Geology of the Etwall area : 1:10,000 sheet SK23SE, part of 1:50,000 sheet 141 (Loughborough) and a minor part of Sheet 140 (Burton upon Trent)

This account describes the geology of the north flank of the Dove valley from the eastern neighbourhood of Hilton to the A38 and Willington Hill. The area also encompasses the generally sparsely populated ground to the north which rises locally to hills up to c. 90 m above OD and is dissected by the valleys of Etwall Brook and its tributaries. The geology is depicted on 1 : 10 000 sheet SK 23 SE (Etwall; Figure 1). Most of the area covered by the sheet forms part of 1 :50 000 Geological Sheet 141 (Loughborough) although a narrow strip along its western margin falls onto 1:50 000 Sheet 140 (Burton upon Trent).