North Pennines National Landscape
Press release archive
Press release archive
A Trail of Inspiration
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the UK's first National Trail
North Pennines National Landscape team installs groundbreaking plant-powered devices
Plant-powered devices installed on North Pennines peatland
‘Farming on the Edge’ wins best documentary
Farming film wins award
A weekend celebration for Nenthead200
Weekend of events for Nenthead's 200th anniversary
An Eye on the Pennines – Exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre
An Eye on the Pennines exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre
Heart of the Pennines Forest project completion
Project funded through the Trees Call to Action Fund
Acorn Bank Tramper
New Tramper at Acorn Bank
Construction companies collaborate to restore peatland in the North Pennines
Support from the private sector for peatland restoration
Art Society Showcase – Exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre
An art society showcase exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre
Frolics and Fields – Exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre
A collaborative exhibition of paintings, drawings and photography
Festival co-founders purchase 2000 plants to restore peatland
Festival co-founders support peatland restoration
Community artists for 2025 Land of Lead and Silver project
Artist-in-residence and arts bursaries announced
New beer label celebrates ‘adder dance’
Launching the new Adder Lager branding
Escorted touring company gets involved in vital peatland restoration
Newmarket Holidays supports peatland restoration.
NatureFest 2025
North Pennines NatureFest is running from Saturday 25 May to Sunday 9 June 2024, during May half term, and has over 20 events spread across the two weeks.
Nominations open for North Pennines conservation award
Nominations for Pendlebury Award 2025 are open
Young archaeologists’ club in the North Pennines
North Pennines young archaeologists' club
Trials taking place for innovative peatland restoration
Testing new restoration materials in the North Pennines
Wool and Weather – Four Seasons in the North Pennines
First exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre 2025
Opportunities for artists to explore mining heritage
Artist-in-residence and artist bursaries callout
Diffuse Metals press release
Discover the five artists taking part in Creatively Connected
Creatively Connected Art Project
Discover the five artists taking part in Creatively Connected
Autism Acceptance Silver Award
The North Pennines National Landscape team achieves Autism Acceptance award
International conservation conference
The North Pennines National Landscape team hosts the Eurosite Annual Meeting
High nature value farming awards winners
Part of the Tees-Swale: naturally connected programme
Farming and nature talks programme 2024
Farming and nature talks programme 2024
Eighth North Pennines Stargazing Festival programme launches
The North Pennines Stargazing Festival 2024
Art exhibition celebrating the North Pennines mining heritage
September exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre
Consolidation work at lead mining sites
Repair work commences at mining heritage sites
Near and far – natural beauty in the North Pennines exhibition
August exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre
High Nature Value Farming Awards
Nominations open for 2024 awards
Between the showers – Exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre
A collaborative exhibition of paintings, drawings and photography
Hay meadows of the North Pennines exhibition
Exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre - Hay meadows of the North Pennines
Community arts programme for 2024 launched
Art activities inspired by North Pennines mining heritage
New exhibition – The Northern Bird-Scape
A joint exhibition in mixed media by Robert Permain and his son Alexander Permian
NatureFest 2024
North Pennines NatureFest is running from Saturday 25 May to Sunday 9 June 2024, during May half term, and has over 20 events spread across the two weeks.
Calling all 18 to 25 year olds interested in events
Opportunity for young people to develop events
Major investment in UK peatlands from German environmental association
€1.1 million investment to rewet some of the UK’s most valuable peatlands
Eden Rivers Trust awarded £2.6m for Access To Eden
Eden Rivers Trust receives funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund
New exhibition: Birds of the North Pennines
Exhibition by wildlife photographer, Cameron Sharp
Artist opportunities exploring the land of lead and silver
Community arts exploring the North Pennines mining heritage
Discover the land of lead and silver
A new project to unearth the hidden stories of lead mining in the North Pennines
Exhibition: Memories of a farming life
The first exhibition of 2024 features paintings by artist Mike Attewell
National Apprenticeship Week
Louise Bainbridge joins the team as National Landscape Apprentice
First tree grown at the Bowlees nursery planted
Wych elm grown from seed at Bowlees nursery planted
Take part in a live broadcast sharing experiences of a landscape
Join us for a live Fellfoot Radio broadcast
Last link restored in flood hit northern dales
Bridge built to complete four-year programme of flood recovery work.
Reducing pollution from abandoned metal mines
First phase of two projects to reduce pollution from metal mine waste entering the River Tees completed.
High Nature Value Farming Awards winners
Farming recognised for their contribution to nature in the North Pennines and Yorkshire Dales
Nominations open for North Pennines conservation award
Nominations for Pendlebury Award open
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty renamed National Landscapes
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty renamed National Landscapes
Eller Beck improvement for biodiversity and local communities
Work to remove a concrete weir and construct a bridge
Largest ever peatland project completed in the North Pennines
A multi-year project in partnership with Raby Estate
Exhibition: Field of vision
An amateur artist who works in both oils and acrylics is exhibiting at Bowlees Visitor Centre throughout the month of October.
Newmarket Holidays backs North Pennines peatland restoration
Ongoing donations will support work to restore peatland for people, climate and nature
Removing invasive plants
Removing invasive garden Lady's-mantle
Farming, wildlife and landscapes exhibition
A joint exhibition in mixed media by Alison Lamb and Janet Love
High Nature Value Farming Awards
Nominations open
Summer activities in the North Pennines AONB
Nature-based events for children and families
All-terrain mobility scheme
Opening up access to the North Pennines
Celebrating our marvellous meadows
An event for National Meadows Day
Arts activities to explore our mining past
A creative programme to bring lead mining to life
Power lines undergrounded at Tindale Tarn
Undergrounding of power cables protects species
Classroom in a barn helps share work of upland farmers
Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Exhibition: Herdship by Joanne Coates
Outdoor photography exhibition documenting a year on an upland hill farm
Bird’s nest inspired stargazing pavilion for Talkin Tarn
Volunteers will learn traditional skills making hazel panels for a stargazing pavilion at Talkin Tarn
Morgan Sindall Group invests in peatland restoration
A leading UK construction and regeneration group has signed a two-year agreement to fund upland peatland restoration in the North of England.
