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Appleby Fells

Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public

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Appleby Fells is one of 235 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria. Only three of the county's SSSIs are larger. It lies within the North Pennines National Landscape.

Helbeck Wood and Lune Forest are among the SSSIs within 0 km. The closest station is Appleby, about 4.4 km to the west.

More places to visit near Appleby Fells

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.

adjoining · 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.

adjoining

Photo of the River Eden, a 90-mile river running from Mallerstang to Solway Firth, north west England.Highlight

River Eden

River

Cumbria's great river, running north from the Mallerstang fells through red sandstone country and Carlisle to the Solway.

3.1 km S · Cumbria

Photo of Appleby-in-Westmorland, a village in Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Appleby-in-Westmorland

Village

Former county town on a loop of the Eden, a broad main street between castle and church, host to the June horse fair.

4.5 km SW · Cumbria

Photo of Appleby Castle, a ruined castle near Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, north west England.

Appleby Castle

Castle near Appleby-in-Westmorland

Appleby Castle, uninhabited portions

4.8 km SW