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Welcome to the North Pennines

This is one of England's most special places - a stunning landscape of open heather moors and peatlands, attractive dales and hay meadows, tumbling upland rivers, wonderful woods, welcoming communities, intriguing imprints of a mining and industrial past, distinctive birds, animals and plants and much, much more.

In recognition of its special qualities the area has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The North Pennines is also a European and Global Geopark - highlighting its globally important Earth heritage.

North Pennines Latest

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WildWatch North Pennines wins £316,300 HLF grant

Our new community volunteer project gets the green light

Reading the Rocks front cover

500 million years in 50 pages!

Discover the remarkable story of the North Pennine landscape in a new book

Taking peat core samples on a North Pennines moor

National project probes peat's role

New research is to find out how peat reduces the effects of climate change

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Drop in to see plans for Killhope Cross

AONB Partnership works with Weardale Estates to restore eroded peatland