• Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods

    This content is available only in english. Please suggest a new version in your language. Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, England. It occupies the steep eastern slopes of the valley of Waskerley Beck, alongside read more

  • Pow Hill Bog

    This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Pow Hill Bog is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, England. It lies alongside Derwent Reservoir, approximately 2 km north-west of the village of Edmundbyers and adjacent read more

  • Greenfoot Quarry

    This content is available only in english. Please suggest a new version in your language. Greenfoot Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of west County Durham, England. It is a disused quarry, situated in the Wear valley, 1 km upstream from the village read more

  • West Newlandside Meadows

    This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. West Newlandside Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, England. It lies 3 km south-west of the village of Stanhope.The area is drained by two small read more

  • Slit Woods

    This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Slit 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 read more

  • Hexhamshire Moors

    This content is available only in english. Please suggest a new version in your language. Hexhamshire Moors is a Site of Special Scientific Interest covering an extensive area of moorland in the Wear Valley district of north-west County Durham and the Tynedale district of south-west Northumberland, England.It is a broadly read more

  • Old Moss Lead Vein

    This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Old Moss Lead Vein, also known as Killhope Head, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, England. It consists of an exposure of a mineral vein in read more