Geological Features
- Cheddar Gorge - the largest gorge in Great Britain
- Jurassic Coast - a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Great Glen Fault
- Highland Boundary Fault
- Southern Uplands Fault
- Midland Valley of Scotland
- Fingal's Cave - columnar Tertiary basaltic formation (similar to the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland)
- Salisbury Plain
- Tees-Exe line
- Whin Sill
- Siccar Point in Berwickshire provided early proof of the immense age of the Earth.
- The Moine Thrust was the first thrust belt to be discovered by geologists.
- London Basin
- Hampshire Basin
- North Downs
- Weald
- South Downs
- London-Brabant Massif
- Cornubian batholith - early Permian intrusion in the South West of England, forming moors where exposed at the surface, such as Dartmoor
- Lizard Complex - a piece of obducted oceanic crust, (i.e. an Ophiolite).
- Iapetus Suture - line of closure of the Iapetus suture.
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