Re-wiggling of Howgill Beck at RSPB Geltsdale
Re-wiggling causes re-naturalisation
Arts Council England funding for community arts
Arts Council funding for Fellfoot Forward arts
Nominations open for North Pennines conservation award
Nominations for the Pendlebury Award
New car park for Long Meg
A scheduled monument is protected by a new car park
Exhibition: The Great Outdoors
An exhibition of oil paintings by Tonya Mitchell
Exhibition: Moorland Line
An exhibition of landscapes of the North Pennines by Simon Wilson
Exhibition: Capturing moments in Upper Teesdale
By fibre artist, Chrissie Day, and photographer, Martin Rogers
Trees Call to Action Fund
The North Pennines AONB Partnership receives £499,100 from the Trees Call to Action Fund
Geotours app explores the North Pennines
App features inspiring routes and sites
New wildflower and tree nursery
A growing space for native wildflowers and trees
Fellfoot Forward Arts Bursaries
Bursaries awarded to Fellfoot Forward area artists
Fellfoot Forward Arts Commissions
Arts commissions in the Cumbrian North Pennines and Eden Valley
Exhibition: Birds and Beasts
Hand-coloured linocuts by Holly Scott on show throughout May
Sheep’s wool trialled in peatland restoration project
An innovative trial for our peatland programme
Tees-Swale: Creatively connected
Art project connects young people with the uplands
Historic site to transform visitor experience
Epiacum Heritage receives grant from the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme
World Wetlands Day
First use of peat bund technique in the uplands of the North Pennines
New programme to connect young people with nature
A new lottery funded programme to inspire young people
Fellfoot Forward winter tree planting
Winter tree and hedge planting in the Fellfoot Forward area
Peatland partners work together to raise international profile before COP26
Collaborating to raise awareness #peatlandsmatter
Launch of North Pennines Stargazing Festival 2021
The 2021 Stargazing Festival runs from 22 to 31 October
Nominations open for North Pennines conservation award
Recognising outstanding contributions to conservation
Fellfoot Forward Farmer information sessions
Farmer information sessions in the Fellfoot Forward area
Fellfoot Forward pilot arts projects in Cumbria
Pilot arts projects in the Fellfoot Forward area
Launch of Farming in Protected Landscapes programme
New funding for climate, nature and people
Peatland welcome for Decade of Ecosystem Restoration
We're starting a relay of peatland success stories across the world as we welcome the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration
Peatlands restored across three counties to fight climate change
Restoring peat where the counties of Northumberland, Cumbria and County Durham meet.
Missing hen harriers from RSPB Geltsdale
Read our statement supporting the appeal for information by Cumbria Police
Lottery funded nature programme appoints new youth board member
New youth board member appointed
Online launch of ground-breaking nature recovery programme
The online launch of the Tees-Swale programme
Missing Hen Harrier
A tagged hen harrier is missing in South West Northumberland
Major nature project seeks youth voice for board
A youth Board Member is needed for the Tees-Swale programme
Green Recovery Challenge Fund grant
An upland estate will become a wilder landscape, helping to address climate change and aid nature recovery
Woodland creation project launched in the North Pennines
In National Tree Week we launched our support services for tree planting and woodland creation
Peatland restoration on MOD estate
Restoration complete on MOD training estate on Warcop Fell in Cumbria
New phase for North Pennines Observatory
The North Pennines Observatory is to be run by Allenheads Contemporary Arts
Fellfoot Forward grants
Fellfoot Forward grants for the environment and communities
Red kite disappears – appeal for information
A tagged red kite has disappeared in the North Pennines AONB
Tees-Swale puts farmers at the heart of nature recovery
National Lottery funding announced for ground-breaking programme
Fellfoot Fables
Cumbrian schoolchildren connecting with the landscape through a virtual creative writing project
Tourism Toolkit launched
New resources for tourism businesses in the North Pennines
Red Kite disappears
A Red Kite has disappeared in suspicious circumstances in the North Pennines AONB
Bowlees Visitor Centre
Temporary closure for Bowlees Visitor Centre in the North Pennines AONB, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
College students grow miracle moss
Conservation students from a Durham college are to learn about and contribute to peatland restoration by growing specialist mosses.
Funding for people and nature
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is supporting a major project to conserve, enhance and celebrate the natural and cultural heritage of a special part of the Cumbrian North Pennines.
Hands-on geology
Find out what lies beneath the surface of the North Pennines with some fun geology activities for all ages.
Performances and storytelling to celebrate the best of bugs
A special celebration event of film, music and storytelling about insects and invertebrates will be held in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and UNESCO Global Geopark.
North Pennines joins national celebrations of our ‘natural health service’
Joining the AONB family's 'National Moment' in the North Pennines AONB
Framing the Land exhibition
Images of the North Pennines landscape which have been captured by local photographers will go on display in a free exhibition opening next month.
Darker nights herald the North Pennines Stargazing Festival
Running from 23 October to 3 November 2019, the North Pennines Stargazing Festival spans the Autumn half term and offers a packed programme of fun and informative events.
Wildlife champion wins North Pennines conservation award
Carol Inskipp is the 2019 winner of the prestigious Pendlebury Award.
Creepy crawlies in the classroom
PUPILS in local schools are exploring the secret world of creepy crawlies, as part of a project from the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership to record and celebrate invertebrates.
