Description: The recent National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 enables the establishment of National Parks in Scotland. National Parks in Scotland are being designated to promote the sustainable use of the natural resources of the area and the sustainable social and economic development of its communities. These purposes have equal weight and are to be pursued collectively unless conservation interests are threatened.
Description: The recent National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 enables the establishment of National Parks in Scotland. National Parks in Scotland are being designated to promote the sustainable use of the natural resources of the area and the sustainable social and economic development of its communities. These purposes have equal weight and are to be pursued collectively unless conservation interests are threatened.
Description: Agricultural parishes are based on Civil Parishes which were abolished as an administrative unit in Scotland in 1975. Agricultural parishes continue to be used for boundary and statistical purposes.
There are 891 agricultural parishes in Scotland and they are used in the Agricultural Census and for the payment of farming grants and subsidies.
The dataset contains parish boundaries, parish names and parish codes.