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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 between Wharfedale and Airedale in West Yorkshire, England, encompassing Ilkley Moor and containing a notable concentration of Bronze Age cup-and-ring rock art.

Great Whernside is a moorland fell in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, reaching 704 m and forming the watershed between Wharfedale and Nidderdale on the eastern fringe of the Yorkshire Dales.

Upland moorland in Conwy and Denbighshire, north Wales, also known as the Denbigh Moors, supporting red grouse and significant areas of blanket bog.

Harbottle Moors in Northumberland, England, are an upland plateau above the Coquet Valley notable for prehistoric cup-and-ring marked stones and Iron Age earthworks.

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...

Rolling upland plateau in East Lothian and the Scottish Borders, reaching 535 m at Meikle Says Law and traditionally managed as grouse moor.

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 in County Durham, England, are northern Pennine uplands within the North Pennines AONB, including the extensive Muggleswick Common grazed since medieval times.

Range of hills in the Scottish Borders southeast of Edinburgh, rising to Windlestraw Law at 659 m and supporting extensive heather moorland.

Grinton Moor is an upland grouse moor above Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, offering panoramic views over the dale and traversed by ancient drove roads.

Otterburn Moors in Northumberland, England, encompass the Otterburn Training Area, covering approximately 230 sq km and operating as the largest live-fire military range in England.

Danby Moor is an expanse of heather moorland in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, England, rising above Eskdale near the historic village of Danby with its medieval castle earthworks.

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 a stretch of upland moorland in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, England, flanking Bilsdale, one of the longest and most secluded valleys within the national park.

Upland moorland plateau in Powys, Wales, largely requisitioned as a military training area in 1940, displacing the resident Welsh-speaking farming community.

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 in Northumberland, England, straddle the River Rede valley, overlapping part of the Otterburn Training Area and the route of the Roman road Dere Street.

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 in the southern North York Moors, North Yorkshire, England, rising above the village of Hawnby on the western edge of the Hambleton Hills.

Norland Moor is an area of common moorland in West Yorkshire, England, near Sowerby Bridge, managed as public open space and retaining ancient grazing rights recognised under common land legislation.

Barden Fell is an upland area adjacent to Barden Moor in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England, forming part of the Duke of Devonshire's Bolton Abbey Estate and managed for grouse shooting.

Westerdale Moor is a remote upland moorland in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, England, forming the high ground surrounding the secluded valley of Westerdale.