The North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is a stunning landscape of open heather moors, dramatic dales, tumbling upland rivers, wonderful woods, close knit communities, glorious waterfalls, fantastic birds, colourful hay meadows, stone-built villages, intriguing imprints of a mining and industrial past, distinctive plants and much, much more. As well as being an AONB the North Pennines is also a UNESCO European and Global Geopark (www.europeangeoparks.org). The North Pennines, at almost 2000 square kms is the second largest of the 40 AONBs in England and Wales (www.aonb.org.uk).
The North Pennines is a distinctive landscape of high moorland and broad upland dales in the North of England. It shares a boundary with the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the south and extends as far as the Tyne Valley, just south of Hadrian's Wall, in the north. The AONB is split between County Durham and Northumberland (part of North East England) and Cumbria (part of North West England).
In the North Pennines you'll find: 40% of the UK's upland hay meadows; 30% of England's upland heathland and 27% of its blanket bog; 80% of England's black grouse; short-eared owl, ring ouzel, snipe and redshank; 36% of the AONB designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest; red sq
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