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Snowdonia, or Eryri (pronounced ⓘ), is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales.It contains all 15 mountains in Wales over 3000 feet high, including the country's highest, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), which is 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) tall.
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro) – is a national park along the Pembrokeshire coast in West Wales. It was established as a National Park in 1952, and is the only one in the United Kingdom to have been designated primarily because of its spectacular coastline. It covers an area of 629 square kilometres (243 ...
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Following the Environment Act 1995, each national park has been managed by its own national park authority, a special purpose local authority, since April 1997. [5]Around half the members of each national park authority are appointees from the principal local authorities covered by the park; the remainder are appointed by the Senedd, some to represent the community councils, others selected to ...
In 2022, a Gwynedd councillor put forward a motion asking the national park authority to stop using the English names Snowdon and Snowdonia. [5] On 16 November 2023, the Snowdonia National Park Authority voted to use the Welsh names Eryri and Yr Wyddfa, over their pre-existing names used in English, Snowdonia and Snowdon, respectively. In the ...
Coed y Brenin (Welsh for King's Forest) is a forest in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales near Dolgellau at grid reference. It is popular for its mountain bike trails and hiking paths. It has several man-made mountain bike singletrack courses in a woodland setting, varying in length from 12 to 38 km (7 to 23 mi), and one dual slalom course.
Snowdon is designated a national nature reserve for its rare flora and fauna, and is located within Snowdonia National Park. The rocks that form Snowdon were produced by volcanoes in the Ordovician period, and the massif has been extensively sculpted by glaciation , forming the pyramidal peak of Snowdon and the arêtes of Crib Goch and Y Lliwedd .
Snowdonia (Eryri) 5 Glyder Fawr: 999 m (3,278 ft) [2] Glyderau: Snowdonia (Eryri) 6 Glyder Fach: 994 m (3,261 ft) Glyderau: Snowdonia (Eryri) 7 Pen yr Ole Wen: 978 m (3,209 ft) Carneddau: Snowdonia (Eryri) 8 Foel Grach: 976 m (3,202 ft) Carneddau: Snowdonia (Eryri) 9 Yr Elen: 962 m (3,156 ft) Carneddau: Snowdonia (Eryri) 10 Y Garn: 947 m (3,107 ...