75th anniversary quiz
Test out your National Park/Campaign for National Parks trivia with our 75th anniversary quiz...
1. Who famously claimed Lake District as ‘a sort of national property, in which every man has a right and interest who has an eye to perceive and a heart to enjoy’?
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2. In which year did a mass trespass take place on Kinder Scout?
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3. In which year did John Dower publish his report that led to the setting up of National Parks?
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4. In which year was the Act of Parliament passed that enabled National Parks to be designated?
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5. In what year did a Local Government Act give the National Parks independent planning authorities?
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6. What is the name of the Lord who convened a review of National Parks that first identified the principle that conservation takes precedence over recreation in cases of conflict?
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7. Who coined the phrase ’National Parks – not ours but ours to look after’?
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8. What is the name of the disaffected National Parks Commissioner who set up a gentlemen’s dining club in the 1950s to discuss National Park concerns?
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9. Which former Secretary of CNP is now head of a major environmental organisation?
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10. In which National Park did CNP win an important test case on quarrying in the late 1990s?
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11. In which year was the largest British National Park designated?
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12. How many years elapsed between the forming of the South Downs Campaign and the confirmation of the South Downs as a National Park?
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13. In which year did CNP change its name to the Campaign for National Parks?
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14. What is the name of CNP’s ground-breaking project on community engagement?
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15. What is the Welsh name for the Brecon Beacons National Park?
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16. How many lakes are in the Lake District National Park?
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17. Which is the biggest town in a National Park?
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18. In which National Park can you find Australian marsupials wandering about?
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19. In which National Park is Natural England proposing to include the Orton Fells?
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20. In which National Park would you commonly find pannage?
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Well done - we look forward to working with you over the next 75 years!
