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 STATUS:
Local Geological Sites
OTHER DESIGNATIONS:
COUNTY: West Yorkshire
DISTRICT: Calderdale
OS GRID REF: SD 907 272 to 908 278
OS 1:50,000 Landranger 103 Blackburn and Burnley
OS 1:25,000 Explorer OL 21 South Pennines
BGS 1:50,000 Sheet 76 Rochdale
FIRST DESIGNATED by West Yorkshire LGS Group in 1996
MOST RECENT SURVEY West Yorkshire Geology Trust in February 2009
DESIGNATION SHEET UPDATED August 2009
SITE DESCRIPTION:
Paul and Pudsey Cloughs are two of many cloughs which drain down into
the Cliviger
valley. They are steep-sided and narrow, with many rock exposures in
the stream and on
the valley sides. Cliviger valley was overdeepened by glacial meltwater
at the end of the
Devensian glacial period, which has caused the tributary streams to
cut deeply into the
surrounding Upper Carboniferous Millstone Grits and Coal Measures,
giving excellent
exposures of sandstones and shales.
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:
EDUCATIONAL VALUE:
The walk to Paul and Pudsey Cloughs is rewarded by extensive exposures
of Upper
Carboniferous Westphalian (Coal Measures) and Namurian (Millstone
Grit) strata. The
presence of marine bands containing well preserved fossils is an
additional interest.
Suitable for small groups of secondary and
higher level students, although the quarry in
Pudsey Clough is accessible for larger groups.
AESTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS:
There are dramatic views along the Cliviger Gorge.
ACCESS AND SAFETY:
Paul Clough is accessible by public footpath as far as Stiperden
House Farm. It is
advisable to park in Cornholme and walk up Pudsey Clough to
reach the cloughs.
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