Recreation and Tourism - National Parks

there are 15 National Parks in the UK:

• Dartmoor
• Exmoor
• South Downs
• New Forest
• The Broads
• Pembrokeshire Coast
• Yorkshire Dales
• Peak District
• Lake District
• Northumberland
• North York Moors
• Caringorms
• Loch Lamond
• Snowdonia

10 of these are in England

3 of these are in Wales

2 of these are in Scotland

The National Parks in the UK have 3 main aims:

• To protect wildlife and the natural beauty of the parks
• To help people to enjoy the National Parks
• To help to promote the economic and social well-being of the country

The services that all National Parks in the UK try to provide are:

• tourist facilities
• encouragement of tree planting
• give advice to land users
• arrange tourist talks and nature walks
• mark out foot paths
• buying land in order to protect it
• to monitor pollution and clean as much as they can
• provide nature information services
• refuse permission to have unsuitable buildings on National Parks
• encourage suitable developments

Why does the Lake District attract tourists?

• it has attractive scemery
• there is a variety of things to do
• easy to access eg via the M6
• near densly populated areas such as Manchester

Supporters of speed cameras on Lake Windermere:

• Economic - The Lake District National Park Authority
• Environmental - Cumbria Wildlife Trust
• Social - South Windermere Sailing Club

Opponents of speed cameras on Lake Windermere:

• Economic - Windermere and Bowness Chamber of Trade
• Social - Windermere Water-side Association