Support from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund

South Pennines Trust is one of nearly 450 heritage organisations in England awarded cash from the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. [read more]

Our Habitats & Wildlife

In the uplands, a combination of geology, human influence and high rainfall has produced waterlogged, acidic, infertile soil – resulting in peat blanket bogs and wet heathland. The unique plants that grow on blanket bogs depend on [read more]

About The South Pennines

The South Pennines is a wild, wonderful and occasionally wuthering landscape at the place where the traditional counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire collide. It is a “dramatic and distinct upland landscape” (Heritage Strategy) that “stands prominently above” [read more]

Our Geology

The South Pennines form part of the Pennine ‘backbone’ of England. This narrow range of hills, over 2,000 feet at the highest point, stretches 250 miles from the Peak District of Derbyshire to the Scottish border. Millions [read more]

People In The South Pennines

People have been making their mark on the South Pennines landscape for thousands of years. The first dramatic effects of human influence on our landscape began when Neolithic (‘New Stone Age’) people began to take up a [read more]

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