Rating All 15 National Parks in the UK
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- In 2022 I hiked & wild camped in all 15 of the UK's National parks, here's how they stack up against each other.
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It's been a brilliant series Liam. We've enjoyed everyone of your adventures. You kept it all so real throughout. We look forward to following you onto your next chapter, we'll done 👏 🎉 You did great!
Thanks, Star. Can’t believe you followed along for the whole series, that’s some dedication. Cheers 👍
I'm from the US and travel to England often, I really enjoy your travels and how positive you are throughout your adventures. I have watched many of your videos and look forward seeing more in the future. I decided to sponsor you, (every little bit helps )so you can keep up with your adventures, which helps me to experience England, even when I'm away. Thank you ! By the way what is the brand of coffee in a bag that you take with you. I tried to buy it in stores when I was in Cornwall and Devon this past September but couldn't find it.
Not even from the UK but these videos were just weirdly super entertaining, big thanks and great job!
Simplicity is easier to understand, in turn easier to achieve
Living in the New Forest, I have to say that it is best enjoyed in spring/ early summer when the heather is in bloom. The contrasting colours are amazing!
I'm from Devon and I personally actually prefer Dartmoor to Exmoor- for the reason you mentioned!! To me, it just feels more wild!
I agree Dartmoor is a lot better, i live on Dartmoor and it is so nice.
@@alphafoxtrotzulu4235 But us on exmoor have a beautiful coast real ponies & 3 thousand red deer so exmoor wins😉…
@@oakashthorn5714 yeah but...... Dartmoor got the ruins and rows.
If I won the lottery I'd move to England in a heartbeat. I'm from Germany and while I do appreciate the Alps and a couple of other spots here, it's just too nice and clean and boring. From North to South, everything looks the same. Something I love about the UK is the diversity of _and within_ the landscapes, the ruggedness and "old" look that's part of nearly everything. I've been on road trips around Britain 4 times and have seen the most amazing places, despite not really going for proper walks or far off the beaten track. It's just a magical place.
The Broads is best experienced by boat, been there a few times around Ranworth and Horning - a magical place
And costs a fortune to do . So definitely a no go .
@@gazza1858 it really doesn’t
To be fair, The Broads is not technically a National Park. It's its own special thing in law. And yeah, it's rubbish for walking and camping. It's all about the waterways.
Have loved this series, you encouraged me to make the most of what's on our doorstep and my 6yo and I have tasked ourselves with visiting all the national parks over the 6 week holidays. 4 left to go and loving every minute. Thanks for inspiring us on your travels!
Had to pour myself a glass of red to listen to that! 3 of your top 5 are in Wales ✋ crisp high 5 for Liam!
Most beautiful country in the UK 100%
Im from the west Scotland and i think wales better to look at .... both stunning tbf
You're my favourite youtube channel for sure. Your videos are somehow super calming and inspiring to me. I'm planning to go to the UK from New Zealand and do some wild camps in Scotland and Wales one day. Thanks for the videos and please keep it up!
Man, there must be some cracking wild camps in NZ though!
We have no deadly insects or animals here. In fact, we only have one lousy toothless fox on the entire island.
@@WarfareJournal there definitely are, but I love the historical feeling of the UK! Aotearoa/New Zealand is one of the newest countries. Definitely planning on some wild camps here too though!
Great review Liam and I enjoyed watching many of your vlogs on this fantastic journey - congrats and good luck on the next series that you go for
I've reallu enjoyed this series. I've never camped in my life but seeing you do this has inspired me, i feel like it's something that has to be done in my lifetime.
Do it, start local and then beyond that's what I did. Once you start you can't stop looking elsewhere it's quite addictive and worth it 🙌
You have been to more places in Wales than I have - and I'm born and bred! Completely ashamed of myself - but you are now an honorary Welshman, in my opinion. I will be wild camping with my boys once they are old enough - and we have you to thank for that.
Some national parks are obviously better than others for wild camping. But you need to hire a boat to appreciate the Broads... it's incredible. Hundreds of miles of navigable waterways, it's like a little pocket of the Amazon, but in England.
When you explore the Norfolk Broads by boat it's a surreal experience with seemingly endless navigable waterways surrounded by huge reed beds and an amazing variety of birds and wildlife.
Thankyou for the content, I've watched all your videos and can still easily rewatch any of them glad to see your channel ever growing can't wait for the next video
I'm a proud Englishman but I have to say Snowdonia is just the most amazing place ! Walk around Llyn Idwal and climb any of the mountains there for the most amazing experience :)
The Rhinogydd part of snowdoinia is where its at for me (specifically the parts east of llyn Trawsfynydd, the mountains aren't as big or dramatic as tryfan snowdon, or any those big ones closer to Anglesey but its absolutely one of the most serene and wild places ive ever been to/go to.
