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Sleightholme Beck Gorge - The Troughs

Open accesson open access land, where the right to roam applies

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Sleightholme Beck Gorge - The Troughs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, covering 0.07 km². The county has 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It lies within the North Pennines National Landscape. Other SSSIs nearby include Bowes Moor and Arkengarthdale and Reeth Moors.

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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.

0.2 km W · spans 8 counties

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.

1.1 km NW

Photo of the Yorkshire Dales, a National Park in England.Iconic

Yorkshire Dales

National Park near Gayle

Limestone country of dry-stone walls, field barns, waterfalls and the Three Peaks.

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Photo of Tan Hill Inn, a pub near Keld in the North Pennines, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

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Pub near Keld

Britain's highest pub, a lone moorland inn at 1,732 feet above Swaledale on the Pennine Way.

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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.

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