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The '''Pennines''' the main [[England|English]] highland area. running south to north along the centre of England from the north [[Midlands]] through several counties right up to the [[Scotland|Scottish]] border. As such, they are referred to as the 'backbone of Britain'.
The '''Pennines''' the main [[England|English]] highland area. running south to north along the centre of England from the north [[Midlands]] through several counties right up to the [[Scotland|Scottish]] border. As such, they are referred to as the 'backbone of Britain'.
The highest hill in the range is Cross Fell in [[Cumbria]] (2930 feet). The only higher mountains in England are in the nearby [[Lake District]]. Other notable hills of the Pennines are [[Kinder Scout]] (Derbyshire), Ingleborough Hill and Pen-y-Ghent (Yorkshire) and Whernside (Cumbria).
By far the largest range of hills in England, the Pennines traverse nine counties (from north to south): [[Northumberland]], [[Cumberland]], [[County Durham]], [[Westmorland]], [[Yorkshire]] (North and West Ridings), [[Lancashire]], [[Cheshire]], [[Derbyshire]] and [[Staffordshire]].
The highest hill in the range is Cross Fell in Cumberland (2930 feet). The only higher mountains in England are in the nearby [[Lake District]]. Other notable hills of the Pennines are [[Kinder Scout]] (Derbyshire), Ingleborough Hill and Pen-y-Ghent (Yorkshire) and Whernside (Yorkshire).
The central Pennines are formed from the [[Jurassic]] [[limestone]] of the Alston Tilt Block. In addition to typical [[karst]] landscape of scarps and [[limestone pavement]]s on the surface, there are many caves in the [[Yorkshire Dales]],<ref>http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/arb/yorkshire/</ref> including Britain's longest cave system, the [[Easegill System]], and its deepest single shaft at Gaping Ghyll. There are also caves in the [[Peak District]].<ref>http://w01-0504.web.dircon.net/pdc/caveguides.htm</ref>
The central Pennines are formed from the [[Jurassic]] [[limestone]] of the Alston Tilt Block. In addition to typical [[karst]] landscape of scarps and [[limestone pavement]]s on the surface, there are many caves in the [[Yorkshire Dales]],<ref>http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/arb/yorkshire/</ref> including Britain's longest cave system, the [[Easegill System]], and its deepest single shaft at Gaping Ghyll. There are also caves in the [[Peak District]].<ref>http://w01-0504.web.dircon.net/pdc/caveguides.htm</ref>