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A clear description that illustrates how the area has developed into a recreational facility
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A clear description that illustrates how the area has developed into a recreational facility In 1951 the first National Park was created. It was the Peak District. In England and Wales there are 12 National parks. Below is a list of the National Parks: 0. Exmoor 0. Brecon Beacons 0. Dartmoor 0. North York Moors 0. Peak District 0. Pembrokeshire 0. Broads Authority 0. Snowdonia 0. Lake District 0. Northumberland 0. New Forest 0. Yorkshire Dales Various acts were introduced to co-inside with the peak districts and other national parks across England and Wales. The environmental acts included the countryside act in 1949,which had to be revised in 1968 to change with activities in the park which changed from passive activities such as walking to more active activities. The local government act was introduced in 1972, which introduced the right of access and trespass laws. In 1949 the Countryside Act was passed for the National Parks to be created. Also in 1949 the National Parks and Access to the Countryside was established. This allowed people to come to the countryside and use the recreational facility. But at the time farmers owned a large amount of the land. Due to trespasses the farmers received a lot of troubles. Trampling crops of grass reduces the amount of winter feed for farm animals. Walkers who stray from footpaths may climb over the drystone walls rather than looking out for the stiles, which mark the course of footpaths across farmland. Livestock can come to grief if gates are left open, allowing them to stray. Many sheep are injured and even killed by dogs not under proper control. The Peak District is situated in a great place for tourists and visitors. Major conurbations surround it. It is near such cities as Derby, Stoke and Manchester all in a 60-mile radius of the Park. Due to the Peak National Park being situated near these highly populated towns and cities, there are around 17 million people who are within an hour’s drive from it. Recently the Peak National Park has grown in popularity. In the years 2001 and 2002 I would expect that the numbers of visitors coming to the Peak National Park would have risen a lot. I believe this because I think the effect of the terrorist attacks on September 11th would of made people to chose to stay in England and to take a countryside holiday rather than one abroad until there confidence comes back. As the popularity of the Peak National Park has increased we have come to see tourism impacts to come about. The Peak National Park used to only let people do such recreational activities like walking, rock climbing and fishing. In recent years though, people have decided to do more different recreation activities that abuse the rules, this led to more impacts to occur in the Park People have begun to drive off road vehicles and quad bikes in the National Parks. After the opening of the Peak National Park eleven more National Parks were opened. Disposable income increased around the time of the openings (1951). This led to tourism to become affordable. It also meant that car ownership numbers increased helping people travel to the National Parks quicker. It gave the Tourist more independence on when and how they take their trip. In 1968 the Park Ranger were introduced. Their job was to watch over the Park making sure visors or habitants did not abuse it. They would provide help and information for visitors; help keep up good relations with farmers and other local people; patrol access land and footpaths; and deal with stile repairs, moorland fires or mountain accidents. Due to people abusing the Bylaws a new Countryside act was produced in 1968. The act was changed so it could contend with the growing trends of the age. The traffic Management Scheme was set up in the 1970s due to the congestion on the country roads. These small windy roads were not able to hold the traffic. Car parking was introduced to offer a place for the visitor to park instead of by the side of the narrow road. Average Daily Traffic Flows Site of Count 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 A6 Bakewell 6645 6836 7060 7600 8186 8830 9211 9614 10044 A515 Fenny Bentley 4208 4231 4238 4306 4953 5356 5625 5396 5482 A628 Crowden 3649 3794 4235 4953 6194 8691 8851 9574 9542 A623 Chapel 4061 4033 4230 4333 5560 5902 6048 6400 6220 C96 Edale 604 593 597 569 642 702 756 720 708 A54 Cleulow Cross 1046 0994 1020 1052 1100 1360 1460 1508 1289 A625 Fox House 3957 3936 4183 4450 4686 4791 4883 4804 4128* A635 Greenfield 1930 1975 2059 2194 2233 3160 3488 3693 3764 *major roadwork in autumn/winter As we can see from the table above, the number of cars travelling through the National Park has been increasing over the last 16 years by a big amount. The pressure on the small country narrow roads was so much that the management had to be created. The plan identifies the main problems and attempts to locate them and rectify them. The good co-operation between the various landowners (inc.
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