As far back as the late eighteenth century, people were dreaming of something like national parks. William Wordsworth famously described the Lake District as “a sort of national property, in which every man has a right and interest who has an eye to perceive and a heart to enjoy”. The world’s first National Park, Yellowstone, was founded in the United States in 1872. But it wasn’t until this day in 1949, Monday December 16, that a law was passed to create the first National Parks in Britain – the National…
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