Soilscapes
Soilscapes are an easy-to-understand classification of soils used to describe the soils of England and Wales only (a separate classification being applied in Scotland and Northern Ireland). Soilscapes conveys a summary of the broad regional differences in the soil landscapes of England and Wales. Soilscapes is not intended as a means for supporting detailed assessments, such as land planning applications or site investigations; nor should it be used to support commercial activities. For such applications, a parallel service Soils Site Reporter provides comprehensive reporting for specific locations. More detailed soil datasets are also available for lease from CEC.
Freely draining lime-rich loamy soils (5)
| Texture: | Loamy |
| Drainage: | Freely draining |
| Fertility: | Lime-rich |
| Land Cover: | Arable with grassland at higher altitude |
| Habitats: | Herb-rich chalk and limestone pastures; lime-rich deciduous woodlands |
| Topsoil Carbon: | Low |
| Mostly Drains To: | Chalk or limestone groundwater |
| Water Protection Issues: | Vulnerable to leaching of nitrate to groundwater; surface capping and erosion of chalk soils under cereals is linked with nutrient enrichment and silting of chalk streams and their gravel spawning beds |
| General Cropping Guidance: | Well suited to spring and autumn-sown cereals and other crops including grass but the land is mostly nitrate vulnerable |
Included Soil Associations
| 0511a ABERFORD |
| 0511b Moreton |
| 0511c PANHOLES |
| 0511d Blewbury |
| 0511e SWAFFHAM PRIOR |
| 0511f COOMBE 1 |
| 0511g COOMBE 2 |
| 0511h BADSEY 1 |
| 0511i BADSEY 2 |
| 0511j STRETHAM |
| 0512a ASWARBY |
| 0512b LANDBEACH |
| 0512c RUSKINGTON |
| 0512d GROVE |
| 0512e BLOCK |
| 0512f Milton |
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Cranfield University 2024. The Soils Guide. Available: www.landis.org.uk. Cranfield University, UK. Last accessed 08/12/2024
