Active Cairngorms

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Around two million people visit the National Park every year and around 19,000 people live here. The provision of high-quality outdoor facilities and activities is vital to visitors and is a major contributor to the National Park’s economic success, and to the health and wellbeing of its residents.

The Active Cairngorms Action Plan will help everyone enjoy the National Park’s special qualities in a sustainable way, safeguarding and protecting our most sensitive species and habitats – for example, by identifying actions to reduce the impact of disturbance.

Key elements of the Active Cairngorms Action Plan (2023-2028) include:

Suitable promotion of the wide range of recreational opportunities available in the National Park. This is key to influencing people's behaviour and supporting people’s wellbeing. Our aim is that people living in or visiting the National Park know the health benefits of physical recreation and are enabled, supported and inspired to be more active.

Through volunteering we want people to engage with and feel part of the solution to safeguarding the National Park’s special qualities against climate change and biodiversity loss.

Learning about the Cairngorms and the way it is managed will increase understanding and appreciation of the National Park. This will nurture an ethos of respect and a commitment to caring for the countryside where we live, visit and work.

We are currently working on the final publication of the Active Cairngorms Action Plan.

View the Active Cairngorms Action Plan