Forest parks of Scotland

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Forest parks are areas of forest managed by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) that are managed for multiple benefits, with an emphasis on recreation facilities for visitors.{{cite web|url=https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/safeguarding-protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/national-designations/other-national-designations|title=Other national designations |publisher=Scottish Natural Heritage|accessdate=2018-05-03}} There are currently six forest parks in Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://forestryandland.gov.scot/visit/forest-parks|title=Forest Parks|publisher=Forestry and Land Scotland|accessdate=2019-04-02}}

The first forest park was the Argyll Forest Park, on the Cowal peninsula, which was established in 1935. The largest is the Galloway Forest Park, at {{convert|774|km2|mi2}}.

List of forest parks

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Name	'''Area (ha){{cite web\|url=https://data.gov.uk/dataset/1cfb57ae-72a9-4ab3-95a5-e22d3b2c134f/national-forest-estate-forest-parks-gb\|title=National Forest Estate Forest Parks GB\|publisher=Scottish Government Spatial Data Infrastructure \|date=2017-09-21\|accessdate=2018-05-14}}	Area (km²)	Date established	Council area'''
Argyll Forest Park	{{convert\|21133\|ha\|km2\|disp=table}}	1935{{cite web\|url=https://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/forest-parks/argyll-forest-park\|title=Argyll Forest Park\|publisher=Forestry Commission Scotland\|accessdate=2018-05-15}}	Argyll and Bute
Galloway Forest Park	{{convert\|77396\|ha\|km2\|disp=table}}	1947	Dumfries and Galloway
Glenmore Forest Park	{{convert\|3566\|ha\|km2\|disp=table}}	1948{{cite web\|url=https://apps.snh.gov.uk/sitelink-api/v1/sites/1665/documents/3\|title=Glenmore Forest SSSI Site Management Statement\|accessdate=2019-02-10\|date=2008-10-30\|page=4\|publisher=Scottish Natural Heritage}}	Highland
Queen Elizabeth Forest Park	{{convert\|19665\|ha\|km2\|disp=table}}	1953{{cite web\|title=Cowal and Trossachs District Strategic Plan 2014-2017\|publisher=Forest Enterprise Scotland\|accessdate=2019-02-10\|url=https://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/images/corporate/pdf/CowalTrossachsDsp2014-17.pdf\|page=13}}	Stirling
Tay Forest Park	{{convert\|19366\|ha\|km2\|disp=table}}		Perth and Kinross
Tweed Valley Forest Park	{{convert\|6365\|ha\|km2\|disp=table}}	2002{{cite web\|title=Dumfries and Borders District Strategic Plan 2009-2013\|publisher=Forest Enterprise Scotland\|accessdate=2019-02-10\|url=https://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/images/corporate/pdf/dumfries-borders-plan.pdf\|page=16}}	Scottish Borders

References

External links

{{official website|https://forestryandland.gov.scot/visit/forest-parks}}
[https://forestryandland.gov.scot/blog/scotlands-forest-parks A guide to Scotland's Forest Parks] - Forestry and Land Scotland

Category:Lists of protected areas of Scotland