Back Kernqorms Milli Parkı Azerbaijani Taman Nasional Cairngorms BAN Cairngorms National Park CEB Národní park Cairngorms Czech Cairngorms National Park Danish Cairngorms-Nationalpark German Parque nacional Cairngorms Spanish Cairngorms Parke Nazionala Basque Cairngormsin kansallispuisto Finnish Parc national de Cairngorms French
| Cairngorms National Park | |
|---|---|
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
 View of the Cairngorms National Park. | |
 Location and extent of the Cairngorms National Park | |
| Location | United Kingdom (Scotland) |
| Coordinates | 57°5′N 3°40′W / 57.083°N 3.667°W |
| Area | 4,528 km2 (1,748 sq mi)[1] |
| Established | 2003 |
| Governing body | National park authority |
| Website | Cairngorms National Park |
| Official name | Cairngorm Lochs |
| Designated | 24 July 1981 |
| Reference no. | 216[2] |
| UK National Parks |
|---|
| Parentheses denotes the year. An area with ‡ has similar status to a UK National Park. Areas marked † are proposed. |
Cairngorms National Park (Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Nàiseanta a' Mhonaidh Ruaidh) is a national park in northeast Scotland, established in 2003. It was the second of two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, which was set up in 2002. The park covers the Cairngorms range of mountains, and surrounding hills. Already the largest national park in the United Kingdom, in 2010 it was expanded into Perth and Kinross.[3]
Roughly 18,000 people live within the 4,528-square-kilometre (1,748 sq mi) national park. The largest communities are Aviemore, Ballater, Braemar, Grantown-on-Spey, Kingussie, Newtonmore and Tomintoul. Like all other national parks in the UK, the park is IUCN designated Category V however it contains within its boundaries several national nature reserves that have IUCN Category II (national park) statuses, such as Abernethy Forest and Mar Lodge Estate.[4]
In 2018, 1.9 million tourism visits were recorded.[5] The majority of visitors are domestic, with 25 per cent coming from elsewhere in the UK, and 21 per cent being from other countries.[6] Tourism makes up about 80% of the economy of the national park.[4]
- ^ "Cairngorms NP". NatureScot. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Cairngorm Lochs". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Cairngorms National Park boundary extended". BBC News. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Key Facts". CAIRNGORMS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Sustainable Tourism". Cairngorms National Park Authority. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
f&fwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).