Welcome to the North Pennines
Explore this fantastic landscape and enjoy a warm welcome from the people of the North Pennines National Landscape & UNESCO Global Geopark.
As you explore you’ll find open heather moors, delightful dales, tumbling upland rivers, wonderful woods, close-knit communities, glorious waterfalls, fantastic birds, stone-built villages, intriguing imprints of a mining and industrial past, distinctive plants, fascinating invertebrates and much, much more.
The map categories and search will help you to narrow down your search and cater to your interests:
Activities & experiences
Artists & makers
Attractions
Climbing
Cycling
Fishing
Geology
Historic sites
Horse riding
Information points
Nature
Picnics
Stargazing
Walking
Watersports
Winter sports
- Things to do
Did you know…
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We have over 300 active volunteers
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Every year we engage 1000+ school children in conservation activities
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40% of the UK's species-rich upland hay meadows are in the North Pennines
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On 22 November 2023 our AONBs became National Landscapes
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We've restored an area of peatland 4 times the size of Newcastle
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We restored 273ha of grassland through our Nectarworks project
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The North Pennines National Landscape has 16 Dark Sky Discovery sites
