ABSTRACT
By 1957, there were ten National Parks in England and Wales, totalling 13,618 sq km. For the next three decades, the movement appeared content, even though other potential parks, such as the South Downs and the Norfolk Broads, had been missed. Designation of AONBs was under way, but meant little in practice. In Scotland, Ramsay’s five ‘priority’ parks became National Park Direction Areas (p. 69), extending to about 3,000 sq km but receiving little special attention. It was to be three decades before Regional Parks and National Scenic Areas would be devised in an effort to fill some of the gaps north of the border (p. 158).
