Far High House Meadows, North Pennines

#16 among attractions in North Pennines

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Far High House Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Upper Weardale in west County Durham, England. It consists of three fields, located just south of Burnhope Reservoir, some 3 km west of the village of Ireshopeburn. Two of the fields are maintained as northern hay meadows by traditional farming methods, without re-seeding or the application of artificial fertilisers; the third is grazed as pasture. ()

Coordinates: 54°44'23"N, 2°15'3"W

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Far High House Meadows – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: North of England Lead Mining Museum, Ashgill Force, Slit Woods, Cow Green Reservoir.

3 miN
History museum, Museum
North of England Lead Mining Museum, Stanhope
78 min walk • The North of England Lead Mining Museum, better known as Killhope, is an industrial museum near the village of Cowshill, County Durham, England. The museum stands on the site of the former Park Level Mine, which is being restored to show the workings of a 19th-century lead mine.
5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Ashgill Force, Alston
132 min walk • Ashgill Force is a waterfall near Alston, Cumbria, England. The fall is located on Ashgill Beck and is reasonably easily accessible from the B6277 or from Garrigill village, downstream of the fall.
4.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Slit Woods
107 min walk • Slitt Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, England. It occupies the valley of Middlehope Burn, a tributary of the River Wear, which it joins at Westgate, just south of the site.
5.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cow Green Reservoir
140 min walk • Cow Green Reservoir is a 2-mile long water reservoir forming part of the border between the historic counties of Westmorland and County Durham in northern England, built between 1967 and 1971 to supply the industries of Teesside.
4.1 miE
Church
Westgate Methodist Chapel
105 min walk • Westgate Methodist Chapel stands on the A689 road in the village of Westgate, some 5 miles west of Stanhope, County Durham, England.
3.9 miNW
Mountain pass
Killhope Cross, Alston
100 min walk • Killhope Cross is a mountain pass in the English Pennines. The pass divides Weardale to the east and Cumbria to the west. The road over the pass, the from Hartlepool to Carlisle, Cumbria, connects the hamlet of Cornriggs in County Durham with the town of Alston, Cumbria.
~1830 ftNE
Dam
Burnhope Reservoir, North Pennines
9 min walk • Burnhope Reservoir is a reservoir above the village of Wearhead, County Durham, England. The reservoir was created by the construction of an earth embankment dam across the valley of Burnhope Burn, a tributary of the River Wear, 1 kilometre above Wearhead.
3.2 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Burnhope Seat
83 min walk • Burnhope Seat is a high moorland fell in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in northern England. It lies between the heads of the Rivers Tees, South Tyne and Wear. The summit is crossed by the boundary between County Durham and Cumbria. The trig point is the highest point in historic County Durham.
2.5 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Harthope Moss
65 min walk • Harthope Moss, also known as Chapel Fell is a mountain pass in the English Pennines. The pass divides Weardale to the north and Teesdale to the south.