Missing the UK’s National Parks? Well, if you have a spare two minutes, you can watch the scenery of the National parks in 100 seconds, thanks to a new film.
The short film, available to watch on YouTube, is designed to demystify the environmental make up of the UK’s National Park landscapes. Each of the 100 seconds shows 1% of the total National Parks landscape and how that landscape appears from above. You could think of it as a visual representation of a pie chart, done by time rather than pie segment.
The film was made by Dan Raven-Ellison (founder of Slow Ways), in collaboration with Jack Smith and voiced by Cerys Matthews. The project was successfully funded via a Crowdfunder campaign last October. The film follow on from previous projects The UK in 100 Seconds and The Netherlands in 100 Seconds.
2021 is the 70th anniversary of the UK’s first four National Parks: the Peak District, Lake District, Snowdonia and Dartmoor. There are now 15 National Parks made up of ten in England, three in Wales and two in Scotland.
When speaking to National Geographic, Dan Raven-Ellison said, “In the UK our National Parks are quite different to some of the world's "wilder" protected areas. They are living and working landscapes that are home to hundreds of thousands of people as well as wildlife... I'm really interested in the gap between what we think the UK looks like and the reality on the ground.”
You can watch The UK’s National Parks in 100 Seconds on YouTube.
