Did you know?

Facts about the North Pennines AONB

  • We have over 300 active volunteers

  • Every year we engage 1000+ school children in conservation activities

  • 40% of the UK's species-rich upland hay meadows are in the North Pennines

  • On 22 November 2023 our AONBs became National Landscapes

  • We've restored an area of peatland 4 times the size of Newcastle

  • We restored 273ha of grassland through our Nectarworks project

  • The North Pennines National Landscape has 16 Dark Sky Discovery sites