How deep is your peat?

The North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership is putting a call out for volunteers to help measure peat depth in Upper Weardale on Saturday 2 March from 11am-4pm.

One of the reasons that our peatlands are important is their ability to...

New North Pennines walks take off at national Birdfair
Staff from the North Pennines AONB Partnership will be joining BBC Springwatch presenters Chris Packham and Simon King at the British Birdwatching Fai...
August walks will take visitors back in time
Walkers can discover the North Pennines’ fascinating past on two guided walks organised by the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership in August. Slitt Wood: a North Pennine valley...
Celebrating £295,000 funding for archaeology project
More than four hundred volunteers were celebrating this week after having heard that the North Pennines AONB Partnership has been granted £295,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to...
£56,000 funding for landscape skills project
The North Pennines AONB Partnership has been awarded £56,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to extend its highly successful Heritage Landscape Skills project. Four more people will now be trained in...
Spend a rocky weekend in the north Pennines
A series of new events taking place in the North Pennines will bring together guided walks, interesting talks and delicious food – all themed around the fascinating geology of the Area of Outstanding...