Allen Valleys Community Website

Welcome to the Allen Valleys Community Website, serving Allendale and the surrounding rural communities of Allenheads, Carrshield, Catton, Ninebanks, Sinderhope, Spartylea and Whitfield.  Keep up to date with local events, issues and what’s happening near you. Get all the latest information on where to stay, places to eat, and things to see and do.

Allendale Town lies at the gateway to the high North Pennines. Visitors to the area will discover a place of exceptional beauty – a nationally protected landscape that is steeped in history, rich in wildlife, local traditions and culture. The countryside here is full of contrasts from the sometimes bleak and windswept upland heather moorlands to the deep wooded dales where red squirrels can often be seen. The distinctive chimneys that are such a feature of the local skyline provide a strong visual reminder of the area’s lead mining past.

Website developed by Fawside, designed by R//evolution and supported by Allendale Parish Council, Business Link, the Countryside Agency, LEADER Plus and North Pennines AONB Partnership.  Photography by Justine Lester