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unusual facts about North Pennines


Midgeholme Coalfield

Like the other small coalfields to its east, this small outlier of the Coal Measures here at Midgeholme occurs on the Stublick-Ninety Fathom Fault System, a zone of faults which defines the northern edge of the Alston Block otherwise known as the North Pennines.


Appleby-in-Westmorland

Appleby's main industry is tourism, due to its history, remote location, scenery and closeness to the Lake District, the North Pennines, Swaledale and Howgill Fells.

Blanchland

Set beside the river in a wooded section of the Derwent valley, Blanchland is an attractive small village in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


see also

Brianyoungite

The type locality is the Bloomsberry Horse level of the Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England.