Editing Snowdonia (section)

==National park==

'''Snowdonia National Park''', officially '''Eryri National Park''' in English (since 2022) and {{lang|cy|Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri}} in Welsh, was established in October 1951. It was the third [[national parks of the United Kingdom|national park]] in the United Kingdom, following the [[Peak District]] and [[Lake District]] in April and May of the same year. It covers {{convert|827|sqmi|km2}} in the counties of [[Gwynedd]] and [[Conwy County Borough|Conwy]], and has {{convert|37|mi|km}} of coastline.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/travel-national-parks--the-complete-guide-to-britains-national-parks-1108194.html|title=National Parks – The complete guide to Britain's national parks |last=Culliford|first=Alison|date=24 July 1999|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://estb.msn.com/i/26/9D3386135C8A465B0C44431A53D2F.swf|title=Our national parks|publisher=[[MSN]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002084601/http://estb.msn.com/i/26/9D3386135C8A465B0C44431A53D2F.swf|archive-date=2 October 2011}}</ref>

The park is governed by the Snowdonia [[national park authority]], which has 18 members: 9 appointed by Gwynedd, 3 by Conwy, and 6 by the [[Welsh Government]] to represent the national interest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eryri – Snowdonia |url=https://www.snowdonia.gov.wales/authority/about-the-authority |access-date=2020-11-10 |website=eryri.llyw.cymru}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Walkey |first=Mike |title=Integrated protected area management |author2=Swingland, Ian Richard |author3=Russell, Shaun |publisher=Springer |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-412-80360-4 |page=91}}</ref> The authority's main offices are at [[Penrhyndeudraeth]].

The park authority used ''Snowdonia'' and ''Snowdon'' when referring to the national park and mountain in English until November 2022, when it announced it would use their Welsh names, {{lang|cy|Eryri}} and {{lang|cy|Yr Wyddfa}} respectively. Following a two-year transition period, the authority announced in November 2024, the change would be kept due to its success in gaining support and adoption by many businesses and media.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://snowdonia.gov.wales/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Authority-08.02.2023.pdf |title=Notice of Meeting |date=8 February 2023 |publisher=Snowdonia National Park Authority |pages=8–9 |language=en |access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-17 |title=Snowdon and Snowdonia to be referred to by Welsh names, authority decides |url=https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/national-park-authority-votes-to-use-welsh-names-for-snowdon-and-snowdonia-573225 |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Cambrian News}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Unlike national parks in other countries, national parks in the UK are made up of both public and private lands under a central planning authority. The makeup of land ownership in the national park is as follows:
{|class="wikitable"
!Ownership type !! Share
|-
|Private ||  style="text-align:right;"|69.9%
|-
|[[National Trust]] || style="text-align:right;"|8.9%
|-
|National Park Authority ||  style="text-align:right;"|1.2%
|-
|[[Natural Resources Wales]] ||  style="text-align:right;"|17.5%
|-
|Water companies || style="text-align:right;"|0.9%
|-
|Other ||  style="text-align:right;"|1.6%
|}
More than 26,000 people live within the park, of whom 58.6% could speak Welsh in 2011.<ref name=":0a">{{Cite web|url=http://www.eryri-npa.gov.uk/looking-after/state-of-the-park/cultural-identity/welsh-language-skills-and-profile|title=Eryri – Snowdonia|website=eryri-npa.gov.uk|access-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029004035/https://snowdonia.gov.wales/looking-after/state-of-the-park/cultural-identity/welsh-language-skills-and-profile|archive-date=2018-10-29}}</ref> While most of the land is either open or mountainous land, there is a significant amount of [[Agriculture|agricultural activity]] within the park.

The national park does not include the town of [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]], which forms a unique non-designated [[Enclave and exclave|enclave]] within the park boundaries. The town was deliberately excluded from the park when it was established because of its [[slate]] [[quarry]]ing industry. Although in 2010, the national park authority leaders and the town's council called for the town to be included in the national park.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Live |first=North Wales |date=2010-02-06 |title=Bid to make Blaenau Ffestiniog part of Snowdonia backed by National Park bosses |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/bid-make-blaenau-ffestiniog-part-2762854 |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}</ref>