Welcome to the Cairngorms Learning Zone
This site is for students, teachers and lecturers or anyone who is interested in finding out more about the Cairngorms National Park – as a learning resource, for researching information for a project, or perhaps you or your school are thinking about visiting the area. If your interest matches any of these, you have come to the right place!An introduction to why the Cairngorms National Park is such a special place…
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Useful bits - Did you know?
- The Cairngorm mountains form the largest area of high ground above 1000m anywhere in Britain, and contain four of Britain's five highest peaks.
- Their Gaelic name is Am Monadh Ruadh or the red hills - on a clear evening the screes of the Lairig Ghru and Braeriach glow a warm red; funny that Cairn Gorm means 'blue hill'!
