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 ...

The habitats in these grikes are important for conservation, since limestone pavements only cover an area of around 28km 2 across Great Britain, equivalent to the size of a small town.

Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK. The landscapes—which will be familiar to visitors to the ...