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Photo: Mickle Fell, a 790m hill near Holwick in the North Pennines, County Durham, north east England.

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Mickle Fell

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Mickle Fell rises to 790 m (2,592 ft) in County Durham. It counts among the 316 Hewitts, hills in England, Wales and Ireland of two thousand feet or more. It is the highest point of County Durham. It is one of 17 hills the Albion Guide maps in County Durham. The surrounding countryside is part of the North Pennines National Landscape.

The nearest railway station is Appleby, 12.5 km to the west. Little Fell and Murton Fell are among the hills within 5.3 km.

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Photo of High Cup Nick, the glacial valley cut into the North Pennines escarpment, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

North Pennines

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Wearhead

England's high, quiet backbone of moorland tops, waterfalls and old lead-mining dales, designated in 1988

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

3 km N · spans 8 counties

Photo of Cauldron Snout, a waterfall near Holwick in the North Pennines, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Cauldron Snout

Waterfall near Holwick

England's longest cascade, where the Tees tumbles some 60 metres in stepped falls below Cow Green.

4.2 km N

Photo: High Cup Nick, a viewpoint near Dufton in the North Pennines, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

High Cup Nick

Viewpoint near Dufton

A glacial chasm bitten clean out of the Pennine scarp, rimmed with columns of Whin Sill dolerite — the Pennine Way walks straight along its northern lip.

6.8 km W

Photo of High Force, a waterfall near Holwick in the North Pennines, County Durham, north east England.Iconic

High Force

Waterfall near Holwick

The Tees hurls itself 21 metres over the Whin Sill in a single roaring drop, one of England's mightiest falls.

8.3 km NE

Photo of Low Force, a waterfall near Holwick in the North Pennines, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Low Force

Waterfall near Holwick

A series of stepped cascades on the Tees below the Wynch Bridge, gentler sister to nearby High Force.

10.3 km E