The National Parks of Great Britain
The Brecon Beacons
| The Broads | Dartmoor
| Exmoor
The Lake District | The
New Forest | The North York Moors
Northumberland | The
Peak District | Pembrokeshire Coast
Snowdonia | The
Yorkshire Dales
The
Brecon Beacons National Park
Year of Designation: 1951
Rights of Way: 2,000 km
Area: 1,351 sq km
Population: 32,200
Main Settlements: Brecon, Crikhowell, Gilwern,
Hay-on-Wye
OS Explorer Maps: OL12
and OL13
OS Landranger Maps: 160
and 161
Year of Designation: 1989
Rights of Way: 320 km
Area: 303 sq km
Population: 5,500
Main Settlements: Norwich; Great Yarmouth; Lowestoft
OS Explorer Maps: OL40
OS Landranger Maps: 133
and 134
Dartmoor National
Park
Year of Designation: 1951
Rights of Way: 500 km
Area: 954.3 sq km
Population: 31,000
Main Settlements: Ashburton; Buckfastleigh; Moretonhampstead
OS Explorer Maps: OL20
and OL28
OS Landranger Maps: 190
and 202
Exmoor National
Park
Year of Designation: 1954
Rights of Way: 1,131 km Area: 693 sq km
Population: 10,494
Main Settlements: Lynton; Dulverton; Porlock;
Dunster
OS Explorer Maps: OL9
OS Landranger Maps: 180
and 181
The Lake
District National Park
Year of Designation: 1951
Rights of Way: 1,815km
Area: 2,243 sq km
Main Settlements: Windermere; Ambleside; Keswick
OS Explorer Maps: OL4 ,
OL5 ,
OL6
and OL7
OS Landranger Maps: 89 ,
90 ,
96
and 97
The New Forest National Park
Year of Designation: 1999
Rights of Way: N/A
Area: 375.4 sq km
Population: N/A
Main Settlements: Brockenhurst;
Lyndhurst; Cadnam
OS Landranger Maps: 184 ,
195
and 196
The
North York Moors National Park
Year of Designation: 1952
Rights of Way: 2,300 km
Area: 1,436 sq km
Population: 25,000
Main Settlements: Helmsley; Thornton Dale;
Robin Hood's Bay
OS Explorer Maps:
OL26
and OL27
OS Landranger Maps: 93 ,
94 ,
100
and 101
Northumberland National Park
Year of Designation: 1956
Rights of Way: 901 km
Area: 1,049 sq km
Population: 2,200
Main Settlements: Elsdon; Harbottle; Falstone
OS Explorer Maps:
OL16 ,
OL42
and OL43
OS Landranger Maps: 74 ,
80 ,
81 ,
86
and 87
The
Peak District National Park
Year of Designation: 1951
Rights of Way: 3,510 km
Area: 1,438.3 sq km
Main Settlements: Bakewell; Hathersage; Castleton;
Tideswell
OS Explorer Maps: OL1
and OL24
OS Landranger Maps: 110 ,
118
and 119
Pembrokeshire
Coast National Park
(Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro)
Year of Designation: 1952
Rights of Way: 1,090 km
Area: 584 sq km
Population: 23,000
Main Settlements: Newport; St David's; Tenby;
Saundersfoot
OS Explorer Maps:
OL35 ,
and OL36
OS Landranger Maps: 145 ,
157
and 158
Snowdonia National Park (Parc
Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Year of Designation: 1951
Rights of Way: 2,800 km
Area: 2,141 sq km
Population: 26,250
Main Settlements: Dolgellau; Bala; Harlech
OS Outdoor Leisure Maps:
OL17 ,
OL18 ,
and OL23
OS Landranger Maps:
115 ,
124 ,
125
and 135 .
The Yorkshire Dales National
Park
Year of Designation: 1954
Rights of Way: 2,099 km
Area: 1,769 sq km
Population: 19,858
Main Settlements: Sedbergh; Grassington; Hawes
OS Explorer Maps:
OL2 ,
OL19 ,
and OL30
OS Landranger Maps:
91 ,
92 ,
98 ,
99 ,
103
and 104 .
Source: Discover your National Parks
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