Burnhope Burn

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Burnhope Burn is one of 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham. It lies within the North Pennines National Landscape. For more of the same, Muggleswick Common and Blanchland Moor and Hisehope Burn Valley are close by. For arrivals by rail, Riding Mill Station is about 11 km to the north.

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