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Within this comparatively unknown area lies the largest concentration of hills in England outside the Lake District, and while it does not boast the status of a national park (although there are many who think it should), a sizeable chunk has been designated as the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Here, in these bleak moorland heights, it has been suggested that the valleys rather than the hills form the attraction. Certainly, no walker keen on broadening his or her horizons should turn aside from a skirmish or two with the hills of the northern moors; there are grand days out to be had up here.

Some parts (AONB notwithstanding) are affected by access controls: Mickle Fell, for example, forms part of the Warcop military training area, and vast areas of the region are actively managed grouse moors with all the attendant obligations such conditions impose on walkers. But there is ample room for everyone, and anyone venturing there will find the northern moors too big to ignore, too wild to take for granted.