The Moor House area was in the first group of national nature reserves (NNRs) created in England when it was designated in 1952.
Upper Teesdale was a separate nature reserve until the end of the twentieth century.
The combined reserve is England's highest and largest NNR.
[1] Great Dun Fell is the highest point.
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