A green revolution has been taking
in the countryside. But
quietly has been carried
, and with
so
fuss, that many people are unaware of
has
been achieved.
expect to find anything so wild or so big as a national
park,
anything as small and tame
your local recreation ground. Country parks come
somewhere between the, with the accent
leisure rather
conservation.
Ten years
the country park was
more than idea floated in a Government
White Paper
"Leisure in the Countryside". Today
are well
100 country parks flourishing in nearly corner of England and Wales, and more parks
are
the pipeline.