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Here's a timeless Christmas gift for cosy nights o Here's a timeless Christmas gift for cosy nights or outdoor adventures - and one that supports our National Parks too 🎅

Crafted from pure British wool by heritage mill AW Hainsworth, this beautiful series of blankets features signature stripes inspired by the natural colours and distinctive landscapes of the National Park it represents. 

And if you use the code NPB20OFF you get a festive 20% off! 
 
Shop them here at the link in the bio ☝️

Every purchase from the National Parks partner product range supports the vital work of the UK’s fifteen National Parks.
Family-friendly stocking fillers! 🎅 Celebrate Family-friendly stocking fillers! 🎅

Celebrate the beauty of the UK’s great outdoors with the official National Parks patches from Paw Print family. Add a touch of wilderness to your jackets, bags, or accessories with vibrant patches that showcase your love for these iconic locations. 

Get your beautiful badges at the link in the bio ☝️

Every purchase from the National Parks partner product range supports the vital work of the UK’s fifteen National Parks.
Still on the hunt for Christmas presents? 👀 Eve Still on the hunt for Christmas presents? 👀 Every purchase from the National Parks partner product range supports the vital work of the UK’s fifteen National Parks - from restoring habitats and protecting wildlife to supporting local communities.

Mapelio’s bespoke, high-quality wall maps celebrate the UK National Parks in beautifully detailed designs. Printed on sustainable materials, each piece showcases the distinctive landscapes and boundaries of the National Parks - bringing a touch of the outdoors into your home while supporting their ongoing protection. 

And better still - if you use the code NP12, you get a a festive 12% off. 

Browse and buy your wall map - along with the rest of our partner product range - at the link in the bio ☝️
Here's a perfect gift for walkers, cyclists and ou Here's a perfect gift for walkers, cyclists and outdoor adventurers this Christmas 🥾

Combining expert mapping with local insights, HarperCollins’ official National Parks Pocket Maps and Favourite Walks series help you explore Britain’s most breathtaking places with confidence. 

Shop them at the link in the bio ☝️

Every purchase from the National Parks partner product range supports the vital work of the UK’s fifteen National Parks - from restoring habitats and protecting wildlife to supporting local communities.
Nature wins in National Parks! 👏🌳🍄 Each Nature wins in National Parks! 👏🌳🍄

Each month we celebrate the projects in our National Parks giving nature and wildlife a brighter future - from rare species bouncing back to habitats getting a boost. Here are the top stories from November.

For more on these stories from our National Park - plus inspiration, updates and job vacancies - subscribe to the Postcards from the Parks newsletter at the link in the bio 👆

🌳 The South Downs National Park Authority has smashed its target of planting 100,000 trees by the middle of this decade – and has now set its sights on planting at least one million more. The huge tree planting drive includes a much-needed resurgence of the iconic elm tree, a lost beacon of the British countryside due to elm disease.

🍄 A rare species once thought extinct in the UK has just been found in the ancient landscape of the New Forest National Park for the first time. The fantastic-looking candelabra coral was found at a site protected by the Species Survival Fund (SSF) project, which is led by the New Forest National Park Authority.

🌻 In the Lake District National Park, a combined area of species-rich hay meadows the size of 23 football pitches has been restored through a project designed to enhance biodiversity on farmland across the national park.

🦅 A sum of £1.275 million has been unlocked to restore nature, boost biodiversity and build resilient communities in the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park. The funding has been provided to the National Park Authority via The Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund and has been welcomed as a commitment tackling the joint nature and climate crisis.

🐭 In the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, a new monitoring project at the nature reserve near the famous Neolithic monument of Pentre Ifan has revealed encouraging signs of dormouse activity in restored woodland. Recent studies show the population has declined by more than 70% since 2000, making local discoveries like this especially significant.
Still in the market for Christmas gifts? Here's a Still in the market for Christmas gifts? Here's a stunning coffee table keepsake for anyone who loves British nature. 

This visually striking book by Bonnier Books celebrates 75 years of the National Parks, taking readers on a journey through the beauty, heritage and artistic legacy of the UK’s most iconic landscapes. 

From inspiring photography to engaging storytelling, this book brings the wonder of the National Parks into your home. 

Get your copy at the link in the bio ☝️

Every purchase from the National Parks partner product range supports the vital work of the UK’s fifteen National Parks - from restoring habitats and protecting wildlife to supporting local communities.
Sport your favourite National Park in style this C Sport your favourite National Park in style this Christmas! 🍃

Mark your memories and adventures with this collection of beautifully designed enamel pins, each representing one of the UK’s 15 National Parks - a perfect stocking filler for explorers and collectors alike.

