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North Pennine Moors SAC is a Special Area of Conservation located across parts of Northumberland, North Yorkshire, County Durham, and Cumbria.[1] The total area is approximately 400 sq mi (100,000 ha).[a] It forms part of the North Pennines National Character Area. It has ten qualifying habitats, for example H4010 Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix, H4030 European dry heaths and H7130 Blanket bog, and one qualifying species S1528 Marsh saxifrage, Saxifraga hirculus.

The SAC is made up of 14 Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

SSSIs within North Pennine Moors SAC
Name of SSSI County OS gridref Area (ha) Ref
Allendale Moors Northumberland NY 808 485 5289.099 [2]
Arkengarthdale Gunnerside and Reeth Moors North Yorkshire NY 952 025 7634.588 [3]
Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells County Durham NZ 011 313 7947.095 [4]
Bowes Moor County Durham NY 926 109 4489.892 [5]
Cotherstone Moor County Durham NY 928 170 2449.625 [6]
East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles) North Yorkshire SE 140 763 10770.89 [7]
Geltsdale & Glendue Fells Cumbria/Northumberland NY 612 545 8059.048 [8]
Hexhamshire Moors County Durham NY 884 517 9436.916 [9]
Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor North Yorkshire SD 983 946 10132.51 [10]
Lune Forest County Durham NY 869 214 6329.252 [11]
Mallerstang-Swaledale Head Cumbria/North Yorkshire NY 834 008 6234.75 [12]
Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor County Durham/Northumberland NY 986 464 9120.005 [13]
West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moors North Yorkshire SE 088 603 13421.85 [14]
Whitfield Moor, Plenmeller and Asholme Commons Northumberland NY 730 565 7090.465 [15]

Notes

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  1. ^ The designation document gives the total area as 103,109.42 ha (398.1077 sq mi).[1] The sum of the areas of the component SSSIs given in their respective designation documents is 108,405.985 ha (418.55785 sq mi)

References

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  1. ^ a b "North Pennine Moors Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Site Code: UK0030033" (PDF). European Site Conservation Objectives: Supplementary advice on conserving and restoring site features. 31 Oct 2022.
  2. ^ "Allendale Moors SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Arkengarthdale Gunnerside and Reeth Moors SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Bowes Moor SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Cotherstone Moor SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  7. ^ "East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles) SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Geltsdale & Glendue Fells SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Hexhamshire Moors SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Lune Forest SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Mallerstang-Swaledale Head SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  14. ^ "West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moor SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Whitfield Moor, Plenmeller and Asholme Commons SSSI". Natural England. Designated Sites View. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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