North Pennines National Landscape

Pennine Way Champions are volunteers with a passion for the countryside who help look after a stretch of one of the country’s most iconic walking routes.

Working with the North Pennines National Landscape team, volunteers care for a 73-mile stretch of the Pennine Way National Trail which falls in the North Pennines National Landscape and UNESCO Global Geopark, between Tan Hill on the Teesdale / North Yorkshire border, to Greenhead in Northumberland. 

There are two online information sessions, lasting about an hour, on 3 and 9 March, 6.30pm, to find out about what is entailed. No prior experience is required but an appropriate level of fitness suited to the volunteer role would be beneficial. Information here and to book

We have volunteers who take care of monitoring sections of  the Pennine Way, these are:-

Champion volunteers - people who will ‘adopt’ a stretch of the trail. This involves walking the designated  route  3 to 5 times per year and reporting any problems.

Buddy volunteers – those who may be available to double up with a champion on certain stretches and help with transport logistics from the start to the finish of the route.

We also have  volunteers who help maintain the trail:-

Maintenance volunteers – those that can help with a regular programme of practical works including stile repairs, drystone walling, path resurfacing and drainage works.

To find out if we have current volunteer vacancies and more about becoming a volunteer, please contact Adam Crolla (Mob: 07584 262653, email: adamc@northpennines.org.uk) or Emma Harle (Mob: 07741 808506, email: eharle@northpennines.org.uk)