Glyndŵr National Park
| Glyndŵr National Park (proposed) | |
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| Parc Cenedlaethol Glyndŵr | |
Map of the proposed boundaries of the park as of September 2025. The AONB is outlined in faint light green, with an inset of Wales's protected areas to the top-left. This map's boundaries are simplified. | |
| Location | Denbighshire, Flintshire, Powys and Wrexham, plus a small part of Gwynedd |
| Coordinates | 53°06′N 3°06′W / 53.1°N 3.1°W |
| Area | 927 square kilometres (358 sq mi) |
| Designation | Proposed national park |
| Named for | Owain Glyndŵr |
| Website | official website |
website, url.| UK National Parks |
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| Parentheses denotes the year. An area with ‡ has similar status to a UK National Park. Areas marked † are proposed. |
Glyndŵr National Park (Welsh: Parc Cenedlaethol Glyndŵr) is a proposed national park which, if approved, will be located in the north-east of Wales. The park is intended to replace the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and expand the area of protected landscape. The proposed name is taken from Owain Glyndŵr, who was from north-east Wales and the last native Welsh person to claim the title Prince of Wales.
The 1947 Hobhouse Report suggested that the Clwydian and Berwyn ranges of hills should be protected, but it was not until 1985 that the Clwydian Range AONB was established. The possibility of making the range a national park was debated by the Welsh Assembly (now the Senedd) in 2010, but did not progress further. In 2011, the AONB was extended to include the Dee Valley, which includes the northernmost part of the Berwyn range.
The proposal was revived in 2021, when Welsh Labour committed to designating a new national park to cover the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley. Following the party's victory in that year's Senedd election, the Welsh Government commissioned Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to develop proposals for the national park, and research and consultations took place between 2023 and 2025. These have resulted in a proposal to expand the protected area north to include the Gronant and Talacre dunes, south to include the majority of the Berwyn range and Dyfnant Forest, and west to include the area around Llanelidan. The total area of the proposed park is 927 square kilometres (358 sq mi); the AONB has an area of 389.26 square kilometres (150.29 sq mi). The government hopes to establish the national park before the next Senedd election in 2026.
The creation of the national park is supported by Natural Resources Wales; the body organised a consultation in 2025 in which 53 per cent of responses supported the proposal, 14 per cent conditionally supported it, and 31 per cent were opposed. Labour and Conservative members of the Senedd have expressed support, as has the Campaign for National Parks, which issued a joint statement supported by bodies including the National Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Cymru, and the World Wide Fund for Nature. The plans have been opposed by councillors from Denbighshire County Council, Flintshire County Council, Powys County Council, and Wrexham County Borough Council.