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Cotherstone Moor

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Cotherstone Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, covering 25 km². The county has 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is among the largest in the county. It lies within the North Pennines National Landscape.

Other SSSIs nearby include Lune Forest, Hunder Beck Juniper and Bowes Moor. For arrivals by rail, Kirkby Stephen Station is about 14 km to the south-west.

More places to visit near Cotherstone Moor

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 Romaldkirk, a village in County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Romaldkirk

Village

Teesdale village of three greens with stocks, a pump and a large church, the Rose & Crown at its heart.

3.1 km NE · County Durham

Photo of God's Bridge, a rock formation near Cotherstone in the North Pennines, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

God's Bridge

Rock formation near Cotherstone

Natural limestone bridge carrying the moor over the River Greta near Bowes, on the Pennine Way.

3.9 km SE

Photo of Eggleston Hall Gardens, a garden in County Durham, north east England.

Eggleston Hall Gardens

Garden near Eggleston

Walled Teesdale garden of winding paths, borders and a stream around a 16th-century churchyard, with a plant nursery.

4.5 km NE

Photo of Barnard Castle, a ruined castle near Cotherstone, County Durham, north east England.Iconic

Barnard Castle

Castle near Cotherstone

Norman castle sharing the cathedral's World Heritage peninsula.

4.7 km E