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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Roly Smith

Beyond the Lake District: five of the UK’s less-visited national parks

Tretower Castle in Southern Wales
Romantic ruins … Tretower Castle in Bannau Brycheiniog national park, Mid-Wales. Photograph: Robert Baumann/Alamy

Ask most people to name a British national park and they’ll probably plump for the Lake District or the Peak District. But there are 15 parks in the UK, most of which receive far fewer visitors than those famous names. Here, we explore some of the best.

Bannau Brycheiniog (formerly Brecon Beacons)

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