Geography Coursework Keswick

General aimTo find whether Keswick is a king protea site.Specific HypothesesTo test the general aim to study that Keswick is a honey pot site, we will investigate 3 specific hypotheses1. Keswick town pennyre caters generally for its tourists in its land use.2. Keswick demonstrates some of the key problems associated with king protea sites.3. Keswick attracts a high proportion of non- local anaesthetic visitors.What is a king protea site?A honeypot site is a site where there is attractive conniption or historical interest, and tourists visit in large numbers. Honeypot sites are areas which attract many another(prenominal) tourists. They are so c entirelyed because tourists flock to these places like bees around honey.Problems with a honeypot siteThe large number of tourist causes many problems in and around Keswick. These problems include * Litter and pollution* Noise pollution* Vandalism* Traffic congestion This is a problem in the village to both locals and visitors. There is a large car park, with space for coaches, and public toilets but as peak generation the parking provision is not enough and the congestion spoils the character of the village and affects its enjoyment by all.You can read also Classifications of Restaurants* Footpath erosion resulting from overuse. This is peculiarly the case around popular indispensable attractions.* Conflict with other landusers e.g. farmers and walkersHow are these problems are being tackled?Footpath erosion Improvements such as surfacing paths in local stone or re-routing certain paths meet been undertaken to reduce the impact of erosion.An increasing number of litter bins have been provided throughout the village.What benefits are created by touristry in the area?Social Benefits* Jobs are created* Crime reduces due to higher levels of employmentEconomic Benefits* Jobs are created. Therefore state have more money to expire on local goods and dishs.* Multiplier effect by creating a factory and provid ing new jobs, the local economy grows by more than the original hard currency injectionWhat is a topic park?* topic parks provide for tourists facilities* They encourage tree planting* They give advice to land uses* They arrange talks and channelize walks* They mark out footpaths for you to walk along* They buy land to protect its character* They monitor and clean pollution* They provide on information service* They encourage suitable developments* The refuse permission for unsuitable buildings* The lake district is the largest National park in England* It is 885 square miles in size* There is 11 National parks in England* There are 1800 rules for footpaths in the countrysideIntroduction to KeswickTourism is the worlds largest pains, with annual revenue of almost $500 billion. And it is growing fast, with airline arrivals expected to pronged by 2010. In 1950 25 million inter topic arrivals were recorded worldwide a figure which has risen to 500 million by 1996.Leisure is estim ated to trace for 75 per centime of all international travel. The World Tourism Organisation estimated there were 694 million international tourist arrivals in 2003, a drop of 1.2 per cent (attributed to the problems of the Iraq conflict, SARS and a generally weak world economy). Arrivals have picked up in 2004, and they are expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2020. Domestic touristry (people going on holiday in their own country) is generally thought to be 4-5 times great than international arrivals.Globally, tourism accounts for roughly 35 per cent of exports of services and over 8 per cent of exports of goods. Tourism is now the worlds largest employer. In 2001, the International Labour Organisation estimated that globally over 207 million jobs were directly or indirectly employed in tourism. In the UK alone, 10% of total employment is in the tourism sector.People who have employment within the UK usually form a high salary compared to the rest of the world and people consider that they must strike a work/life balance and hence spend more time on holidays.The UK has seen a greater accession in car ownership since the 1950s when in 1951 only 1 in 20 familiess had a car, by 1996 this figure had risen to 71% of all UK families owned at least 1 vehicle and by 2005 this figure has risen with many families owning 2 vehicles. The increase in car ownership obviously goes hand in hand with an improvement in the transport system of the UK which since the 1950s has seen improvements in roads oddly motorways and urban by-passes have resulted in driving times between places reduced and encourage people to travel more frequently and greater distances. Keswick has glorious an excellent road system and is easy to reach being just 20 minutes along the A66 trunk road from junction 40 of the M6 motorway.As mentioned to a higher place a major factor for the increase in tourism in the Keswick area has been a change in lifestyle compared to the 1950s, people are retiring( a) early and living longer and are able to take advantage of their greater fitness, also many people due to retiring early and greater disposable income has seen an increase in people buying 2nd homes in the Keswick area. There has been an increase in active holidays compared to the 1950s with a lot more people involved in water sports and fell running etc which the Keswick area offers a wide choice of such activities.Since the 1950s now almost everybody has a television and many have access to the internet, there is a greater ability to access information about holiday and tourism in general and the tourism industry use all means of advertising.There has been an increase in Green tourism or sustainable tourism which the Lake District and Keswick are a choice example where tourism is needed to benefit the local economy and the environment with people visiting the area and not spoiling the natural beauty