The Pennine Hills

Called 'The Backbone of England' and stretching from the North Midlands to Hadrians Wall, The Pennines are the country's longest range of hills. Home to mysterious moorlands, ingenious industrialists and secret stone age sites.

63 Places

Ilkley, England

Ilkley Moor

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

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Malham, England

Gordale Scar

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

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Lancaster, England

Norber Erratics

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

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Doxey Pool

This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.

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Hope Valley, England

Winnats Pass

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

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Crich Stand

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

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Tissington, England

Derbyshire Well Dressing

The tradition of using flowers to decorate wells is once again thriving in England.

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Lancaster, England

Gaping Gill

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

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Bamford, England

The Upper Derwent Reservoirs

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

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Cromford, England

Cromford Mill

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

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Skipton, England

Bolton Strid

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

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Bakewell, England

Chatsworth House

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

Skipton, England

Malham Cove

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

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Eyam Plague Village Museum

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

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Arbor Low Stone Circle

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.

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Town End, England

Crich Tramway Village

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

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Hope Valley, England

Blue John Cavern

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

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Hope Valley, England

Horse-Powered Ore Crusher

These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.

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Hope Valley, England

Memorial to Tip the Faithful Sheepdog

The heroic tale of a remarkable pup who refused to leave her master's side, no matter what.

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Buxton, England

The Crescent

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

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Buxton, England

The Devonshire Dome

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

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Buxton, England

Blue Lagoon of Buxton

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

Lud's Church

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

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Toad's Mouth

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

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Todmorden, England

Stoodley Pike Monument

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.

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Burnley, England

The Singing Ringing Tree

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

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Wallace Hartley's Gravestone

The violinist who played on as the Titanic sank is buried in this quiet English cemetery.

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Roughlee, England

Alice Nutter Statue

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

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Harrogate, England

Brimham Rocks

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

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Fountains Abbey

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

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Coverham, England

Forbidden Corner

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

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Barnard Castle, England

The Silver Swan

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

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Alston, England

Epiacum

A well-preserved 2nd century fort where moles are the archaeologists.

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Hope Valley, England

The Crazy Pinnacle

There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.

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Kettlewell, England

Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

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Castleton, England

Peak Cavern's Rope Factory

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

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Stanton Lees, England

Nine Ladies Stone Circle

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

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Lanehead, England

Killhope

An iconic waterwheel in the Pennine Hills marks the location of one of Britain’s most profitable lead mines.

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Whatstandwell, England

Leawood Pump House

Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.

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Hall Hill Troughs

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

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Buttertubs Pass

A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.

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Swaledale Corpse Way

A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.

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Swinton Druids Temple

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

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Harrogate, England

Coldstones Cut

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

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Smardale, England

Smardale Gill Viaduct

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

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Ingleton, England

The Ingleton Trail

This amazing trail among the many waterfalls around Ingleton has been enchanting visitors since 1885.

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Forest-in-Teesdale, England

High Force and Low Force Waterfalls

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

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Copley, England

Copley Chimney

This industrial chimney looks rather out of place, isolated in the middle of an attractive woodland.

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