As a special festive offer, use the code 'Nationalparks25' to get 15% off! 

Get your Adventure Pins at the link in the bio ☝️

Every purchase from the National Parks partner product range supports the vital work of the UK’s fifteen National Parks - from restoring habitats and protecting wildlife to supporting local communities.
Good news for nature in National Parks! 👏 🌿 Good news for nature in National Parks! 👏 🌿 🐦‍⬛ 

Your National Parks are working hard to further the recovery and protection of nature within their landscapes. Every month in our newsletter, we round up some of the best examples - and here are some of the highlights from October. 

🌳 A pioneering nature recovery project has reintroduced 19 pine martens to Exmoor National Park - marking the first officially licenced return of this native species after being lost to the landscape for over a century. Translocated from Scotland, the cat-sized, woodland-dwelling animals were released during September at secret locations owned by the National Trust and Exmoor National Park Authority. 

🦋 A new population of marsh fritillaries has been discovered by Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and Butterfly Conservation volunteers in Cwm Gwaun, offering hope for one of Europe’s most vulnerable butterflies, which has disappeared from 43% of its British range since 1985. Find out more.

💦 Eleven much-needed wildlife ponds will be created across the South Downs National Park to help nature bounce back, thanks to a £75,000 funding boost. The Pounds for Ponds initiative is now entering its second phase after already restoring 10 dew ponds across Sussex and Hampshire. 

🌄 A bold vision for the Yorkshire Dales National Park was unveiled in Grassington with the launch of an updated management plan for the next five years. It includes includes extensive nature restoration commitments, such as an objective to bring all remaining degraded peatland in the National Park into initial restoration by 2035.

To keep up to date on the latest good news for nature in our National Parks, subscribe to the Postcards from the Parks newsletter at the link in the bio.
✨ Give the Gift of Nature this Christmas! ✨ F ✨ Give the Gift of Nature this Christmas! ✨

Find the perfect present and support the UK’s 15 National Parks.

Every item in our official partner range supports the vital work that keeps our landscapes, wildlife and communities thriving.

🎁 Featuring:

🌿 20% off Wildbounds National Parks blankets
🏕️ 15% off collectable Adventure Pins
💚 Every purchase gives back to nature

Shop the range at the link in the bio 😊

#NationalParks #ChristmasShopping #SustainableGifts #GiftsThatGiveBack #Christmas2025
New job vacancies working to support our National New job vacancies working to support our National Parks! 🌿 

Looking for a new role? A host of opportunities have sprung up across our UK National Parks over the last week, including: 

⛰️ Strategy and policy manager in Bannau Brycheiniog 
🤳 Social media and digital assistant in the Lake District 
🏡 Senior planning officer in the Cairngorms

There are are also currently a raft of vacancies within National Parks Partnerships (NPP), an organisation that works to support all 15 National Parks. Current opportunities with NPP include: 

📺 Director of communications and brand
🌱 Nature-based solutions officer
🔗 Administration and events officer
💡 Development officer

See these vacancies and all the others currently available on our clickable job map - link in the bio or Google 'National Park Jobs UK'
A big shout-out to everyone who used the walking-f A big shout-out to everyone who used the walking-for-charity app trundl to raise money for the UK's National Parks in September. 🍃

Thanks to you, £300 has been raised to help our 15 National Parks continue their incredible work - simply by walking. 🥾

Don’t miss the next community trundl - grab the free walking app and get involved! 📲
National Parks are hiring! 🙌 🌿 🦅 There National Parks are hiring! 🙌 🌿 🦅 

There are about a dozen job vacancies at the moment across the UK's 15 National Parks right now, ranging from a Chief Executive Officer role in Northumberland to a youth internship supporting nature in the New Forest. 

There is also an exciting national job opportunity for an ambitious communications virtuoso! National Parks Partnerships are seeking a Director of Communications and Brand tasked with championing the collective voice of the UK National Parks. 

