The National Parks of Great Britain

The list National Parks and
Places of outstanding Beauty
What is a national park?
Merriam Webster Dictionary defines it as an area of land that is owned and protected by a national government because of its natural beauty or its importance to history or science. The United Kingdom has 15 national parks with 10 in England, 3 in Wales and 2 in Scotland. According to the internationally accepted standard of the IUCN they are areas of outstanding landscape where habitation and commercial activities are restricted. Well, there are the following National Parks in Great Britain:

Dartmur

Stone Circle in Dartmur

Beautiful Sunset in Dartmur National Park

Exmoor National Parks

Snowy Exmoor

Snowy Yorkshire Dale

The Broads National Park

Mill Turf Fen in the Broads

Peak District National Park

South Downs National Park

The Lake District National Park
Derwentwater Lake

Castlerigg Stone Cumbria Lake District National Park

Lake District

Northumberland National Park

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs

Cairngorms National Park

Snowy Cairngorms

Brecon Beacons National Parks

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Snowdonia National Park Wales

Snowdonia

Ivy Cottage Wales

Bass Rock Island is situated in 1,5 kilometers off Firth of Forth coastline . A colony of 150 000 solan geese lives on its high slopes at the height of 100 meters. .

Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire UNESCO World Heritage.