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Walking in the North Pennines

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2024 (1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024)

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Autumn hills at North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)North Pennines National Landscape, IreshopeburnThe North Pennines National Landscape incorporates much of the Durham Dales, and 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,…

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