Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau

The Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau is a rural landscape and one of the natural regions of central England, straddling the border between the counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire.

The major feature of the plateau is the valley of the River Severn, which cuts through it from north to south.

To the west and southwest, the land ascends from the Severn Valley to the Shropshire Hills and Herefordshire Plateau.

In the south, the rolling terrain gradually descends into the Severn and Avon Vales, while, in the north, it transitions to the clays of the Shropshire and Staffordshire Plain.

[1] There is a national nature reserve, the Wyre Forest NNR, within the region, as well as a small portion (13 ha) of the Shropshire Hills AONB.