National Parks Week starts today and runs through until 2nd August,with a range of activities organised around the country. Activities aresplit into two main catagories: Celebrating the Past and Looking Afterthe Future and take in Roman

Another update on National Parks Week which runs from 30 July to 5 August and is a celebration of our National Parkswith a load of special events being run in different locations.The Peak District National Park is the most accessible inthe UK and

It's National Parks Week between 30 July and 5August and National Parks around the UK will be celebrating byoranising events designed to celebrate some of the best landscapes inthe country.As an example, the Lake District National Park has

We just thought we'd draw your attention to an interestingarticle in today's Guardian Society section about the increasingpressure of visitor numbers on National Parks.The piece highlights the plight of the Peak District and theproposal to introduce

Footwear giant Merrell is expanding its partnership with the UK National Parks to launch an updated version of a UK National Parks Visitor Passport with the aim of inspiring more people to get out into the outdoors and the chance to win Merrell kit

Today's recommendation by Natural England that the boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales National Park should be extended to add an additional 162 square miles gets a big thumbs up from the Dales Park Authority.The revised boundaries for the park

Lots of self congratulation in North Wales, where the Snowdonia National Park has topped the standings in  a recent survey to find out people's awareness of and opinions about National Parks in Britain.It's the third exercise of its kind in the past

Sneaking in under the silly season news radar is the second annualNational Parks Week which runs from 22-29 July this year.The aim of the week is to encourage people of all ages andabilities to experience and enjoy what the UK's 14 national

Nice touch from the NationalParks web site which has a neat 'Send a postcard' pagewhich you can use to, erm, send a virtual postcard of your favouriteNational Park to a friend.It's dead easy. You simply choose one of the rather nice cards on offer

An interesting date for a launch, but the South Downs National Park officially went live at noon today - 1 April - with a formal opening ceremony in Petersfield backed up with a veritable smorgasbord of celebrations.1600 Square KilometresThe new