Natural Attractions

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• 2. • Includes New Forest National Park • Known for native ponies, forests, trails and heathland • Visitors 14.75 million • Area – 566 km2 (7, 3, 3, 6)
• 3. • South wales • Most westerly part of the historic county of Glamorgan • First area in the UK to be designated an area of outstanding natural beauty (5, 5, 5, 5)
• 4. • Highest mountain in Britain • 1,345m above sea level • Located in the western end of the Grampian Mountains • Estimated 100,000 ascents in a year • The remains of a Devonian Volcano (8, 3, 5)
• 5. • The area is characterized by more than 110k2 of mixed woodland • The second largest crown forest in England (7, 6, 2, 4)
• 6. • A lake in southern Scotland • Part of the Lock Lomond and The Trossachs National Park • Length – 39km • Max depth – 153m (8, 4, 6)
• 7. • Sea cave on the inhabited island of Staffa • Formed entirely from hexagonally joined basalt columns with a Palaeocene lava flow • Several sightseeing cruises from April - September (8, 6, 1, 4)
• 8. • Most prominent feature is St Nectan’s Kieve a sixty-foot waterfall through a hole in the rocks • One of the UKs most spiritual sights (7, 2, 6, 1, 4)