Dimensions:

 Area

Data source 

Total National Park Area

1,653km²

SDNPA GIS Data Catalogue

Hampshire County Council

559km²

West Sussex County Council

812km²

East Sussex County Council

243km²

Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority

3.75km²

National Park length

113.7km

National Park maximum width

49.4km

Highest point – Blackdown

280mAOD

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

Coastline

14km

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

Dimensions:

 Area

Data source 

Area comparison with other National Parks

Brecon Beacons

1,344km²

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

Broads

305km²

Cairngorms

4,528km²

Dartmoor

953km²

Exmoor

694km²

Lake District

2,292km²

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

1,865km²

New Forest

570km²

Northumberland

1,048km²

North York Moors

1,434km²

Peak District

1,437km²

Pembrokeshire Coast

621km²

Snowdonia

2,176km²

Yorkshire Dales

1,769km²

Population:

Thousand

 Data source

Resident population

110,400

South Downs National Park Local Economy Report, Hampshire County Council, 2011

Comparison with other National Parks 

Brecon Beacons

32,000

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

Broads

5,721

Cairngorms

17,000

Population figures taken from 2011 Census

Dartmoor

34,000

Exmoor

10,600

Lake District

42,200

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

15,600

New Forest

34,400

Northumberland

2,200

North York Moors

25,000

Peak District

38,000

Pembrokeshire Coast

22,800

Snowdonia

25,482

Yorkshire Dales

19,654

Population Density Rank:

Population km2

Data source

South Downs

67

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

New Forest

60

Population figures taken from 2001 Census

Pembrokeshire Coast

37

Dartmoor

36

Peak District

26

Brecon Beacons

24

Broads

19

Lake District

18

North York Moors

17

Exmoor

15

Snowdonia

12

Yorkshire Dales

11

Lock Lomond and the Trossachs

8

Cairngorms

4

Northumberland

2

Visitors:

Million

 Data source

Visitor days a year

39 (including 34.72 non-resident visitor days
a year)

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

Comparison with other National Parks

Brecon Beacons

5

 Visitor numbers have been taken from National Parks STEAM reports, mostly from 2009.

Broads

11.3

Cairngorms

3.1

Dartmoor

3.1

Exmoor

2

Lake District

23.1

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

7

New Forest

13.5

Northumberland

1.7

North York Moors

10.7

Peak District

10.4

Pembrokeshire Coast

13

Snowdonia

10.4

Yorkshire Dales

12.6

Visitor spend per annum:

Million

Data source

Visitor spend per annum

£177.7

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

Comparison with other National Parks

Brecon Beacons

£197

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

Broads

£419

Cairngorms

£185

Dartmoor

£111

Exmoor

£85

Lake District

£952

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

£190

New Forest

£123

Northumberland

£190

North York Moors

£411

Peak District

£356

Pembrokeshire Coast

£498

Snowdonia

£396

Yorkshire Dales

£400

Environmental Stewardship:

Hectares

 Data source

Total area under ES schemes

80,852

Natural England, Protected Landscapes Pilot Project 17 November, 2011

Comparison with other English National Parks

Broads

7,998

Natural England, Protected Landscapes Pilot Project 17 November, 2011

Dartmoor

41,189

Exmoor

30,296

Lake District

73,080

New Forest

29,661

Northumberland

66,837

North York Moors

78,244

Peak District

46,621

Yorkshire Dales

126,484

Conservation Areas:

Number

 Data source

Number of Conservation Areas

165

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

Comparison with other National Parks

Brecon Beacons

0

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

Broads

18

Cairngorms

4

Dartmoor

23

Exmoor

16

Lake District

21

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

7

New Forest

18

Northumberland

3

North York Moors

42

Peak District

109

Pembrokeshire Coast

13

Snowdonia

14

Yorkshire Dales

37

Public Rights of Way:

Kilometres

 Data source

Total length of PRW

3,332

SDNPA

Comparison with other English National Parks

Dartmoor

724

Source: Dartmoor National Park website: Accessed: 25/3/2012:

Exmoor

1,000

Source: Exmoor National Park Management Plan, 2007-2012

Lake District

3,010

Source: Lake District National Park website: Accessed: 25/3/2012:

New Forest

310

Source: New Forest National Park website: Accessed: 25/3/2012:

Northumberland

1,100

Source: Natural England website: Accessed: 25/3/2012:

North York Moors

2,200

Source: North York Moors National Park website: Accessed: 25/3/2012:

Peak District

3,005

Source: Peak District National Park website: Accessed: 25/3/2012:

Yorkshire Dales

2,120

Source: Yorkshire Dales National Park website: Accessed: 25/3/2012:

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Open Access Land:

Hectares

 Data source

Total area of open access land

8,500

Source: SDNPA

Comparison with other English National Parks

Broads

148

Source: Natural England, 2012

Dartmoor

46,671

Exmoor

17,607

Lake District

114,547

New Forest

17,236

North York Moors

47,976

Northumberland

60,314

Peak District

53,930

Yorkshire Dales

109,977

Scheduled Monuments:

Number

 Data source

Total number of Scheduled Monuments

616

SDNPA GIS Data Catalogue

Comparison with other National Parks

Broads

13

Source: National Parks website: Accessed: 25/3/2012

Cairngorms

60

Dartmoor

1,208

Exmoor

208

Lake District

> 200

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

60

New Forest

61

Northumberland

196

North York Moors

846

Peak District

457

Snowdonia

359

Yorkshire Dales

203