Northumberland National Park

Information about Northumberland National Park

Northumberland National Park is the northernmost national park in England. It covers an area of more than 1030 km² between the Scottish Border in the north to just south of Hadrian's Wall.It is one of the least populated and least visited of the National Parks. The park lies entirely within Northumberland, covering about a quarter of the county.

The park covers several distinct areas. In the North are the Cheviots, a range of hills that mark the border between England and Scotland. Further south, the hills give way to areas of rolling moorland, some of which have been covered by forestry plantations to form Kielder Forest. The southernmost part of the park covers the dramatic central section of Hadrian's Wall.

The 10,000 year history of the region is explored through the many archaeological sites, ranging from prehistoric monuments and Roman remains to Pele towers, constructed as a defence against Border Reivers.

The Park's official symbol is the Curlew.

External Links

Homepage for Northumberland National Park Authority
Homepage for Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team
English Tourist Board website


In the South of the Park, timber-harvesting is a large part of Kielder Forest's main purpose

Hadrian's Wall represents a part of the National Park's historical importance




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National parks in the UK
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 : Mourne Mountains
Areas marked † are proposed. ‡ An area with similar status to a National Park


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national parks of England and Wales are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape that are designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   
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Hadrian's Wall is a stone and turf fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of modern-day England. It was the second of three such fortifications built across Great Britain, the first being Gask Ridge and the last the Antonine Wall.
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Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and
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Not to be confused with a country.
A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count.
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Cheviot Hills are a range of rolling hills straddling the England/Scotland border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. The Cheviot is the highest hill in the range at 2,674 ft (815 m).
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Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas, characterised by acidic soils. Moorland habitats are most extensive in the neotropics and tropical Africa but also occur in small scattered locations in northern and western Europe, Northern Australia, North
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Forestry is the art, science, and practice of studying and managing forests and plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests.
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plantation is usually a large farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or trees and the like are cultivated, usually by resident laborers.
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Kielder Forest is a large forestry plantation in Northumberland, England. It is the largest forest in the UK, covering an area of 500 km²[1]. There is a large reservoir, Kielder Water at the heart of the forest.
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The Roman Empire is the name given to both the imperial domain developed by the city-state of Rome and also the corresponding phase of that civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government. This article however is about the latter.
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Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish Borders, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger.
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Border Reivers were raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border (Border country), for nearly three hundred years from the late 13th century to the end of the 16th century, although their heyday was perhaps in the last hundred years of their existence.
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N. arquata

Binomial name
Numenius arquata
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.
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Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada]] A national park is a reserve of land, usually, but not always (see National Parks of England and Wales), declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution.
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Peak District
National Park of England
Protected Landscape/Seascape (IUCN V)

Peak District entrance stone on Hathersage Road, Sheffield


Country England
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Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes and its mountains (or fells
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Dartmoor
National Park of England
National Park (IUCN II)

High Willhays, the highest point on Dartmoor and southern England at 621 m (2037 ft) above sea level, with Yes Tor beyond


Country England
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North York Moors
National Park of England
National Park (IUCN II)

The North York Moors from space.


Country England
County North Yorkshire

Area| 1,436 km (0 mi)
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Yorkshire Dales
National Park of England
National Park (IUCN II)

National park entrance sign, near Skipton


Country England

Regions North Yorkshire,West Yorkshire,Cumbria

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Exmoor
National Park of England
National Park (IUCN II)

View of the Porlock Vale over toward Bossington Hill from Porlock Hill


Country England
County Devon & Somerset

Area|
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The Broads are a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes (known locally as broads) in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Broads and some surrounding land was constituted as a special area with a level of protection similar to a national park by
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Location Hampshire, United Kingdom
Nearest city Southampton
Coordinates
Area 571 km² (141,097 acres)
Established 1079
Total visitation 7.
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The South Downs National Park is a proposed National Park in the South Downs region of England, stretching for 90 miles, from Winchester in Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, near Eastbourne in East Sussex in the east.
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Motto
Cymru am byth   (Welsh)
"Wales forever"
Anthem
"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"
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Snowdonia (Welsh: Eryri) is a region of north Wales and a national park, of 838 square miles (2,170 km²) in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National Parks in Wales, in 1951.
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Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (Welsh: Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro) is a national park along the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. It is the only national park in the United Kingdom to be primarily coastal.
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