Natural landmarks · North East England
North Pennine Batholith
In or near Stanhope.
North Pennine Batholith in England North East, United Kingdom.
Mike Quinn — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Stanhope · 4.1 km
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the North Pennine Batholith, the nearest railway station is Stanhope, located 4.1 km away. The postcode for the site is DL13 2HY. Entry details are not specified, so please check in advance.
About
North Pennine Batholith is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Official information
The North Pennine Batholith is a geological formation in Northern England, primarily composed of granite and other plutonic rocks from the Devonian period. It includes significant intrusions such as the Shap and Skiddaw Plutons, which are important for understanding the region's geological history.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The North Pennine Batholith, also known as the Weardale Granite is a granitic batholith lying under northeast England, emplaced around 400 million years ago in the early Devonian. The batholith consists of five plutons, the Tynehead, Scordale, Rowlands Gill, Cornsay and Weardale plutons. The Weardale Granite pluton is the largest and the only one that has been proved (sampled), after the Rookhope Borehole confirmed Martin Bott's hypothesis that a large negative gravity anomaly under Weardale represented a low-density igneous intrusion.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
In 1934, Kingsley Dunham published a paper proposing that ore deposits in the Alston Block were formed due to a granite intrusion beneath Weardale. This was later tested by a gravity survey, which found a large negative gravity anomaly, supporting the hypothesis. In the early 1960s, a borehole was drilled at Rookhope by Durham University, and proved the existence of the intrusion at a depth of 390 m. The intrusion was found to have a weathered top, so couldn't account for the mineralisation that was the basis of the hypothesis that first suggested its existence. In 2004, a second borehole was drilled in Eastgate, and the granite was reached at 270 m below the surface
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.7500, -2.0667
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Stanhope
- Postcode
- DL13 2HY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Nearest railway station
- Stanhope — 4.1 km
- Official site
- www.bgs.ac.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7056311 (CC0)
- wikipedia: North Pennine Batholith (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is North Pennine Batholith?
- North Pennine Batholith is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL13 2HY), in the parish of Stanhope.
- What is North Pennine Batholith?
- North Pennine Batholith in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to North Pennine Batholith?
- The nearest railway station is Stanhope, about 4.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode DL13 2HY.
- Is North Pennine Batholith a protected site?
- Yes — North Pennine Batholith is part of the Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to North Pennine Batholith?
- The nearest railway station is Stanhope, about 4.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DL13 2HY.