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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 Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park (the Cairngorms National Park) on 1 September 2003. [2] Although the Cairngorms give their name to, and are at the heart of, the Cairngorms National Park, they only form one part of the national park, alongside other hill ranges such as the Angus Glens and the Monadhliath , and lower ...
The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is a full planning authority, exercising powers that would otherwise be exercised by the local authority, whilst the Cairngorms National Park has the power to "call in" planning decisions from the local authority where they are considered to conflict with the aims of the park. [28]
Cairn Gorm (Scottish Gaelic: An Càrn Gorm) [4] is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands.It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains.With a summit elevation of 1,244.8 m (4,084 ft) above sea level, Cairn Gorm is classed as a Munro and is the sixth-highest mountain in the British Isles.
Located in Cairngorms National Park, the loch and the forest around it are popular with birdwatchers, walkers, mountain bikers and day-trippers. [10] Among the birds found on or around Loch an Eilein are the crested tit , common redstart , spotted flycatcher , tree pipit , red-throated diver , common sandpiper , whinchat , and the occasional ...
Owned and managed by Forestry and Land Scotland, it lies within the Cairngorms National Park, and is one of six forest parks in the country. [4] The forest park, which was established in 1948, [ 5 ] covers 35.7 km 2 , [ 6 ] of which 21.1 km 2 is designated as a national nature reserve (NNR). [ 2 ]
VisitScotland, formerly the Scottish Tourist Board (Scottish Gaelic: Bòrd Turasachd na h-Alba), is a national tourism organisation for Scotland. It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness, and other parts of Scotland.
Cairngorm Mountain Railway; Cairngorm Mountain ski resort, a ski and snowboarding recreation area on Cairn Gorm; Cairngorms, a mountain range in the Scottish Highlands Cairngorms National Park, a national park in Cairngorms, Scotland; Cairngorm Lochs, a protected wetland area in the Cairngorms; Cairngorm, a community in Strathroy-Caradoc ...