UK national parks
Fifteen parks protect the UK's most valued landscapes — 10 in England, 3 in Wales and 2 in Scotland. Each page below covers the park's character, every hill from our list that falls inside its boundary, and what the access rules there actually allow.
Designation exists to conserve the landscape and promote public enjoyment of it. It does not create a right to walk, roam or camp anywhere. What you may do on the ground is set by the ordinary law of the country the park sits in: Scotland's statutory right of responsible access under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, or — in England and Wales — mapped CRoW open access land plus the public rights-of-way network. Park byelaws and local restrictions can narrow that further; the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs camping-management zones are the best-known example. Read access rights by country or check a specific location.
Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)
1,347 km² · designated 1957
34 listed hills · highest Pen y Fan (886 m)
EnglandThe Broads
303 km² · designated 1989
No summits from our hill list inside the boundary
ScotlandCairngorms
4,528 km² · designated 2003
151 listed hills · highest Ben Macdui (1309.3 m)
EnglandDartmoor
953 km² · designated 1951
2 listed hills · highest High Willhays (622 m)
WalesEryri (Snowdonia)
2,132 km² · designated 1951
120 listed hills · highest Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa (1085 m)
EnglandExmoor
694 km² · designated 1954
1 listed hill · highest Dunkery Beacon (519.9 m)
EnglandLake District
2,362 km² · designated 1951
382 listed hills · highest Scafell Pike (978.1 m)
ScotlandLoch Lomond & The Trossachs
1,865 km² · designated 2002
63 listed hills · highest Ben More (1173.9 m)
EnglandNew Forest
566 km² · designated 2005
No summits from our hill list inside the boundary
EnglandNorth York Moors
1,434 km² · designated 1952
No summits from our hill list inside the boundary
EnglandNorthumberland
1,048 km² · designated 1956
6 listed hills · highest The Cheviot (816 m)
EnglandPeak District
1,437 km² · designated 1951
5 listed hills · highest Kinder Scout (636.3 m)
WalesPembrokeshire Coast
620 km² · designated 1952
1 listed hill · highest Foel Cwmcerwyn (536.5 m)
EnglandSouth Downs
1,624 km² · designated 2010
1 listed hill · highest Black Down (280.8 m)
EnglandYorkshire Dales
2,179 km² · designated 1954
37 listed hills · highest Whernside (736.6 m)
What the hill counts mean
The count on each card is the number of summits from our 1,740-hill dataset whose summit point falls inside that park's boundary — 803 hills across 12 of the 15 parks. Our list is drawn from the established British hill lists (Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds, Wainwrights, Hewitts, Nuttalls and county tops), so a count of zero means no summit inside the boundary qualifies for one of those lists — not that the park is short of walking. The Broads, New Forest and North York Moors are in that position. To browse hills by survey area rather than by park boundary, use regions.
Access summaries on these pages are general information about the law, not legal advice; byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override the general position. Hill data: Database of British & Irish Hills v18.3 (CC BY 4.0). Park boundaries: Office for National Statistics (OGL v3.0). Area and designation figures are the parks' published designated areas.