This is a list of the named geological faults affecting the rocks of England. See the main article on faults for a fuller treatment of fault types and nomenclature but in brief, the main types are normal faults, reverse faults, thrusts or thrust faults and strike-slip faults. Many faults may have acted as both normal faults at one time and as reverse or thrust faults at another and may or may not have also incorporated some degree of strike-slip movement too.
There are also a few 'disturbances'. These linear features are a combination of faults and folds - the relative importance of faulting and folding varying along the length of each disturbance.
Key to tables Column 1 indicates the name of the fault. Note that different authors may use different names for the same fault or a section of it. Conversely the same name may be applied to more than one fault, particularly in the case of smaller faults which are geographically distant from each another. Some composite names e.g. Abbotsbury - Ridgeway Fault include individual faults e.g. Abbotsbury Fault and Ridgeway Fault appearing elsewhere in the list but are included since they have been referred to differently by different authors. Column 2 indicates the OS grid reference of the approximate midpoint of certain faults. Note that the mapped extent of a fault may not accurately reflect its actual extent. Column 3 indicates the county in which the fault occurs. Some traverse two or more counties of course. Column 4 indicates on which sheet, if any, of the British Geological Survey's 1:50,000 / 1" scale geological map series of England and Wales, the fault is shown and named (either on map/s or cross-section/s or both). A handful of BGS maps at other scales are listed too. Column 5 indicates a selection of publications in which references to the fault may be found. See references section for full details of publication.
Alphabetical lists of faults
A Fault name OS map refCounty/sea areaBGS map sheetbook reference/sAbberley Common FaultWorcestershireGuide Geol. of MartleyAbberley Flagstaff FaultWorcestershireGuide Geol. of MartleyAbbey Wood FaultShropshireMem E&W 152/153Abbotts Leigh FaultE&W 302Abbott Moss FaultCumbriaE&W 24Abbotsbury FaultDorsetBGS:BRG15, GA Guide22Abbotsbury - Ridgeway FaultDorsetE&W 328, E&W 341/2Mem E&W 328etc, GA Guide22Ackworth Grange FaultE&W 78Acton Bridge - Overton - East Delamere FaultCheshireSmith et al. 2005Adbaston FaultE&W 139Agra FaultYorkshireE&W 51Ainstable FaultCumbriaE&W 24Aire Valley FaultYorkshireE&W 69Airy FaultCumbriaE&W 30Alderley Edge FaultPlant et al. 1999Alderley FaultE&W 110Aldercar FaultE&W 125All Hallows Pit FaultCumbriaE&W 23Allman Well Hill FaultYorkshireE&W 87Alport FaultSmith et al. 2005Alveley FaultE&W 167Alwinton FaultBGS:BRG 7Anne's Well FaultCumbriaE&W 30Antonstown FaultNorthumberlandE&W 12, E&W 13BGS:BRG 7Apedale FaultE&W 123Apedale VeinE&W 41Apley Park FaultE&W 153Aqueduct Fault (Clwyd)ClwydSmith et al. 2005Aqueduct Fault (Shropshire)ShropshireMem E&W 152/153Archer Wood FaultTQ 745185East SussexE&W 320/321Ardwick FaultLancashireE&W 85Argill FaultE&W 31Arleston FaultE&W 152Arley FaultBGS:BRG 10Arley Park FaultE&W 167Arley Fault SystemWarwickshireE&W 169Artle Beck Fault ZoneE&W 59Artle Beck FaultsE&W 59Ash Hill FaultGloucestershireE&W 234Ashcombe FaultGloucestershireE&W 234Ashes Hollow FaultShropshireE&W 166; ChStret:25KAshton FaultLancashireE&W 84Ashton Moss FaultLancashireE&W 85Askerton FaultE&W 12Atworth-Lacock Fault BeltE&W 265Augill FaultE&W 31Avon ThrustE&W 264
B Fault name OS map refCounty/sea areaBGS map sheetbook reference/sBache FaultE&W 166Back Burn FaultCumbriaE&W 12BGS:BRG 7Bailey Hope FaultE&W 12Bakewell FaultSmith et al. 2005Balcombe House FaultE&W 302Ballard Down FaultDorsetE&W 342/3, Mem E&W 328etc, GA Guide22Ball's Hill Fault WarwickshireE&W 168Barbon Fault?Cumbria/YorksBrenchley & Rawson 2006, BGS:BRG 7Barebones FaultYorkshireE&W 87Barelands FaultE&W 303Barford St John FaultE&W 218Barford St Michael FaultE&W 218Barkston FaultE&W 127Barnarm FaultE&W 31Barnston FaultCheshireE&W 96Barrasford FaultE&W 13Barrock Gill FaultCumbriaE&W 24Barrow FaultDerbyshireE&W 141Barrow FaultYorkshireE&W 87Barrow Hill FaultSomersetE&W 280, 281Barrow Vale FaultSomersetE&W 