South Pennines - National Park?
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South Pennines - National Park?
Tell me this isn’t a national park
A local campaign aims to right a 70-year-old snub and have the beauty of the South Pennines officially recognised
Hannah Al-Othman and Sophia Hall, Sunday September 12 2021, 12.01am, The Sunday Times
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5240 ... 43f1b09ea9
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It is a landscape of rolling hills and verdant fields, sandwiched between the Peak District and the Yorkshire Dales, with picturesque towns and villages including Haworth, home of the Brontë sisters, and Ted Hughes’s beloved Hebden Bridge.
But a proposal to designate the South Pennines a national park in the 1940s was snubbed due to the region’s industrial heritage.
A list of proposed northern conservation areas drawn up in October 1946 included the Forest of Bowland and the Northumberland coast, both now designated areas of outstanding natural beauty. The South Pennines featured on the list but did not make the final cut.
“The uplands are absolutely stunning, the mill towns stunning as well — there’s no difference. I think, because of our geography, the actual development of the area has been safeguarded. It’s not been overdeveloped.”
The area, which covers 460 square miles, is home to more than 660,000 people. More than eight million can get there within 30 minutes by car or public transport. It is the only upland in England that is not a national park or area of outstanding natural beauty.
Taking in parts of east Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, the South Pennines was once at the heart of England’s cotton industry, with poor, working-class mill towns breaking up the sweeping countryside.
Visitors can take in impressive panoramas from Peel Tower on Holcombe Moor or Stoodley Pike above Todmorden. Bird-lovers can spot numerous species at Brockholes nature reserve.
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Bringing it back to football - if South Pennines is awarded National Park status, could the club claim to be the only Premier League team located in a National Park? Would that surprise the tv cameras with their (iconic ?) pictures of the terraced roof tops and the hills behind?
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A local campaign aims to right a 70-year-old snub and have the beauty of the South Pennines officially recognised
Hannah Al-Othman and Sophia Hall, Sunday September 12 2021, 12.01am, The Sunday Times
The full article includes a map so including a link:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5240 ... 43f1b09ea9
Extracts:
It is a landscape of rolling hills and verdant fields, sandwiched between the Peak District and the Yorkshire Dales, with picturesque towns and villages including Haworth, home of the Brontë sisters, and Ted Hughes’s beloved Hebden Bridge.
But a proposal to designate the South Pennines a national park in the 1940s was snubbed due to the region’s industrial heritage.
A list of proposed northern conservation areas drawn up in October 1946 included the Forest of Bowland and the Northumberland coast, both now designated areas of outstanding natural beauty. The South Pennines featured on the list but did not make the final cut.
“The uplands are absolutely stunning, the mill towns stunning as well — there’s no difference. I think, because of our geography, the actual development of the area has been safeguarded. It’s not been overdeveloped.”
The area, which covers 460 square miles, is home to more than 660,000 people. More than eight million can get there within 30 minutes by car or public transport. It is the only upland in England that is not a national park or area of outstanding natural beauty.
Taking in parts of east Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, the South Pennines was once at the heart of England’s cotton industry, with poor, working-class mill towns breaking up the sweeping countryside.
Visitors can take in impressive panoramas from Peel Tower on Holcombe Moor or Stoodley Pike above Todmorden. Bird-lovers can spot numerous species at Brockholes nature reserve.
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Bringing it back to football - if South Pennines is awarded National Park status, could the club claim to be the only Premier League team located in a National Park? Would that surprise the tv cameras with their (iconic ?) pictures of the terraced roof tops and the hills behind?
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Re: South Pennines - National Park?
Would Burnley be in the NP though?
I know, for example that when the boundaries of The Peak District were laid out they excluded the Matlock and Buxton. If this did happen and they followed the same thinking, the boundaries would skirt around the edge of larger towns.
I know, for example that when the boundaries of The Peak District were laid out they excluded the Matlock and Buxton. If this did happen and they followed the same thinking, the boundaries would skirt around the edge of larger towns.
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Re: South Pennines - National Park?
Thought the same thing, TFC.
For the purposes of this thread let's hope that the boundary of the park is Belvedere Road, with Queens and Towneley Parks enjoying the newly established status of Superparks - a park within a park.
For the purposes of this thread let's hope that the boundary of the park is Belvedere Road, with Queens and Towneley Parks enjoying the newly established status of Superparks - a park within a park.
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Surely they couldn't call it "The South Pennines" as "The Peak District" is "The South Pennines" geographically
It could be "The Central Pennines"
It could be "The Central Pennines"
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Re: South Pennines - National Park?
Burnley would still be "within" the National Park though.TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:04 amWould Burnley be in the NP though?
I know, for example that when the boundaries of The Peak District were laid out they excluded the Matlock and Buxton. If this did happen and they followed the same thinking, the boundaries would skirt around the edge of larger towns.
Buxton is always described as within the Peak District.
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The maps I've seen very much include Burnley
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I can't say I know how these things work but I'm presuming there is a proposal maps to be decided upon and that the decision making would finalise the boundaries and may differ to those proposed.
Initially I was just applying the same principle to one other NP.
Personally I can't see a town the size of Burnley (or the whole urbanised are along the M65 from Colne through to Blackburn) being included within a National Park.
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Re: South Pennines - National Park?
So, national parks skirt the edge of "larger towns" - but I'd expect Burnley, a small town, would still be included.TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:04 amWould Burnley be in the NP though?
I know, for example that when the boundaries of The Peak District were laid out they excluded the Matlock and Buxton. If this did happen and they followed the same thinking, the boundaries would skirt around the edge of larger towns.
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I think thats the point. The 'park' is different from the other national parks, as the intention is to celebrate rural and industrial heritage equally. On all the releases, things like the Singing ringing tree and mills feature very heavily.TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:07 amI can't say I know how these things work but I'm presuming there is a proposal maps to be decided upon and that the decision making would finalise the boundaries and may differ to those proposed.
Initially I was just applying the same principle to one other NP.
Personally I can't see a town the size of Burnley (or the whole urbanised are along the M65 from Colne through to Blackburn) being included within a National Park.
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Imagine the squeals from the great unwashed down t'M65 if Burnley was in a National Park but Blackbum wasn't included...Paul Waine wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:44 amSo, national parks skirt the edge of "larger towns" - but I'd expect Burnley, a small town, would still be included.
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Re: South Pennines - National Park?
It must include Barley then it can have more visitors.
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Re: South Pennines - National Park?
A 2 minute piece on BBC1 this morning, approx 8:38. Featured the Singing Ringing Tree and the countryside around Burnley.
I'm sure it will be repeated again during the day, particularly in the north west region.
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It shouldn’t be a National Park. Its not that beautiful. It’s just following the trend of not excluding anyone or anything.
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Re: South Pennines - National Park?
Buxton and Matlock are now both within the PDNP and both are significantly smaller than Burnley.Paul Waine wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:44 amSo, national parks skirt the edge of "larger towns" - but I'd expect Burnley, a small town, would still be included.
The boundary is about 2 miles up the hill from Macclesfield, which is a similar size to Burnley.
I think they would probably exclude large towns because of the planning implications - it's something of a tortuous process to get planning permission through the Park Authority.
The hills around Burnley are just as nice as the ones around Macclesfield though and there's no Singing Ringing Tree here!
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Bur n ley is wonderful.
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Re: South Pennines - National Park?
Stoodley Pike, Hardcastle Crags, Gaddens, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, even Tod - all surely belong in a National Park!
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The whole area is very worthy.
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always been an area of beauty to me, always will be, I do miss those valleys and villages that's for sure.