See the full range of roles at the link in the bio! 👆 Please share to help us reach as wide a range of candidates as we can.
Want to have a job helping to protect and nurture Want to have a job helping to protect and nurture the future of the UK's most beautiful places? 🌿

Job opportunities across the UK's 15 National Parks right now stretch from Loch Lomond to Dartmoor and include:

📍 Chief Executive - Dartmoor National Park
📍 Waterways and Recreation Officer - Broads National Park 
📍 Project Management Advisers - Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
📍 Delivery Manager (Moors for the Future Partnership) - Peak District National Park 

Check out all the current opportunities at the link in the bio!
We have our winners! 📸 Two breathtaking and ve We have our winners! 📸

Two breathtaking and very different photographs from the Cairngorms and the Lake District have been crowned winners of the 2025 UK National Parks Photography Competition, supported by @sykescottages. 

Chosen from over 500 entries, this year’s competition has once again showcased the outstanding creativity and passion that the UK’s 15 National Parks inspire. We want to thank everyone who entered for their many wonderful images. 

Gill Williams’s (@gillwilliamsphotographyandart) photograph - on the first slide - was chosen by the public as the overall winning image. A retired police officer, Gill is a self-taught photographer who is inspired by the ‘wildlife paradise’ of her home in the Cairngorms National Park. Her winning image shows pine forests dissolving into morning mist beneath golden light on Tulloch Moor.

An area of heathland, Tulloch Moor is part of the RSPB reserve at Loch Garten, which is part of the wider Cairngorms Connect project – an ambitious vision to enhance habitats, species and ecological processes, including ancient Caledonian Forest, across a vast area within the Cairngorms National Park. The Cairngorms National Park Authority is a supporting partner in this bold project. 

Mark Hetherington’s (@markshetherington) image (second slide) was selected as the Sykes Holiday Cottages employees winner. A retired Quantity Surveyor from Penrith, Mark’s passion for photography and the Lake District National Park shines through his winning entry. 

Taken at Warnscale Head Bothy above Buttermere, it took Mark four years to capture the perfect sunset. His image conveys a powerful sense of scale and a deep connection between people and landscape. 

Both winners will each receive a £250 Sykes Holiday Cottages voucher and a complete set of Collins National Park Pocket Map and Favourite Ranger Walks books, worth £115, thanks to National Parks partner, @collins_ref. 

Find out more about the winning images and the stories behind them at the link in the bio!
A huge thanks to everyone who has voted in our ann A huge thanks to everyone who has voted in our annual photography competition so far! 

This shot capturing the geological marvel of limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, captured by @peopleofthepeak, is the final shortlisted image. 

As with all the other entries, if you like it, like it! The photo with the most likes will win the public vote and be one of two overall winners in the competition. Voting closes at the end of Monday so get our likes in now! Just scroll back through the timeline over the last 10 days to see the other entries. 

Thanks to @sykescottages and @collins_ref for their fantastic support of this competition, which has been bigger than ever this year. 

#NPUKPics25
The penultimate shortlisted entry in our annual ph The penultimate shortlisted entry in our annual photography competition comes from @vinco_camm.photos, an atmospheric capture of the stunning landscape of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park. 

You know how it works by now - show your support by simply liking to vote!

#NPUKPics25
Next up in our 2025 photography competition shortl Next up in our 2025 photography competition shortlist: a squirrel having a bit of a yoga stretch on one of the many footpath signs that grace the Yorkshire Dales National Park, as captured by @muddybootees. 

To vote for this image as your favourite, just like this post - the shot with the most likes when voting closes will win our public vote. 

#NPUKPics25
The next shortlisted entry in our photography comp The next shortlisted entry in our photography competition is this shot of a Buck Moon over the beautiful Broads National Park, as captured by @mattwillimottphotography. 

You know the drill by now - like to vote for it as your favourite! The pic with the most likes at the end of the competition wins the public vote.

Thanks to @sykescottages and @collins_ref for their fantastic support of the competition. 

#NPUKPics25
This sunset shot from the Lake District National P This sunset shot from the Lake District National Park is next up on our photography competition shortlist 📸 Captured by @markshetherington, it shows the Warnscale Head bothy above Buttermere. 

Show your support by simply liking to vote! The image with the most likes will win the public vote. 

Thank you to @sykescottages and @collins_ref for their support and all of you for your engagement so far. 

#NPUKpics25

#NPUKpics25
This shot of sunrise over reefs of purple heathlan This shot of sunrise over reefs of purple heathland in the New Forest National Park was captured by @hang_ross76 and is the next shortlisted entry in our 2025 photography competition! 

Cast your vote simply by liking this image if you like it! The photo with the most likes will win our public vote. 

#npukpics25
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