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Moor House - Upper Teesdale is one of England’s largest National Nature Reserves. It is particularly well known for the plants that originally colonised the high Pennines after the last ice age, and have survived here ever since. You can also see rare rock formations such as outcropping sugar limestone and the Great Whin Sill.
The reserve encompasses an almost complete range of upland habitats typical of the North Pennines, from lower lying hay meadows, rough grazing and juniper wood to limestone grassland, blanket bogs and summit heaths of the high fells. Nowhere else in Britain is there such a diversity of rare habitats in one location.
Location: By car – the Upper Teesdale side of the NNR can be reached from the B6277 Middleton-in-Teesdale to Alston road. The nearest car parks are at Cow Green Reservoir (along a minor road signposted from Langdon Beck), High Force, Hanging Shaw and Bowlees. Access to the Moor House side of the NNR is along minor roads from Garrigill and Knock, and then on foot or bicycle to the NNR.
Grid reference:NY719464
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Moor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve
Remote, dramatic and exhilarating – the landscape of the Pennines forms the backbone of England, and this reserve gives you the chance to see some of its most spectacular geological formations, waterfalls and panoramic views.Moor House - Upper Teesdale is one of England’s largest National Nature Reserves. It is particularly well known for the plants that originally colonised the high Pennines after the last ice age, and have survived here ever since. You can also see rare rock formations such as outcropping sugar limestone and the Great Whin Sill.
The reserve encompasses an almost complete range of upland habitats typical of the North Pennines, from lower lying hay meadows, rough grazing and juniper wood to limestone grassland, blanket bogs and summit heaths of the high fells. Nowhere else in Britain is there such a diversity of rare habitats in one location.
Location: By car – the Upper Teesdale side of the NNR can be reached from the B6277 Middleton-in-Teesdale to Alston road. The nearest car parks are at Cow Green Reservoir (along a minor road signposted from Langdon Beck), High Force, Hanging Shaw and Bowlees. Access to the Moor House side of the NNR is along minor roads from Garrigill and Knock, and then on foot or bicycle to the NNR.
Grid reference:NY719464
Click here for more details.
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