Fourteen areas are designated as national parks in the United Kingdom; in addition, The Broads (seen in light green, in the East) now have 'equivalent status'
UK National Parks
England
Peak District (1951)
Lake District (1951)
Dartmoor (1951)
North York Moors (1952)
Yorkshire Dales (1954)
Exmoor (1954)
Northumberland (1956)
The Broads‡ (1988)
New Forest (2005)
South Downs (2010)
South Pennines Regional Park†
Northern Ireland
Mourne Mountains†
Scotland
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs (2002)
Cairngorms (2003)
Wales
Snowdonia (Eryri; 1951)
Pembrokeshire Coast (1952)
Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog; 1957)
North East Wales†
Parentheses denotes the year. An area with ‡ has similar status to a UK National Park. Areas marked † are proposed.
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National parks of the United Kingdom (Welsh: parciau cenedlaethol; Scottish Gaelic: pàircean nàiseanta) are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape across the country. Despite their name, they are quite different from national parks in many other countries, which are usually owned and managed by governments as protected community resources, and which do not usually include permanent human communities. In the United Kingdom, an area designated as a national park may include substantial settlements and human land uses that are often integral parts of the landscape. Land within national parks remains largely in private ownership. These parks are therefore not "national parks" according to the internationally accepted standard of the IUCN[1] but they are areas of outstanding landscape where planning controls are a little more restrictive than elsewhere.
Within the United Kingdom there are fourteen national parks of which nine are in England, three in Wales, two in Scotland, and none in Northern Ireland. There is one further area in England with "equivalent status".
An estimated 110 million people visit the national parks of England and Wales each year. Recreation and tourism bring visitors and funds into the parks, to sustain their conservation efforts, and support the local population through jobs and businesses. However, these visitors also bring problems, such as erosion and traffic congestion, and conflicts over the use of the parks' resources. Access to cultivated land in England and Wales is restricted to public rights of way and permissive paths. (Under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 there is a right of access for walkers to most but not all uncultivated areas in England and Wales.)
^"The IUCN categories". www.nationalparks.gov.uk. UK ANPA. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
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