A whole ecosystem of unique plant species and small animals can be found between the cracks of large limestone pavements, also known as grikes. One recent United Kingdom limestone pavement survey, ...

Anyone out winter walking in the Yorkshire dales will probably be familiar with the dramatic scenery of limestone pavements. Distinctive and beautiful, they can also be found elsewhere in Britain, as ...

Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed ...

Limestone pavements, and the unique plants and wildlife they provide a habitat for, are under threat in north-west England, a new study has found. Lancaster University has repeated a study, which was ...

Limestone pavements on the narrow northern outcrop of Carboniferous Limestone of the main South Wales coal basin are of restricted distribution when compared with the extent of drift-covered areas ...

Limestone Pavements are bare limestone rock surfaces composed of slabs of rock (clints), separated by variable-width vertical cracks (grikes) . These grikes have developed by weathering and enhanced ...

A farmer has been ordered to pay over €9,300 in penalties for the destruction of 10 acres of “an extremely rare and unique" limestone pavement habitat in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) on the ...

Craven's famous limestone pavements have been saved for future generations thanks to a quarry company agreeing to relinquish its rights. Hanson, the owners of two of the three last remaining sites in ...

Carly Stevens receives funding for her work on limestone pavements from the Natural Environment Research Council. This research was funded by The Botanical Research Fund, The Wildflower Society and a ...