Cairngorms National Park
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 park covers the Cairngorms range of mountains, and surrounding hills. Already the largest national park in the United Kingdom, in 2010 it was expanded into Perth and Kinross.Roughly 18,000 people reside within the 4,528 square kilometre national park. The largest communities are Aviemore, Ballater, Braemar, Grantown-on-Spey, Kingussie, Newtonmore, and Tomintoul. Tourism makes up about 80% of the economy. In 2018, 1.9 million tourism visits were recorded. The majority of visitors are domestic, with 25 per cent coming from elsewhere in the UK, and 21 per cent being from other countries.
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The Pass of Drumochter is the main route into the national park from the south.
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Insh Marshes are an important area of wetlands within the national park.
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The Linn of Dee on the River Dee near Braemar. Linn is the Scots word for waterfall.
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Entrance sign on the A9 road near the Slochd, showing the national park logo.
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Comments
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Love being in the hills. Always great views and excellent days out. Walks for every ability.
2 weeks ago -
Early June; swimming in a lake on a sandy beach with snowy peaks just a few miles behind, cycling along some great mountain tracks with very diverse scenery. If you venture deep into the park it is possible to find some epic wildcamping spots along the river but make sure you leave no trace behind and keep this place pristine.
2 months ago -
Had a fabulous day out with grandkids they loved it. We saw all the animals up close it was amazing. Very clean, plenty of toilets. Food was available from kiosks or cafe, there is also picnic places if you decide to take you own 😁
a month ago -
A really good day out. Wide range of animals, mostly, on view in enclosures. Cleaver use of available terrain to give good views but stimulating environments. To be fair it was a very hot day and only the polar bear and monkeys who were in the water seemed to be enjoying themselves. Most of the others were (understandably) laying about in the coolest places available. A real pity that both cafés weren't open causing long queues for drinks and food, we gave up. If your near give yourself half a day and have a look.
a month ago -
Beautiful location, good accessible public paths up the mountains, big car park only needs £2 donation to park in, Ranger gave us advice for wild camping
4 weeks ago -
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Whether you were here in the summer or the winter there is always amazing sites to be seen. I believe this is one of the largest national parks in the entire country and will leave everyone amazed. Overall highly recommended
8 months ago -