Consultation update

The Consultation conducted by NatureScot on behalf of the Scottish Government, which considered whether Galloway should be designated as Scotland’s third National Park, closed on Friday 14th February 2025. NatureScot will publish the consultation responses and their analysis after submitting their advice to Scottish Ministers in Spring 2025

YES to Galloway,
NO to a Park

Galloway has been chosen as the preferred location for Scotland’s next National Park, but it’s not too late to stop it

We need investment urgently, but we don’t need a wasteful, bureaucratic National Park to deliver what we need. Affordable housing, better roads, better schools and health care and good jobs should be our priorities, not more civil servants.

Supporters of a National Park say it will encourage tourism, but we can’t cope with what we have, so our infrastructure needs improvement first.

And we already have tourist attractions and a Scottish Government agency to promote them.

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National Park Campaigners Infuriated By Scottish Government Snub For Parliament Meeting

April 7, 2025

Campaigners against a new national park in Galloway have reacted with fury after the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Mairi Gougeon, snubbed a meeting in the Scottish Parliament to discuss the need for a review of the two existing parks.

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