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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 81. Chapters: Brighton, Wells, Hove, Arundel, Shoreham-by-Sea, Somerset Levels, Mendip Hills, Keynsham, Chew Valley, Stane Street, Dundry, Castle Cary, Compton Martin, Pensford, Compton Dando, Steyning, Winford, Portslade, Norton Malreward, River Chew, Abbots Leigh, Hursley, Beacon Hill, Warnford, Hampshire, Twyford, Hampshire, Horndean, Rowland's Castle, Owslebury, Bramber, Compton and Shawford, Woollard, North Wootton, Somerset, West Dean, West Sussex, Broadhalfpenny Down, Upper Beeding, Chewton Keynsham, Findon, West Sussex, Upham, Hampshire, East Dean, West Sussex, Wookey Hole, Goodwood House, Old Winchester Hill, Eartham, Stoughton, West Sussex, Braishfield, Michelmersh, South Stoke, West Sussex, Priddy Mineries, Patching, Ampfield, Houghton, West Sussex, Mottisfont, Stansted Park, Stock Hill, West Blatchington, Twinhills Woods and Meadows, Mile Oak, Warningcamp, Dundry Hill, Walderton, Bat & Ball Inn, Clanfield, Goodwood Country Park. Excerpt: The Somerset Levels, or the Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly but more correctly known, is a sparsely populated coastal plain and wetland area of central Somerset, South West England, between the Quantock and Mendip Hills. The Levels occupy an area of about 160,000 acres (650 km), corresponding broadly to the administrative district of Sedgemoor but also including the south-eastern part of the Mendip district. The Somerset Levels are bisected by the Polden Hills; the areas to the south are drained by the River Parrett, and the areas to the North by the rivers Axe and Brue. The Mendip Hills separate the Somerset Levels from the North Somerset Levels. The Somerset Levels consist of marine clay "levels" along the coast, and inland (often peat-based) "moors"; agriculturally, about 70 percent is used as grassland and the rest is arable. Willow and teazel are grown commerc...
