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Calluna vulgaris 'Joy Vanstone' is a notable heather cultivar distinguished by its golden foliage and vibrant, deep pink flowers that bloom in autumn.

Ilkley Moor is an upland area above Ilkley in West Yorkshire, England, forming part of Rombalds Moor in the Pennines. Its landscape includes open heather moorland, gritstone outcrops, walking routes, and prehistoric carved rocks. The moor is closely associated with the Yorkshire folk song "On Ilkla...

Pendle Moor is an area of upland moorland around Pendle Hill in Lancashire, England. Its landscape includes open grassland, heather, farms, and settlements overlooking the surrounding valleys. The area is closely associated with the Pendle witch trials of 1612, in which residents from communities ne...

Haworth Moor is part of the Pennine uplands around Haworth in West Yorkshire, England, characterized by open heath, rough grassland, exposed ridges, and deeply cut valleys. The landscape is closely associated with Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, who lived at Haworth Parsonage and drew on the surr...

North York Moors National Park is a protected landscape in North Yorkshire, England, designated in 1952. It encompasses extensive upland heather moorland as well as wooded valleys, farmland, villages, and a section of the North Sea coast. The contrast between open moors and coastal cliffs distinguis...

Nidderdale Moors are upland areas of heather moorland and peat in North Yorkshire, England, within the landscape historically designated the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The moors form part of the Pennine uplands and contain headwaters and tributaries feeding the River Nidd, along...

Rombalds Moor is a moorland ridge in West Yorkshire, England, situated between Wharfedale and Airedale. It includes Ilkley Moor and is part of the wider Pennine upland region. The area contains a significant concentration of Bronze Age cup-and-ring rock carvings. It is used for recreation and grazin...

Great Whernside is a prominent moorland fell located in the Yorkshire Dales of North Yorkshire, England. Rising to an elevation of 704 meters, it serves as a significant geographical watershed dividing the valleys of Nidderdale and Wharfedale. The mountain is characterized by extensive heather-cover...

Mynydd Hiraethog, widely known as the Denbigh Moors, is an extensive upland moorland region situated in Conwy and Denbighshire in North Wales. The landscape is characterized by large areas of blanket bog and heather, which serve as an important habitat for wildlife, particularly ground-nesting birds...

Harbottle Moors are an upland area in Northumberland, England, overlooking the Coquet Valley and lying within Northumberland National Park. The landscape consists largely of open heather moorland, exposed sandstone, rough grassland, and peat soils. Archaeological remains include prehistoric cup-and-...

Strathconon Moors are upland moorlands in Ross-shire, Scotland, within a remote Highland glen managed for grouse and deer with areas of ongoing native woodland restoration.

Colletes succinctus is a solitary plasterer bee in the family Colletidae, formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It occurs across parts of the Palearctic and is strongly associated with heathland, where females commonly collect pollen from heathers such as ling and bell heather. Females excava...

The Lammermuir Hills are a range of rounded uplands extending across East Lothian and the Scottish Borders in southeastern Scotland. Their highest summit is Meikle Says Law, at 535 metres, and much of the landscape consists of open heather moorland used for sheep grazing and grouse management. The h...

Arkengarthdale Moor is an upland moorland in the most northerly dale of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, historically important for lead mining that shaped its landscape through the 18th and 19th centuries.

Derwent Moors are upland moorlands in western County Durham, England, near the River Derwent and the boundary with Northumberland. They form part of the North Pennines landscape, an area characterized by open heather moor, blanket bog, rough grazing, and enclosed valleys shaped by farming and histor...

The Moorfoot Hills are a range of uplands in southeastern Scotland, lying mainly within the Scottish Borders southeast of Edinburgh. Their highest point is Windlestraw Law, which reaches 659 metres above sea level. The landscape is characterized by rounded summits, open heather moorland, and valleys...

Grinton Moor is an upland area above Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England, within the Yorkshire Dales. Its landscape includes open heather moorland, rough grazing, grouse habitat, tracks, and routes reflecting the area's long history of pastoral travel and mineral working. Walkers and cyclists use...

Otterburn Moors are upland moorlands in Northumberland, England, within and around the Northumberland National Park and the southern Cheviot Hills. Much of the area forms the Otterburn Training Area, a Ministry of Defence site covering more than 23,000 hectares and used for military exercises, inclu...

Danby Moor is an area of open heather moorland in and near the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It lies above the valleys around Danby and Eskdale, close to the village of Danby and the historic landscape associated with Danby Castle. The site represents the exposed upland...

Glaisdale Moor is an upland heather moorland in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, England, stretching above the village of Glaisdale and cut by deep gills draining into Eskdale.

Bilsdale Moor is upland moorland in and around Bilsdale in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. The moor forms part of the high ground around the dale's double-headed upper valley, which is separated by Cold Moor; the surrounding landscape includes open heather moorland, far...

Mynydd Epynt is an upland moorland plateau in Powys, central Wales. In 1940, much of the area was requisitioned by the British government for military training, and the change displaced farming families from their homes and land. The episode remains associated with the loss of Welsh-speaking rural c...

Barden Moor is a grouse moor in the Yorkshire Dales, England, managed as part of the Bolton Abbey Estate and open to walkers under access land provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

Redesdale Moors are upland heath and moorland landscapes in Redesdale, Northumberland, England. The area lies within the valley and catchment of the River Rede and includes land associated with the Otterburn Training Area, a Ministry of Defence site used for military exercises. Roman Dere Street cro...

Reeth High Moor is an elevated heather moorland above the village of Reeth in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, retaining visible earthworks from the area's extensive medieval and post-medieval lead-mining industry.

Hawnby Moor is an upland moorland area near Hawnby, a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, within the North York Moors National Park. It belongs to the open moorland landscape around Ryedale and the Hambleton and Tabular Hills. The area is associated with heather-covered ground, ope...

Norland Moor is common moorland in West Yorkshire, England, near Sowerby Bridge in Calderdale. It is managed as public open space and retains historic commoners' rights, including ancient grazing rights recognized through common-land legislation. The site contains heather-covered upland landscape ar...

Barden Fell is an upland moorland area in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, associated with the adjoining Barden Moor. Both areas form part of the Bolton Abbey Estate, which is owned by the Duke of Devonshire, and are recognized for their heather moorland and open access landscape. The estate manages the...

Westerdale Moor is an upland moorland area in the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It rises to about 429 metres near Old Ralph and Young Ralph and forms high ground around Westerdale, an upper valley of the River Esk. The landscape is open moorland with heather and exposed...