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17th April 1951: Peak District in northern England formally designated the United Kingdom’s first National Park

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The Peak District was selected as the first area to receive this status because of its landscape and its proximity to large populations covering approximately 555 square miles across parts of Derbyshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, and ...

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