About The South Pennines

The South Pennines Heritage Area is a dramatic and distinctive landscape of high moorland and deep-cut valleys, straddling the Yorkshire-Lancashire border and sitting between the major city regions of Leeds and Manchester to the east and west and the Yorkshire Dales and Peak District National Parks to the north and south.

Because of its natural resources, the South Pennines played a critical part in the Industrial Revolution. Today, the mills stand quiet, but the area’s importance for geology, wildlife and the people who live and work here cannot be underestimated.

To discover more about the South Pennines, please see the links to the left, or visit the Watershed Landscape Project and Natural England websites.

Download a map of the South Pennines Heritage Area

Yorkshire Water United Utilities Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council National Farmers Union
South Pennines Association Lancashire County Council Pennine Heritage Kirklees Council Calderdale Council
Bradford District Council Northern Rail Natural England Environment Agency The National Trust