Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods

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Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods is one of 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham. It lies within the North Pennines National Landscape. The closest station is Wolsingham, about 2.3 km to the south. For more of the same, Muggleswick Common and Blanchland Moor and Bollihope and Woodland Fells are close by.

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