Britain’s National Parks - Visit Britain - Unravel Travel TV

Britain has many places of World beating natural beauty. It was in 1951 that Britain began to recognise the importance of our best-loved landscapes by making them National Parks. The very first of these was the 1400 square kilometre park of the Peak district, which remains one of the most popular national parks in the world. From the majestic mountains of Snowdonia to the romance and tranquillity of the Lake District, these parks are at the heart of this green and pleasant land. There are 15 National Parks in total. The most recent additions being the 2 Scottish Parks of the Cairngorms and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs. Britain’s National Parks are areas of protected countryside that everyone can visit. They cover a variety of different landscapes, ranging from the rugged beauty of Dartmoor to the woodlands of the New Forest. The Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales is a record of thousands of years of human interaction with the natural environment which have shaped the landscape we see today. With so many l