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Geltsdale & Glendue Fells

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Geltsdale & Glendue Fells is one of 235 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria. It is among the largest in the county. It lies within the North Pennines National Landscape.

Slaggyford Station is about 1.8 km away to the east. Nearby SSSIs include Whitfield Moor and Ashholme Common, Gelt Woods and Unity Bog.

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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.

adjoining · spans 8 counties

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Cedar Tree Restaurant at Farlam Hall

Restaurant · With rooms near Brampton

Country-house hotel dining near Hadrian's Wall in rural north Cumbria.

2.4 km NW

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Cedar Tree by Hrishikesh Desai

Restaurant · With rooms near Brampton

Country-house dining with rooms at Farlam Hall near Brampton, awarded a star in 2024.

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Photo of South Tynedale Railway, a visitor attraction near Alston in the North Pennines, Northumberland, north east England.Highlight

South Tynedale Railway

Attraction near Alston

The highest narrow-gauge railway in England, winding from Alston up the South Tyne valley through the North Pennines.

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River Eden

River

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

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