 Gloucestershire Council. Licence No. LA 09065L/2013 Historic Landscapes South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Character overview

South Gloucestershire Boundary

Plateau and Scarp

Shallow Ridge

Parkland Vale

Shallow Vale

Broad Valleys

Enclosed Valleys

Undulating Ridge

Thornbury Estuary, Shoreline and Levels

Major areas of settlement

Frampton Bradley Cotterell Yate Stoke Winterbourne

Chipping Stoke Sodbury Gifford Coalpit Heath Source Information based on British Geological Mapping

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Bristol Kingswood N

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Figure 7 70 Landscape Character Types