The South Pennines is a large upland area that extends from East Lancashire across West Yorkshire and touches Greater Manchester and the Peak District in the south.
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| Cauldron Snout in the North Pennines AONB |
| Location of the North Pennines AONB in the UK |
| Location | County Durham, Northumberland, North Yorkshire & Cumbria counties, England |
| Max. elevation | Cross Fell 893 m (2,930 ft) |
Etymology. The name Pennines is believed to come from the Celtic pennioroches, meaning "hill", although the earliest written reference to the name dates only from the 18th century.
Pendle Hill is in the east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Clitheroe and Padiham. It is an isolated hill in the Pennines, separated from the South Pennines to the east, the Bowland Fells to the northwest, and the West Pennine Moors to the south.
The City of Bradford is situated on the edge of the Pennines, and is bounded to the east by the City of Leeds, the south east by the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees and the south west by the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale.
The closest airport to the start of the Pennine Way is Manchester Airport. You can take a train from Manchester Airport (via Manchester Piccadilly railway station) to Edale.
The Peak District is an upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in northern Derbyshire, it includes parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It became the first of the national parks of England and Wales in 1951.
Westmorland and Yorkshire DalesAt almost exactly its halfway point, the Coast to Coast crosses the Pennine Way at Keld. After Keld, there is a choice of two routes, high (open and breezy), or low (riverside, with teashops and pubs), both of which lead to Reeth.
The ruling family of Dubai owns a company called Arago Limited, which controls the Bollihope Estate in the North Pennines, a major grouse shooting ground. Sprawling over at least 550,000 acres, England's privately-owned grouse moors cover an area the size of Greater London.
Only in Britain, with our historic record of woodland clearance, is it no surprise that we have forests today that have no trees. If however we look to the North Pennines, the King's Forest of Geltsdale and the Gilderdale, Lune, Milburn and Stainmore Forests are all marked on the map, but they have no trees.
Going northwards from God's Bridge, the Pennine Way arrives at the A66 at this point, and continues immediately on the opposite side.
taken 12 years ago, 4 km from Bowes, County Durham, Great Britain.
Moorlands are home to birds like red grouse, black grouse, curlew, golden plover, merlin, peregrine and short-eared owl. Adders are found in moorland and heath and wetter areas of moorland are also home to amphibians.
The Yorkshire Dales is an upland area of the Pennines in the historic county of Yorkshire, England, most of it in the Yorkshire Dales National Park created in 1954.
Topographically, Halifax is located in the south-eastern corner of the moorland region called the South Pennines.
Cross Fell is the highest point in the Pennines at 893m in altitude. It is located at the northern end of the Pennine moors and has extensive views of the Lake District, the west coast and also the east coast.
The region has widespread geological deposits of relatively recent origin, formed over the past 2 to 3 million years and spanning the Ice Ages and Interglacial periods.
The M62 is a 107-mile-long (172 km) west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds; 7 miles (11 km) of the route is shared with the M60 orbital motorway around Manchester.
Called 'The Backbone of England' and stretching from the North Midlands to Hadrians Wall, The Pennines are the country's longest range of hills.
The Pennine Way passes six miles (10 km) east of Burnley; the Mary Towneley Loop, part of the Pennine Bridleway, the Brontë Way and the Burnley Way offer riders and walkers clearly signed routes through the countryside immediately surrounding the town.
Greater Manchester experiences a temperate maritime climate, like most of the British Isles, with relatively cool summers and mild winters.
2) It's drier hereAs soon as you start to cross the Pennines, those grey clouds tend to loom, and Lancashire is known for its rainy weather. Yorkshire may not be the warmest county, but we get our fair share of sunshine.
Subsequently, about 30 million years ago, the land was uplifted and tilted towards the south by earth movements.
Pennines in British English(ˈpɛnaɪnz ) plural noun. a system of hills in England, extending from the Cheviot Hills in the north to the River Trent in the south: forms the watershed for the main rivers of N England. Highest peak: Cross Fell, 893 m (2930 ft)
Cross Fell is the highest mountain in the Pennine Hills of Northern England and the highest point in England outside the Lake District. It is located in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It lies within the county of Cumbria and the historic county boundaries of Cumberland.