Wild ponies and wild goats, i saw them literally butting heads with each other this time (just north of Rhinog fawar in the "badlands" as the locals call it.)
If you go to snowdoinia often and haven't been there before then its definitely worth a visit.
Really enjoyed this series mate! Found it so inspiring and the local food / beer just topped it off
Personally, I love bleak landscapes! I find open moorland so evocative, so the Pennines as a whole contain some of my favourite places in the UK.
North Yorkshire Moors can be bleak but personally Liam, I'd say that they are wilder than The Dales if you like a wilderness. Reckon that you are tailor-made for a TV series. :)
Snowdonia, Lake District and Peak District are my 3 favourites! Really enjoyed the series, looking forward to seeing what you get up to next!
Fantastic series Liam. Am looking forward to whatever you do next. Cheers!
I really hope you keep making outdoors videos after this. They have inspired me to do what I love doing. I've been choosing a new destination, waking up early and going for it, (on the weekend) for the last few months and it has been fucking spectacular. What's next? 15 highest UK mountain climbing series?
Hi Liam. This was a really enjoyable watch and can not wait to your next adventure. Well done.
I’m definitely biased having been born in Pembrokeshire but great choice at no. 1. You must walk the Pembrokeshire Coastal path, 186 miles with beautiful Poppit sands next St Dogmaels in the North and Amroth in the South and so many wonderful locations in between, it will not disappoint!
Stop bragging ....we all know Dartmoor should have won. Anonnymus from Tavistock W. Devon.
What a six months you've had. Outstanding epic journeys. Living the dream lad.👍👍. That wine looks belting judging 🕺🕺
Hello from NZ. If you want remoteness, come down to NZ ,it will not disappoint, You can go of into the mountains and never see another soul for weeks on end or go off track and never see any one ever again (apart from getting supplies). Enjoyed the video. Cheers from the mountains of NZ 😀😀
Watching from New Zealand, and feeling the urge to visit the UK. Excellent series, and congratulations on hitting 100k 🥂
I am from the Lake District in the UK and currently I am in Otago.
Lovely place here and it really reminds me of home, absolutely beautiful.
watching from the U|K and really feeling the urge to visit New Zealand. lol x
Super calm informative video, loved to watch - thanks :)
Brilliant series Liam - well done!
The North Yorkshire Moors is right on my doorstep, and I have to completely agree with you. I recently did a 41 mile hike in 13hrs across the Moors called The Lyke Wake Walk, It was nice at parts but it was just a whole lot of the same thing which heavily added to the mental challenge of the walk. I did gain a new level of respect for the moors though.
Really enjoyed these series of videos. If you have the time, money and inclination look forward to seeing similar vids. Those beachy head headlines were actually quite amusing. Cheers.
I’ve really enjoyed you videos of you camping, my moors Dartmoor 12th.
A brilliant series, Liam, thoroughly enjoyable and insightful from start to finish - you should be really proud of yourself as going off all of the comments from the 15 videos (plus this one) it is clear that you have clearly impacted positively on so many people. Very much looking forward to following the next challenge and taking some inspiration from it, keep doing what you're doing!
I love the NYM. The barrenness to me instils this sense of cozy tranquility
Congratulations on your first 100,000, and I'm glad you enjoyed your wine! I like your rationale: I guess we've all got an idea in our minds of what constitutes a national park - and lots and lots and lots of human habitation with overcrowded facilities that you have to queue for, doesn't really do it for me, either. Likewise, you do want something to be there, that sets it apart from any other random area of vast emptiness, and so I understand what you're getting at with your use of 'desolate', too! As you probably know, the Scottish Government recently came up with a shortlist of five for a new national park - Scottish Borders, Galloway, Loch Awe, Tay Forest and Ben Nevis & Lochaber - of which the favourite is said to be Loch Awe, though I'm not sure I agree! Galloway is the only part of Scotland I've never been to, because access by public transport is just too difficult and so, with its' dark skies designation, remote, rolling hills and picturesque and historic coastal towns and villages, I rather favour that, myself! Have you any thoughts on the matter at all?
Brilliant watching all your national park trips...well done👏👏👏👍 looking forward to your next adventures😊
Well done. I always watch your stuff. Great to see you a little bit tiddly after the wine. Good man yourself.
Great recap of your wild camp adventures. Cheers!! Oh, are you going to pack your wines with you on the next trip?
Liam we are loving your channel and are so glad we subbed!
Don’t live in England but I loved every single one of your videos. Just breathtaking series and look forward to more.
I have really enjoyed this series and hearing that Pembrokeshire (my home county) came in at #1 made my day! We know how amazing our home is, but it's always lovely to hear others discovering it's beauty too 😊
I'd send that wine back to be honest. I suspect it was corked! 😂 Brilliant stuff Liam. I've been following you for a while so thought I'd post. Great to see you pass 120k subscribers! I love your no nonsense honest approach. Keep up the good work!
