Hedleyhope Fell

54°46′56″N 1°46′59″W / 54.78222°N 1.78306°W / 54.78222; -1.78306Area202 ha (500 acres)Established2006Named forOld English hedley or headlam (heathery place) and hope (valley)Governing bodyDurham Wildlife TrustWebsiteReserve description

Hedleyhope Fell is a nature reserve to the north-east of Tow Law, County Durham, England. The reserve is managed by Durham Wildlife Trust and consists of some 202 hectares (500 acres)[1] of mainly mid-altitude heathland.[2] It occupies the steep slope on the right bank of Hedleyhope Burn, between the stream and the B6301 Tow Law–Cornsay Colliery road.

The reserve is common land and forms part of Hedleyhope Fell and Cornsay Common.

References

  1. ^ "Hedleyhope Fell". Durham Wildlife Trust. 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Hedleyhope Fell". Durham Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

External links

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Nature reserves of the Durham Wildlife Trust
  • Addison and Hedgefield
  • Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods
  • Barlow Burn
  • Bishop Middleham Quarry
  • Black Plantation
  • Blackhall Rocks
  • Burnhope Pond
  • Chopwell Meadows
  • Edmondsley Wood
  • Hannah's Meadows
  • Hawthorn Dene
  • Hedleyhope Fell
  • Hesleden Dene
  • High Wood NR
  • Joe's Pond
  • Longburnford Quarry
  • Low Barns
  • Malton NR
  • Milkwellburn Wood
  • Rabbitbank Wood
  • Ragpath Heath
  • Rainton Meadows
  • Raisby Hill Grassland
  • Redcar Field
  • Shibdon Pond
  • Stanley Moss NR
  • Town Kelloe Bank
  • Trimdon Grange Quarry
  • Tudhoe Mill Wood


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