Tag: Exmoor National Park

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Exmoor National Park

Siobhan O’Donnell

Exmoor: Where the Red Deer Are Magnificent, the Stag Hunting Debate Is Eternal, and the Locals Would Like You to Know It’s Not Dartmoor DULVERTON — Exmoor National Park, the smallest and arguably most quietly dignified of England’s national parks, has spent 73 years doing excellent conservation work, hosting magnificent red deer, maintaining some of Britain’s darkest skies, and gently but persistently reminding visitors that it is not, in fact,…

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Britain’s National Parks

Mei Lin Chen

Britain’s National Parks: 75 Things We’ve Noticed That the Brochure Forgot to Mention Every national park in Britain has an official website, a visitor strategy, and a glossy leaflet featuring a lone walker silhouetted against a dramatic sky. None of them mention any of the following. We have. Lake District The lone walker in every Lake District photograph is either a professional model or someone whose partner refused to be…