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Whitfield Moor and Ashholme Common

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Whitfield Moor and Ashholme Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Northumberland, covering 71 km². It is one of 101 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It is among the largest in the county. It lies within the North Pennines National Landscape.

The nearest railway station, Lintley, is under a kilometre away. For more of the same, Allendale Moors and Geltsdale & Glendue Fells are close by.

Full name: Whitfield Moor, Plenmeller and Ashholme Commons

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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.

0.5 km SW · spans 8 counties

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.

2.4 km SW

Photo of the Northumberland National Park, a National Park in Northumberland, north east England.Iconic

Northumberland National Park

National Park near Otterburn

England's emptiest national park — big skies, Hadrian's Wall and gold-tier dark skies.

3.1 km NW

Photo along the Hadrian's Wall Path, an 84-mile National Trail running from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway, England.Iconic

Hadrian's Wall Path

National Trail

Coast to coast along the Roman frontier, milecastle by milecastle.

4.1 km N · Northumberland, Cumbria & Tyne and Wear

Photo of Vindolanda, a Roman fort near Bardon Mill, Northumberland, north east England.Iconic

Vindolanda

Roman fort · Roman road near Bardon Mill

The Roman fort still being excavated on the Wall.

4.2 km N