Hedleyhope Fell

Hedleyhope Fell
Nature Reserve
A view of Hedleyhope Fell Nature Reserve, County Durham
Name origin: Old English hedley or headlam (heathery place) and hope (valley)

Country	England
County	County Durham

Location	NZ140430
- coordinates	GB-ENG 54°46′56″N 1°46′59″W / 54.78222°N 1.78306°W / 54.78222; -1.78306Coordinates: GB-ENG 54°46′56″N 1°46′59″W / 54.78222°N 1.78306°W / 54.78222; -1.78306

Area	200 ha (494 acres)

Founded	2006
Management	Durham Wildlife Trust

Location of Hedleyhope Fell NR, County Durham
Website: Reserve description

Hedleyhope Fell is a nature reserve to the north-east of Tow Law, County Durham, England. The reserve, which is managed by Durham Wildlife Trust, consists of some 200 acres of mainly mid-altitude heathland.^[1] 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

↑ "Hedleyhope Fell". Durham Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

Nature reserves of the Durham Wildlife Trust

Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods Bishop Middleham Quarry Blackhall Rocks Burnhope Pond Edmondsley Wood Hannah's Meadows Hawthorn Dene Hedleyhope Fell Hesleden Dene High Wood NR Joe's Pond Low Barns Malton NR Rabbit Bank 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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