| Code | Group | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown Earth | Typical Brown Earth |
| 1d | Brown Earth | Basic brown earth |
| 1u | Brown Earth | Upland brown earth |
| 1z | Brown Earth | Podzolic brown earth |
| 2 | Man-made Soil | |
| 2s | Man-made Soil | Mining spoil coarse texture |
| 2m | Man-made Soil | Mining spoil fine texture |
| 3 | Podzol | Typical podzol |
| 3m | Podzol | Hardpan podzol |
| 4 | Ironpan Soil | Typical ironpan soil |
| 4z | Ironpan Soil | Podzolic ironpan soil |
| 4b | Ironpan Soil | Intergrade ironpan soil |
| 5 | Ground-water Gley | Typical ground-water gley |
| 5b | Ground-water Gley | Brown ground-water gley |
| 6 | Peaty Surface-water Gley | Typical peaty surface-water gley |
| 6z | Peaty Surface-water Gley | Podzolic peaty surface-water gley |
| 7 | Surface-water Gley | Typical surface-water gley |
| 7b | Surface-water Gley | Brown surface-water gley |
| 7z | Surface-water Gley | Podzolic surface-water gley |
| 8 | Basin Bog | |
| 8a | Basin Bog | Phragmites bog |
| 8b | Basin Bog | Juncus articulatus or acutiflorus bog |
| 8c | Basin Bog | Juncus effusus bog |
| 8d | Basin Bog | Carex bog |
| 9 | Flushed Blanket Bog | |
| 9a | Flushed Blanket Bog | Molinia-Myrica-Salix bog |
| 9b | Flushed Blanket Bog | Tussocky Molinia-Calluna bog |
| 9c | Flushed Blanket Bog | Tussocky Molinia-Erophorum bog |
| 9d | Flushed Blanket Bog | Non-tussocky Molinia-Eriphorum-Trichphorum bog |
| 9e | Flushed Blanket Bog | Trichophorum-Calluna-Eriophorum-Molinia bog |
| 10 | Flat or Raised Bogs | |
| 10a | Flat or Raised Bogs | Lowland Sphagnum bog |
| 10b | Flat or Raised Bogs | Upland Sphagnum bog |
| 11 | Unflushed Blanket Bog | |
| 11a | Unflushed Blanket Bog | Calluna blanket bog |
| 11b | Unflushed Blanket Bog | Calluna-Eriophorum blanket bog |
| 11c | Unflushed Blanket Bog | Trichophorum-Calluna blanket bog |
| 11d | Unflushed Blanket Bog | Eriophorum blanket bog |
| 12 | Calcareous Soil | See additional Phase information |
| 12a | Calcareous Soil | Rendzina |
| 12b | Calcareous Soil | Calcareous brown earth |
| 12t | Calcareous Soil | Argillic brown earth |
| 13 | Skeletal Soil | |
| 13c | Skeletal Soil | Ranker complex |
| 13b | Skeletal Soil | Brown ranker |
| 13g | Skeletal Soil | Gley ranker |
| 13p | Skeletal Soil | Peaty ranker |
| 13z | Skeletal Soil | Podzolic ranker |
| 13r | Skeletal Soil | Rock |
| 13s | Skeletal Soil | Scree |
| 14 | Eroded Bog | Shallow hagged eroded bog |
| 14h | Eroded Bog | Deeply hagged erroded bog |
| 14w | Eroded Bog | Pooled eroded bog |
| 15 | Littoral Soil | |
| 15d | Littoral Soil | Dunes |
| 15e | Littoral Soil | Sand with deep water-table |
| 15g | Littoral Soil | Sand with shallow water-table |
| 15i | Littoral Soil | Sand with moderatley deep water-table |
| 15s | Littoral Soil | Shingle |
| 15w | Littoral Soil | Sand with very shallow water-table |
| VC | Valley Complex | Valley complex |
| Suffix | Name |
|---|---|
| a | Shallow |
| c | Cultivated |
| e | Ericaceous |
| f | Flushed |
| g | Slightly gleyed |
| h | Humose |
| i | Imperfectly aerated |
| k | Calcareous |
| l | Loamy |
| p | Peaty |
| s | Extremely Stony |
| v | Alluvial |
| x | Indurated |
| z | Podzolic |