This transect just north of the village is mostly along farm tracks in the bottom of a steep valley  and is maninly agricultural along the brook and the  mid- upperslopes  forested with Springwood being mostly Deciduous and Hard Dale being coniferous but either side of the track there are areas of Unimproved flower rich grassland in sections 4, 5 and 6 but also S12. S1-2 are farm tracks bordering woodland and hedges. S3 is improved pasture land with cattle S7 we enter coniferous forest  and then a improved grazing field of S8 and S9 back into woodland of S10 and then improved pasture of S11.