The only National Park, where the air quality is amongst the poorest in the country.
Its a good idea trying to encourage visitors to explore the walks in and around the City of London, but National park status brings with it many implications, conservation, planning rights, the list is almost endless.
I can easily see the idea causing significant conflict, with those living in and around the less heavily congested areas of London.
I should know what living in a National Park involves, living in Dyffryn, there are certain things i am not allowed to do, without the consent of the National Park, and altering my home, significantly is one of them.
Granted, there are some nice walks in and around the city, but National Park status ?.
I can easily see the multitude of foreign visitors, getting terribly confused, thinking if this is the Uk's idea of a National park, then we will not bother visiting the Lake district or Snowdonia.
I forget where i read it, but the number of foreign tourists who never venture out of London, on their visit to the Uk, is significant.
There are some really nice open areas, and parks in and around London, but National Park status, just a great excuse to charge the visitor a premium to visit it.
The Uk has a significant number of fabulous of National parks, i thought the whole idea of them, was to escape the noise and pollution of the major cities, and breathe the pure air.
No doubt another silly idea conjoured up by the Mayor, to waste millions of pubic revenue.
They thought the garden bridge over the Thames was a great idea, that was sensibly shelved.
One of the most polluted areas of the Uk, a National Park, total waste of our money if it gets the go ahead.