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Upper Teesdale

Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public

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Upper Teesdale is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham of 144 km². The county has 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. None of the SSSIs in the county is larger. It lies within the North Pennines National Landscape.

For more of the same, Appleby Fells and Lune Forest are close by. The nearest railway station is Frosterley, about 5.9 km to the north-east.

More places to visit near Upper Teesdale

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 Low Force, a waterfall near Holwick in the North Pennines, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Low Force

Waterfall near Holwick

A series of stepped cascades on the Tees below the Wynch Bridge, gentler sister to nearby High Force.

adjoining

Photo of Summerhill Force and Gibson's Cave, a waterfall near Holwick in the North Pennines, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Summerhill Force and Gibson's Cave

Waterfall near Holwick

Curtain of water on Bow Lee Beck falling past a recess where an outlaw once hid, a short walk from Bowlees.

0.9 km SE

Photo: Hamsterley Forest, a viewpoint near Eggleston, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Hamsterley Forest

Viewpoint near Eggleston

Two thousand hectares of forest in a Durham dales valley, laced with walking and mountain-bike trails.

3.9 km E

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.

4.3 km SE