§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 20 areas in England and Wales with the lowest levels of naturally occurring radioactivity.
§ Mr. WaldegraveAccording to information supplied by the National Radiological Protection Board, the 20 sites in England and Wales which show the lowest gamma radiation dose rate due to naturally occurring radioactivity present in the ground are as follows:
National Grid 10km square Dose Rate Micrograys/year Location County SZ08 30 Studland, Nr. Swanage Dorset TQ01 30 Amberley, North of Arundel West Sussex SU10 40 Ashley Heath, West of Ringwood Dorset SU58 50 South of Aston Tirrold, South West of Wallingford Oxfordshire TM34 50 Near Shottisham, North of Felixstowe Suffolk SE00 50 Saddleworth Moor, West of Oldham Greater Manchester SU30 50 Near Balmer Lawn, Near Brockenhurst Hampshire SZ69 60 Nettlestone Point, Isle of Wight Hampshire TM35 70 Near Bromeswell, North East of Ipswich Suffolk SZ68 70 Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight Hampshire TM45 70 Near Aldeburgh Suffolk SU85 70 Near Fleet Hampshire SE74 70 Near Bamby Moor, East of York Humberside SZ79 70 West Wittering, South West of Chichester West Sussex TL56 80 Near Swaffham Prior, West of Newmarket Cambridgeshire SU20 80 New Forest, Northwest of Brockenhurst Hampshire TL34 80 Royston Hertfordshire SZ19 80 Near Hurn, North of Bournemouth Dorset SK00 80 Brownhills, Northeast of Wolverhampton West Midlands SU31 90 New Forest, East of Brockenhurst Hampshire