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What can tourists do in the Pennines?

What can tourists do in the Pennines?

The attractions

Attraction name Area
Museum of Classic Sci-Fi, Allendale Allen Valleys
Moor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve Alston & the Cumbrian North Pennines / Teesdale
South Tynedale Railway Alston & the Cumbrian North Pennines
Weardale Museum and High House Chapel Weardale

What are the Pennines famous for?

The North Pennines is one of England’s most special places – a landscape of open heather moors and peatlands, attractive dales and hay meadows, tumbling upland rivers, wonderful woods, welcoming communities, intriguing remains of a mining and industrial past, distinctive birds, animals and plants and much more.

Are the Pennines part of Lake District?

The northern Pennine range is bordered by the foothills of the Lake District, and uplands of the Howgill Fells, Orton Fells and Cheviot Hills. The South Pennines is an area of hills and moorlands with narrow valleys between the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales.

What to see and do in the North Pennines?

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.

Where to go in the North Pennine Moors?

Set in the midst of the North Pennine Moors, The Lord Crewe Arms is the very epitome of a countryside escape. Historic village apartment between Lake District and Hadrian’s Wall. AONB on Pennine Way, Isaac’s Tea Trail, C2C; excellent touring/walking location.

Where is the North Pennines way in Northumberland?

Northumberland’s stretch of The Pennine Way takes you from the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, alongside Hadrian’s Wall, through heathery moors in Northumberland National Park and to the tiny village of Bellingham.

What kind of animals are there in Northumberland?

Adorable puffins, lazing seals, magical dolphins and rare ospreys are just some of the array of wildlife in Northumberland. Go wild goat spotting in the Cheviots, take wildlife boat trips and tiptoe through forests to find deer peeking from the trees. Where To?

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Ruth Doyle