Cairngorms National Park

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Cairngorms National Park
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Location:	Cairngorms, Scotland
Area:	3,800 km²
Established:	2003
Governing body:	National Park Authority

The Cairngorms National Park is a national park in north east Scotland, established in 2003. It covers the Cairngorms range of mountains, and some surrounding hills. It is the largest national park in the British Isles, with an area of 3,800 km² (1,467 sq miles).

It was the second of two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament; the first was the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, set up in 2002.

At the time there was some controversy; a large area of Highland Perth and Kinross that many groups felt should form part of the park was in fact left outside its boundary. There was also controversy surrounding the construction of a funicular railway on Cairn Gorm, a scheme supported by the new National Park Authority. Supporters of the scheme claimed that it would bring valuable tourist income into the area, whilst opponents argued that such a development was unsuitable for a supposedly protected area.

Contents 1 Settlements within the national park 1.1 Aberdeenshire 1.2 Angus 1.3 Highland 1.4 Moray 2 Reference 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Settlements within the national park

The National Park Authority shares statutory planning functions with the four local authorities^[1] within the national park boundary^[2].

[edit] Aberdeenshire

(All in the Marr committee area.)

• Ballater
• Braemar
• Strathdon

[edit] Angus

Only the heads of the Angus Glens are within the park: they do not contain any villages.

[edit] Highland

(All in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, nearly the entire area of which is in the national park.)

• Aviemore
• Boat of Garten
• Carrbridge
• Dalwhinnie
• Drumochter
• Grantown on Spey
• Kingussie
• Laggan
• Nethy Bridge
• Newtonmore

[edit] Moray

• Tomintoul

[edit] Reference

1. ^ Planning
2. ^ Map

[edit] See also

• National parks of Scotland
• Caledonian Forest
• Tourism in Scotland

[edit] External links

• Cairngorms National Park official site

National parks in the UK v • d • e

England : Peak District | Lake District | Dartmoor | North York Moors | Yorkshire Dales | Exmoor | Northumberland | The Broads | New Forest | South Downs†

Wales : Snowdonia | Pembrokeshire Coast | Brecon Beacons

Scotland : Loch Lomond and the Trossachs | Cairngorms

Northern Ireland : Mountains of Mourne†

Areas marked † are proposed