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Plant and animal life.
The combination of physical conditions
and centuries of human activity has led to a
vegetation coverage in which induced grassland and plantation woodland currently predominate.
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National Parks in Wales
There are three National Parks
in Wales covering an area of 4122 sq km.
This represents approximately 20% of the land area of Wales. Snowdonia was designated in 1951, followed in 1952 by Pembrokeshire coast and finally Brecon Beacons in 1957.
National Parks were created to protect the most beautiful and imposing landscapes in the UK. The statutory designation recognizes the national importance of such landscapes, and gives them a high degree of protection.
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National Parks of Wales
The special qualities of each
parks are different in terms of their landscape character,
historical and cultural heritage.
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There are 100 lakes in Snowdonia National Park,
90 mountain peaks, 37 miles of pristine coastline and
beaches.
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Snowdonia National Park was established in 1951 and
is the second largest of the 11 National Parks
in England and Wales. The park covers 2,132 square km and stretches from Gardian Bay’s High Water Mark in the West, to the Conwy Valley in the east and from the River Dyfi and its estuary in the south to the coast of Conwy Bay as far as conwy in the north.
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The complex and diverse geology of Snowdonia has
done much to shape the present landscape. Great mountain
ranges have been pushed up out of the oceans only to be slowly eroded away.
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Snowdonia has some of the most spectacular mountain
scenery in England and Wales with Snowdon in the
North and Cadair Idris in the South. Snowdon is the highest mountain in England and Wales at 1,085 m and in Welsh is known as “Yr Wyddfa’
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Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
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Welcome to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Coast national
Park was designated in 1952. It is unique in
Britain as the only National Park that is predominantly coastal.
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The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park coveres approximately 240
square miles around the beautiful West Coast of wales.
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It was established as a National Park in
1952, and is the only in the UK to
have been designated primarily because its spectacular coastline.
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The National Park has a varied landscape of
rugged cliffs, sandy beaches, wooden estuaries and wild inland
hills, covering a total area of 240 square miles.
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Everywhere you go in the National Park there
is evidence of its rich past heritage. This includes
building, communities and landscapes of historic importance.
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Archaeological sites and monuments, together with the natural
environment, help to make the park’s landscapes so beautiful
and diverse.
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Pembrokeshire is a paradise for wildlife lovers, it
is unrivalled for seabirds.
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Welcome to Brecon Beacons National park.
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Established in 1957, the brecon Beacons National Park
covers 519 square miles stretching from Llandeio in the
west to Hay-on-Wye in the east. The Park seek to protect and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of an area that contains some of the most spectacular upland formations in Southern Britain.
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The upper 2 thirds of the Park are
made up of old red sandstone which is transected
by rivers to form 4 distinct ranges of hill: the Black Mountain, Forest Fawr, the Central Beaconsand the Black Mountains.