Enjoyed this series but would love another hiking video of some sort
Loved this vid Liam, like the concept of camping at all the parks. Interesting rating. The broads are definitely best explored by boat, trying to steer one when you have some tins is a right laugh 🤣 Glad you scored the Peak District so highly, its my back yard too. Hope to see u out on the hills at some point
ATB 🙎🏻♀️&🐕
Just watched all the National Park videos and loved them. Love the open landscape. I live in northern New England and hiking here you can only see to the next bend unless you get above tree line. Especially loved the food you ate, l need to try the peas and pudding, saw them in the grocery store today.
It’s was sick love your wild camping vids
Love your videos Liam
It was a great series, I enjoyed each one.
I'm planning on going camping in Pembrokeshire after your recommendation.. 👍
Well done Liam. So pleased Wales was in the top. Lol. Enjoy your wine. Maybe think of brewing a end of walk wine. Living in Wales with loads of walk ways. Seeing walkers end their walk with a glass in frequent even if it's a pub. Something to think about. X
Wales doesn't sell itself enough...You always hear about Scotland and see their tourist advertisments but Wales is better IMO....Beaches as good as anywhere else in the world... and Epic mountains in the north like Snowdonia..And many hidden gems in mid Wales too
Great video Liam , was waiting to see where Brecon came. 5th is very good. I love Brecon.
Really enjoying your content, do you have any plans to do the Cape Wrath trail? I heard it’s quite a challenge! Would love to see your take on it.
That picture at the end Liam of that sunset and the tent and yr silhouette at Pembrokeshire.... that's the biz that is!!.. it's beautiful...I would buy a copy of that and hang it in my living room!
So love yr videos.... just perfect!
Well done Liam keep up the great work mate 👍 👏 👌
Well done mate .I like to watching your videos .Im traveling with tent a lot too.Few days ago I just come back from Isle of skye ,sleeping on the cliff next to Neist point lighthouse.Greeting from Poland and all the best 👍
Enjoy your videos and authentic style, keep it up. What's your football team, Liam?
Liam, do us a favour, if you ever go to the seven sister and beach head on the South Downs, don’t sit in the cliff edge and pitch your tent well away from the edge, I’ve seen on a few occasions huge chunks of cliff just give way.
Totally excellent Liam 👍🏻
Great series, thanks. What is the next thing?
You'll soon be at 1 million! Love the content!
We've done Snowdon, we're climbing Scafell pike in 3 weeks. Never been to the lake district before, we're really looking forward to it!
Love your videos mate they really make me want to get out. Travlled 5 hours up to Lake District this weekend and loved it. 2 questions: how do you find the time to do it all (what’s your work)? And how do u find being alone for that long, would’ve loved to do these travels with my now-ex-girlfriend, so am getting used to the idea of being alone!
Awesome series,thank you for such inspiration. Slightly biased that Pembrokeshire NP was number 1 as I was brought up on the coast there from my teen years. I'm planning a trip for next month to the peak district for some hiking and cycling as that was where my formative years began and I haven't been back 'ome since 1980! Diolch Liam🏴
Pembrokeshire is 180 miles non-stop of exactly what you experienced. Incredibly beautiful and unspoilt. As someone who has walked and camped all 180 miles know that you could make a series based on walking the entire route.
Congrats Liam. On to the next challenge. 1mil subs will be here before you know it
Good choice my friend. Just came back from Pembrokeshire Coast and what a place it is. I've enjoyed your series 👍
A year or more ago I commented saying that you will go really far with your TH-cam channel.. I just wanted to remind you of this. As the world can be a difficult place with too much expectation. But you are going the right way Bro... Keep going.... 👍
Yes Liam! All 15 yay
Do you have the Lanshan 1 or the Lanshan 1 pro? =] Also, congratulations on 100k subscribers, very much deserved!
Love watching your videos Liam. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Love the videos
The Broads are only really a national park by boat mate, come again and you can find some proper wild places to camp, maybe contact Simon a bloke in the woods a youtuber for a guide ;-).