280Barrule Thrust ZoneIsle of ManBrenchley & Rawson 2006, BGS:BRG 7Baskill FaultCumbriaE&W 38BGS:BRG 7Beaminster FaultDorsetBGS:BRG 15Beck FaultCumbriaE&W 24Beckces FaultCumbriaE&W 30Beckhead-Binky Linn FaultE&W 12Bedgebury FaultE&W 304Bellevue FaultE&W 12Benenden FaultE&W 304Benton Quarry FaultNorthumberlandE&W 15Bere Regis FaultDorsetGA Guide22Berkeley FaultGloucestershireE&W 234, E&W 251Berkley Marsh FaultSomerset/WiltshireE&W 281Berry Hill FaultE&W 123Bickerton - Peckforton FaultCheshireBGS:BRG 10Biddenden FaultE&W 304Biddick FaultDurhamE&W 21Biddle FaultSomersetE&W 280Billing Hill FaultYorkshireE&W 69Billingsley FaultE&W 167Bilsborrow FaultLancashireE&W 67Bilston FaultE&W 167Birchencliffe FaultYorkshireE&W 77Birdwell FaultYorkshireE&W 87Birkhouse Moor FaultCumbriaE&W 29BGS:BRG 7Birkness Combe FaultCumbriaBrenchley & Rawson 2006Birmingham FaultWarwickshireE&W 168Smith et al. 2005Bittell FaultE&W 183Bitton FaultGloucestershireE&W 264, 265Black Cleugh FaultE&W 12Black Knoll FaultE&W 166Blackhall FaultNZ440395DurhamE&W 27Black Knowe FaultE&W 12Black Stantling FaultE&W 12Blackpool FaultE&W 12Blaguegate FaultLancashireE&W 84Blaisdon FaultGloucestershireE&W 234Blakeney FaultMem E&W 233/250Blaze Fell FaultCumbriaE&W 24Blencow FaultCumbriaE&W 24Blists Hill FaultShropshireMem E&W 152/153Blockfield FaultE&W 303Blockley FaultGloucestershireE&W 217Blythbury FaultShropshireMem E&W 152/153Bogside FaultE&W 12Bolney FaultSussexE&W 302, E&W 318/333Bolton Abbey FaultYorkshireE&W 69Bolton FaultNorthumberlandBGS:BRG 7Bolton-Swindon FaultNorthumberlandE&W 9Bondicarr FaultNorthumberlandE&W 10 Bonsall FaultE&W 112Smith et al. 2005Boothen FaultE&W 123Boothorpe FaultDerbyshireE&W 141, 155 (x-section)Smith et al. 2005Bootle Fell FaultCumbriaBrenchley & Rawson 2006, BGS:BRG 7Bootle Fell ThrustCumbriaBrenchley & Rawson 2006Borde Hill FaultE&W 302Boredale FaultCumbriaE&W 30Boston FaultE&W 97Boston FaultLancashireE&W 84Bothel FaultCumbriaE&W 23Boughspring FaultGloucestershireMem E&W 233/250Boughthill FaultE&W 13Boundary FaultE&W 97Boundary FaultE&W 153Bouth FaultCumbriaBrenchley & Rawson 2006, BGS:BRG 7Bowscar FaultCumbriaE&W 24Brackenhill FaultCumbriaBGS:BRG 7Brackensburgh FaultCumbriaE&W 12, E&W 24Bradford FaultLancashireE&W 85Bradley FaultYorkshireE&W 69Bradley's FaultShropshireMem E&W 152/153Braithwaite FaultYorkshireE&W 51Bramham FaultYorkshireE&W 70Bramley FaultYorkshireE&W 69, 70Bran Point FaultDorsetGA Guide22Brathay FaultCumbriaE&W 38Brenchley & Rawson 2006, BGS:BRG 7Breadsall FaultE&W 125Brede Valley FaultTQ 850176East SussexE&W 320/321Bredon Hill FaultWorcestershireE&W 216Breedon FaultDerbyshireE&W 141Smith et al. 2005Breward FaultE&W 153Brewer's Oak FaultE&W 153Brewood FaultStaffordshireSmith et al. 2005Bride FaultDorsetE&W 327Bride-Puncknowle FaultDorsetMem E&W 328etcBridgemere FaultE&W 123Bridport FaultDorsetBGS:BRG 15, Mem E&W 328etcBrierley Hill Trough North FaultE&W 167Brigg FaultE&W 89Brightling FaultTQ 660214East SussexE&W 319/334Brinscall FaultLancashireE&W 75Bristol Channel Fault ZoneBristol ChannelBristol Channel-Bray FaultBrenchley & Rawson 2006Broad Chalke FaultE&W 298Broadwell ThrustGloucestershireE&W 217Brockhurst FaultShropshireToghill P. 2006Brockley FaultGloucestershireE&W 264Brockmoor Fault E&W 167Brockton FaultShropshireE&W 152Toghill P. 2006; Mem E&W 152/153Brook House - King Street FaultSmith et al. 2005Brook House FaultPlant et al. 1999Brookside FaultShropshireMem E&W 152/153Broomhill FaultYorkshireE&W 87Broseley FaultShropshireMem E&W 152/153Brownber FaultE&W 31Brownfield VeinE&W 41Broxtowe FaultE&W 125Bruntcliffe FaultYorkshireE&W 77Bryn Crop FaultLancashireE&W 84Bullgill FaultE&W 22Bullstake FaultLancashireE&W 84Burcot FaultE&W 152Mem E&W 152/153Burgess Hill FaultSussexE&W 302, E&W 318/338Burley Moor FaultYorkshireE&W 69Burnt Oak FaultE&W 303Burradon FaultNorthumberlandE&W 15Burtness Comb FaultCumbriaBGS:BRG 7Burton FaultDerbyshire/StaffsE&W 141, 152Smith et al. 2005Burton Coggles FaultE&W 143Burton Green-Warwick FaultWarwickshireE&W 184Burwash Common FaultE&W 303Bushbury FaultE&W 153Butterknowle FaultNZ 400341DurhamE&W 27, 32; UK (north) 625KButterwick FaultNZ 375310DurhamE&W 27Buttons Farm FaultE&W 303
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