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Alston is a town in Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor on the River South Tyne. It shares the title of the 'highest market town in England', at about 1,000 feet above sea level, with Buxton, Derbyshire. Alston Moor grew as a…

Bellingham is a village in Northumberland, to the north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne and is situated on the Hareshaw Burn at its confluence with the River North Tyne.

Black Moss Reservoir is next to Marsden Railway Station and is located in Borough of Kirklees, England, United Kingdom. Black Moss Reservoir has a length of 1.06 kilometres.

This traditional stone hotel on the village green is 8 miles from 12th-century Kelso Abbey, and 10 miles from both the Kelso Races and Floors Castle.

The Buttertubs Pass is a high road in the Yorkshire Dales. The road winds north from Simonstone near Hawes towards Thwaite and Muker past 20-metre-deep limestone potholes called the Buttertubs. Also known from the Tour de France as the “Col du…

Byrness is a village within Rochester civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is approximately 37 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne on the A68, and is the last village in England before the A68 climbs the Cheviot Hills to cross Carter Bar…

Cam Rakes is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales that straddles the Pennine watershed between the gathering grounds of the Wharfe and the Ribble. Cam High Road is a former Roman Road and medieval highway, used by packhorse trains and stage coaches between…

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of 127 miles, it crosses the Pennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line.

Catcleugh Reservoir is a reservoir in Northumberland, England adjacent to the A68 road; just north of Byrness; and to the south of the border with Scotland.

Cauldron Snout is a cascade on the upper reaches of the River Tees in Northern England, immediately below the dam of the Cow Green Reservoir. It is more a long cataract than a waterfall, and at 200 yards (180 m) long, reckoned to be the longest…

The Cheviots are a range of rolling hills straddling the Anglo-Scottish border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.

The Cheviot is an extinct volcano and the highest summit in the Cheviot Hills and in the county of Northumberland. Located in the extreme north of England, it is 1+1⁄4 miles from the Scottish border and is the last major peak on the Pennine Way, if…

The Cheviot is an extinct volcano and the highest summit in the Cheviot Hills and in the county of Northumberland. Located in the extreme north of England, it is 1+1⁄4 miles from the Scottish border and is the last major peak on the Pennine Way, if…

Kirk Yetholm, which marks the northern end of the Pennine Way, is a village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, 8 miles southeast of Kelso and less than 1 mile west of the border. The first mention is of its church in the 13th century. Its…

Dotheboys Hall is the brutal Yorkshire school run by the evil Wackford Squeers depicted in Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby.

This structure (Bridge #161 on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is Grade II-Listed by Historic England, meaning it is of special architectural interest.

The double-arched bridge carries the A59 over the canal and looks like two bridges on top of each…

Dufton is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it lies in the Eden Valley and below Great Dun Fell. It is mostly around 180m above sea level. Dufton is a designated Conservation Village, bordering the…

Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, from 1909 to 1974, Earby formed an urban district. Earby is a town and civil parish within the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) north of Colne, 7 miles (11.3 km)…

Edale is at the southern end of the iconic Pennine Way, stretching for 268 miles (435km) across England’s wild northern uplands.

The route follows England’s rocky spine from the hills of the Derbyshire Peak District and the Yorkshire Dales,…

Edale is at the southern end of the iconic Pennine Way, stretching for 268 miles (435km) across England’s wild northern uplands.

The route follows England’s rocky spine from the hills of the Derbyshire Peak District and the Yorkshire Dales,…

Falcon Clints lies just below the confluence of Maizebeck and the River Tees. Its one of the features to be seen within the Moorhouse National Nature Rerserve.

Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit has a height of 668 metres and a relative height of 243 metres and thus qualifies as a Marilyn. Its subsidiary, Fountains Fell South Top reaches 662 metres and qualifies as…

God's Bridge is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of south-west County Durham, England. It is a natural limestone bridge over the River Greta, just over 3 km upstream from the village of Bowes.

There are at least three natural limestone bridges called God's Bridge in and around the Yorkshire Dales.

Gordale Scar is a limestone ravine 1 mile northeast of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It contains two waterfalls and has overhanging limestone cliffs over 330 feet high. The gorge could have been formed by water from melting glaciers or a cavern…