Good video and choices, I live about a 20 minute drive from the Brecon Beacons NP, I can go up behind my house and look one way and see Pen y Fan, look the other on a clear day and see Exmoor NP, can pick out the fields over there when it’s been snowing, spent a lot of time over there in the last 12 years, also I used to spend a lot of time down the Pembrokeshire NP, especially in the Little Haven area during my diving days, been to Snowdonia twice, and Loch Lomond & Trossachs once, Dartmoor haven been to since I was a child and been to the Peak District once, this one I wasn’t keen on, South Downs & New Forest, haven’t been to those since they were designated NP’s, but spent quite a bit of time there as a child/teenager, Brecon Beacons, Exmoor and Pembrokeshire Coast would be my top 3, Beacons(1st, because I’m up there on a weekly basis, possibly move there in the not to distant future, also go outside the NP area up to Rhayader and Epynt, when accessible, it’s a live firing range, but accessible on occasions) Exmoor (2nd, it like the Beacons but the Beacons by the sea) Pembrokeshire Coast (3rd, slightly easier drive than Exmoor TBH, but I like the Rising Sun in Lynmouth). Cracking video
I live is Scotland mate glad to see Scotland on the list if your visiting again try a camp on conic hill it over looks loch lomand its amazing mate keep up the vids thay make me want to get out and about mate well done 👍
Liam if not already been, i would recommend the Galloway forest park. Only a regional park but certainly bigger and more wild than some of the smaller national ones in England. The midges can be a problem in places but u have the beautiful Galloway coast to escape to if gets too much lol
You definitely need to try Northumberland again
Lovely list and comparison.... for me Fort Augustus and Inverness - as I ran the Loch Ness Marathon such a beautiful place - and my most recent run was the Snowdonia Marathon - any where in Snowdonia..... but if you get stuck to carparks.... some only accept credit cards and some only accept cash..... (nightmare) and some pay online .... But I also love Snowdonia
I happened on your channel by chance, i watched a couple of your videos by chance, i subscribed, for me it was a no brainer!
Awesome 👏 content. Keep up the great work and I opened a bottle of wine 🍷 to celebrate 🎉 your 100’000. I ain’t waiting til 500’000 for my next bottle of wine 🍷 but hope it comes round very soon for you. U deserve it mate 👏
Great series Liam. Agree with you about Scotland but for a quick getaway got to the Peak District has a bit of everything and it's local to me. Congratulations 🎉 on reaching over 100k subscribers.
Welsh trio all in the top 5! Great to know my locals are the best.
AONBs next?
Cool rating mate!)
Ormesby area is well too connected to Yarmouth. If you go a bit more north it is a bit more 'wild'' around Hickling. Yarmouth is the third biggest urban area in Norfolk. It has unemployment as high as Middlesborough or Blackpool by the way.
Youre a brave lad Liam , not your wild travels etc but taking on this rating mularkey. I nearly unsubscribed when you announced #13 (not really) I would have rated it in the top 3 after the LAKES AND #2, but you did it so graciously I watched till the end and realised why I love this channel. youre a nice bloke Liam and this is by far my # 2 you tube channel. Thank you mate have loved the series. May you bring us many more joyous days and Happy trails.
St David's Pembrokeshire, unbelievable coastal walks, stunning x x x
Made me hungry talking about the food..!!😅😅😂😂
Ham and pease pudding stotties ! Awesome 🤩
I'm from Hampshire, Southampton and I totally get your opinion on the New Forest. Its beautiful but in the day, loads of traffic and at night if on the coast the Fawley oil refinery takes you out of the landscape as it were.
Have you been to knoydart ?
There’s wild for you !
I''m a solo wild camper/hiker myself, i've been to the majority of the national parks in the UK. While i'm commenting I would like to say Loch Lohmond is such an incredible hike and camp just beautiful. I have watched your Snowdonia video some time back and I would really love to get to that exact little lake you were at is there anyway you could help? i know its hard but any detail would be helpful. Thanks man and i hope you drink all 3 bottles eventually.
I live in Queensland, Australia but I still miss Pembrokeshire every day.
Sad to see my local, Dartmoor, rated so low but equally motivating me to get out and see the others!
Good on you young man. Keep going. Ignore what's going on in this crazy world. Distance yourself from it. Be You. Good luck mate. F em. 👍. YOUR LIFE. Live it. 👍. You're an inspiration for the younger generation. Massive respect mate.
The Galloway Hills in SW Scotland (dark skies and part of the 7 stanes mountain biking) are trying to get National Park status so hopefully you try it when or if. Michelle
Have you hiked along the Wales Coast Path on the Gower Peninsula? Absolutely stunning part of the country.
When you hiking the SWCP mate? I wild camped only on 9 occasions and t’was spellbindingly magnificent! Only started this marlarcky this year so got some serious catching up and your recommendations are seriously appreciated.. :)
Loved the series, Liam. Seriously inspiring stuff! Next, you could do a series on the UK's AONB's?
You are so right about Norfolk Broads. Have lived in Norfolk for nearly 30 years and never go there. Give Norfolk another chance one day. Camp out at one of the wilder parts of the coastline. Salthouse, Burnham Overy Staithe, Holkham, Holme Next The Sea....
Liam if you like coastal views you should defiantly walk the South West Coast Path 👍
Yay, that's my home! At the start of the video I was thinking if Pembrokeshire is top 10 I'll be happy, but no , thanks buddy, visit again soon.
Love your videos....❤️