Facts and Figures

The following tables summarise general information about the National Parks of England and Wales.

General National Park statistics

	Designation Year	Designation Order	Area (ha)	Population	Visitor days (millions per year)
Brecon Beacons	1957	10th	135,144	32,000	7
Dartmoor	1951	4th	95,570	29,100	4
Exmoor	1954	8th	69,280	10,645	1.4
Lake District	1951	2nd	229,198	42,239	22
Northumberland	1956	9th	104,947	2,200	1.5
North York Moors	1952	6th	143,603	25,500	8
Peak District	1951	1st	143,833	38,100	19
Pembrokshire Coast	1952	5th	62,000	22,842	4.7
Snowdonia	1951	3rd	214,159	26,251	10.5
Yorkshire Dates	1954	7th	176,869	17,980	9
The Broads	1989	11th	30,292	5,500	5.4
New Forest	2005	12th	57,086	34,400	13.5

	Private	Forestry Commission	Ministry of Defence	Water Companies	National Trust	Natural England/CCW	NPA	Other
Brecon Beacons	69.6	8.0	0.1	4.0	3.5	0.8	13.0	1.0
Dartmoor	57.3	1.8	14.0	2.9	2.4	0.3	1.4	19.9
Exmoor	77.1	1.8	0.0	0.6	10.0	0.0	6.8	3.7
Lake District	58.7	5.0	0.2	6.8	25.4	0.0	6.8	3.7
Northumberland	56.4	18.9	22.6	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.0
North York Moors	79.9	16.6	0.5	0.1	1.2	0.0	0.6	1.1
Peak District	70.1	0.5	0.2	13.5	11.4	0.1	4.2	0.0
Pembrokshire Coast	85.7	1.3	4.6	0.0	4.2	0.5	2.3	1.4
Snowdonia	69.9	15.8	0.0	0.9	8.9	1.7	1.2	1.6
Yorkshire Dates	96.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	3.5	0.4	0.1	0.2
The Broads	86.5	0.2	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.5	0.5	4.3
New Forest	46.9	47.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	3.8

	Open country	Agricu- ltural Land	Conif- erous woods	Broad- leaved woods	Mixed woods	Cliff & fore- shore	Inland water	Urban area	Dere- lict land	Other/not specified	Total	Common land
Brecon Beacons	58,451	53,651	9,051	5,565	352	0	799	1,078	323	5,792	135,062	47,957
Dartmoor	44.831	36,569	3,432	5,547	2,173	0	209	1,472	85	933	95,251	37,028
Exmoor	18.988	39,371	2,906	4,429	502	534	164	606	5	1,775	69,280	--
Lake District	103,254	76,805	10,814	9,224	5,036	2,420	6,317	1,817	164	13,230	229,081	16,460
Northumberland	58,452	22,654	16,490	975	224	0	144	116	15	5,877	104,947	150
North York Moors	49,062	60,969	18,966	5,461	3,254	131	109	1,068	51	4,322	143,564	23,380
Peak District	50,929	77,520	4,021	4,031	1,635	0	1,206	1,497	240	2,680	143,759	---
Pembrokshire Coast	8,606	38,836	1,441	2,454	65	3,839	106	1,291	266	1,389	58,293	4,5953
Snowdonia	96,284	66,577	21,609	8,273	1,221	2,671	2,591	1,661	317	12,947	214,1551	22,979
Yorkshire Dates	92,498	71,087	3,300	2,011	728	0	347	727	423	4,899	176,740	49,300
The Broads	209	20,996	80	3,283	72	1.18	926	698	26	3,865	30,192	--
New Forest	30,108	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,292	110	1,220	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	611,672	565,755	92,110	51,433	15,253	10,888	13,064	13,251	1,915	57,709	1,400,320	201,847

*The common land figure is included in other land categories, eg open country

Source The Countryside Commission, (1998), The National Park Authority. A Guide for Members. Ref CCP 230.

Park	Staff	Budget	Members
Brecon Beacons	98	3,078	24
Broads	95	3,902	35+5
Dartmoor	85.5	2,893	26
Exmoor	69.5	3,453	26
Lake District	120	6,696	26
New Forest	70	3,820	22
Northumberland	60	3,211	22
New York Moors	93	4,861	26
Peak District	221	9,194	38
Pembrokeshire Coast	110.12	4,010	15
Snowdonia	120	4,832	18
Yorkshire Dates	113.7	5,005	24

These figures have been taken from the ANPA Annual Report but cannot be guaranteed to have been produced on a consistent basis.
FTE (including seasonal employees)
Net Budget in £000s
Broads Authority General Account = £2,507.000. Navigation Account = £1,395.000
Broads Authority Membership of 35 does not include 5 members of the Navigation Committee