4 km SSW of Hill End, County Durham, England
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Bollihope Moor
by Oliver Dixon
Very wet moorland above Bollihope. The forest on the skyline is the northern edge of Hamsterley Forest.
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Grouse moor
Looking towards Pawlaw Pike with the moor looking rather drab before the growing season gets under way.
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Embedded boulders on heather slope
A few boulders interrupt the endless acres of heather on this slope of the hill, Long Man, which descends to the northern side of Hamsterley Forest, the trees of which can be seen distantly below.
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View towards Hamsterley Forest
by Les Hull
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Burnt vegetation
Moss, grass and heather shortly after a burning on the grouse moor.
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Footpath towards Pawlaw Pike
by Les Hull
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Footpath towards Pawlaw Pike
by Les Hull
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Managed heather moorland
The heather lies east from the highest point of Long Man, a moorland hill along the southern side of the valley of the Bollihope Burn. The moorland is managed for grouse shooting, which involves burning to destroy old growth and stimulate... (more)
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Footpath on southeast slopes of Long Man
This path is shown on the current maps as a public footpath, but there has been a considerable change to the level of rights of way in this area by order of Durham County Council in summer 2017. At the time there was explanatory signage,... (more)
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Damp ground on Jack Scars End
by Mike Quinn
Looking ENE towards NZ0032 : Pawlaw Pike (photographed by Trevor Littlewood) in the strip of land between the first and second horizons.
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Pale rocks on rising slope
The slope, mainly of rough heather is rising towards the ridge east of the summit of Long Man on the Tees / Wear watershed. The pale, angular boulders are among the new season's bilberry growth.
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Path on moorland beside flowering heather
Currently, OS mapping as appearing on Geograph shows routes at this location differently at the two most common scales. At 1:50 000 the path in the image is shown as simply a public footpath and is the only right of way marked. But at 1:25... (more)
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