Special landscapes shaped by people · National Park Authorities also have a strong record of providing high-quality training and delivering apprenticeships, and have been involved
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National Park Authorities also have a strong record of
providing high-quality training and delivering
apprenticeships, and have been involved in the
design and development of several Trailblazer
Apprenticeships, from historic environment
investigation to traditional countryside management.
In recent years dedicated National Park staff, working
in strong partnerships with other bodies and local
communities, have secured millions of pounds worth
of external funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund
and charitable trusts. This funding supports vital work
to conserve and enhance our historic environment,
whilst providing educational, health and recreational
opportunities and helping local economies to thrive
and grow.
National Parks are incredibly special places. Their
heritage is a national asset recognised the world over.
Understanding, conserving and communicating the
stories of these cultural landscapes is integral to
protecting them, allowing us to realise their potential
and, by so doing, enriching the lives of all of those
who live in, work in or visit National Parks today and in
The UK’s first National Park;contrasting limestone andgritstone landscapes reflected indistinctive building and settlementforms. A wealth of heritage assets:stone circles, barrows, fieldsystems, lead mines, quarries, millsand country houses.
YORKSHIRE DALES
Specialised upland farmingregimes both created thedistinctive barns and wallslandscape of today and helped topreserve the physical evidence ofearlier, often radically differentlandscapes.
NORTH YORK MOORS
Prehistoric archaeology, magnificentabbey ruins, dramatic landscapesshaped by iron and alumproduction, railways and coastalvillages clinging to the cliffs, allinterspersed with remotefarmsteads and scattered moorlandvillages.
NORTHUMBERLAND
From the Cheviot Hills to Hadrian’sWall, Northumberland NationalPark has a rich historic environmentin one of England’s most tranquilplaces. The distinctive identity andvibrant heritage of the land and itspeople have been shaped bycenturies of conflict and innovation.
SNOWDONIA
From World Heritage Site to a richindustrial past and home of the“Snowdonia House”, Snowdonia’shistoric environment makes it atruly distinctive part of the UnitedKingdom.
LAKE DISTRICT
The spectacular culturallandscape, inscribed as a WorldHeritage Site has stimulated poetsand artists including Wordsworth,Ruskin and Beatrix Potter forcenturies and continues to inspirethe millions who visit it each year.
CAIRNGORMS
Strong deep rooted culturalheritage where Gaelic place namesgive meaning to the mountains,woodlands, lochs, rivers andsettlements: Corgarff, for example,derived from Coire a’Gharaidh,meaning corrie of the animal’s den.
LOCH LOMOND & THETROSSACHS
Stunning lochs and landscapesinspired many, with the romanticliterature of Sir Walter Scottencouraging Victorian tourismwhich left a legacy of incredibleengineering structures, passengersteamers and fine buildings.
SOUTH DOWNS
The landscape has inspiredcreativity to celebrate and record itin many ways, from JMW Turner,Jane Austen, Rudyard Kipling andMervyn Peake, poet EdwardThomas and composers fromEdward Elgar to Dobrinka Tabakova.
PEMBROKESHIRE COAST
A spectacular coastal landscape,humans have shaped the characterof this place for thousands of years,from the prehistoric tomb of PentreIfan, to the lime industry of theCleddau estuary.
NEW FOREST
Established as a royal Normanhunting forest in 1079 and largelyan uncultivated landscape,thousands of archaeological siteshave been mapped since 2006,ranging from pre-history through tothe Second World War.
BROADS
These inland waterways wereformed by centuries of peatdigging, which later flooded. Ahaven for wildlife and forrecreation, the area retains thegreatest concentration of historicmills in the UK.
EXMOOR
The Royal Forest of Exmoor datesback to Saxon times, from Porlockto Bray and Martinhoe to Dulverton.Astonishingly well preservedmedieval villages and Victorianindustrial engineering are amongthe rich historic environmentwaiting to be explored.
DARTMOOR
Prehistoric hunter-gatherers andfarmers, medieval miners, andsoldiers have all left their mark onDartmoor. The result is a culturallandscape containing a wealth ofevidence from ancient standingstones to the medieval farmsteadsof the more recent past.
BRECON BEACONS
Large expanses of upland commonsdivided by fertile river valleys definea stunning archaeologicallandscape including well preservedprehistoric sites, fine Medievalbuildings and the BlaenavonIndustrial World Heritage Site.