Described as having a 'sub-alpine flora', this site was noted by the Society as a locality for several scarce plants. It is now the Moor House -Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve (NNR) and is situated in the heart of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Plants that originally colonised the high Pennines after the last Ice Age have survived here, framed by impressive rock formations such as sugar limestone outcrops and the Great Whin Sill. The reserve includes habitats such as hay meadows, juniper wood, limestone grassland, blanket bogs and heathland fells. Now managed by Natural England.
(Above) the original SPNR survey documents for Upper Teesdale
More information on Upper Teesdale
Visit the Natural England page for Upper Teesdale nature reserve
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