of the area.With the increase in tourism since the 1950s there have been severa l areas described as Honey pot Sites In geography, a honey pot is a in particular popular attraction within a managed tourist area, such as a national park. Honey pot sites are often encouraged because they thin the damage caused by tourists on small sites, making conservation easier in other parts of the managed area.The problem is how to preserve the honey pots natural beauty and their effective quality while providing facilities for the hordes of people who arrive at peak summer periods.The main problem with Honey pot sites is too many tourists overcrowding small places. referable to the fact that footpaths are been overused, they get eroded casing the council to pay out a large sum of money to repair these paths. There is a high level of litter, vandalism and trespassing on Honey pot sites which causes discomfort and trouble to those who live there this has sparked off a conflict between local farmers and tourists which has caused, restricting tourists access to footpaths, b ridleways and separating activities, e.g. Water Skiing and Angling. Also roads have been congested by heavy Lorries, local traffic and tourist traffic which has caused beautiful routes separating local and tourist traffic.A National Park is an area of great natural beauty can be preserved and enhanced, and so that enjoyment of the scenery by the public can be levyd. There are12 National parks in England these 11 parks contain some of the most diverse and outstanding upland and a variety of scenery which in turn provides a wide range of recreational activities. All the parks provide basic opportunities for walking, riding, fish and water sports. These parks are within easy reach of both urban and rural conurbations, they all have motorways running near them which make them all easy access sites.National park are mostly owned privately (81%) , mainly by farmers with 6% owned by the Forestry Commission, 5% to the National Trust , 3% to the ministry of defence , 3% to the water auth orities.The aims of National parks were updated in 1995, the aims were1. To conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the National Parks.2. To promote opportunities for the public understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of the Parks.The idea for a form of national parks was first proposed in the United States in the 1800s where National Parks were established to protect wilderness areas such as Yosemite this model has been used in many other countries since, but not in the United Kingdom. after thousands of years of human integration into the landscape, Britain lacks natural areas of wilderness. Furthermore, those areas of natural beauty so cherished by the romantic poets were often only maintained and managed in their brisk state by human activity, usually agriculture. In1931, Christopher Addison chaired a government committee that proposed a National Park Authority to choose areas for designation as national parks. A system of nationa l reserves and nature sanctuaries was proposed1. To safeguard areas of exceptional natural interest against (a) disorderly development and (b) spoliation2. To improve the means of access for pedestrians to areas of natural beauty and3. To promote measures for the protection of flora and fauna.In 1947 by a Government committee, this time chaired by Sir Arthur Hobhouse, which prepared legislation for national parks, and proposed 12 national parks. Sir Arthur had this to say on the criteria for designating suitable areasThe essential requirements of a National Park are that it should have great natural beauty, a high value for outside recreation and substantial continuous extent. Further, the distribution of selected areas should as far as practicable be such that at least one of them is quickly kindly from each of the main centers of population in Wales and England Lastly there is merit in variety and with the wide diversity of landscape which is available in England and Wales, it w ould be wrong to confine the selection of National Parks to the more rugged areas of stilt and moorland, and to exclude other districts which, though of less outstanding grandeur and wildness, have their own distinctive beauty and a high recreational value.HistoryGranted its market character by Edward in 1276. Keswick was an important wool and whip plaza until about 1500.LocationKeswick is standing on the shore of Derwentwater at the junction jointure, south east and west routes through the Lake District. It is situated in the north of the Lake District it is surrounded by lots of tall mountains. Carlise to Keswick 39m, Penrith 20m, Windermere 23, and Workington 22.Maps here are some maps to show you where about Keswick is positioned.Map of Great BritainMap of North air jacketMap of CumbriaMap of KeswickAs you can see Keswick is very accessible due to the many roads that go through it and pass close by. ornament around KeswickThe Landscape around Keswick has stunning scenery, i t has many lakes and mountains near by and it has vast countryside. It also has a well kept old town centre which is very popular for tourists, where they can buy souvenirs and enjoy dinner at the many restaurants. Here are some pictures to show why Keswick is a honeypot site because of its breath taking scenery.Here is at the centre of Keswick where there are many shops.Here is a picture of one of Keswicks beautiful lakesHere is one if the breath taking views that attract hikers and walkers to go to Keswick.A icyly eroded landscapeTourists are attracted to the Lake District by the spectacular landscape, which has been formed mainly by glacial erosion.The worlds climate is continuously changing. Between 14 and 20 glacial periods have occurred in the last 1 million years. The most modern ice age started 100 000 years ago and ended 10 000 years ago. During it, ice sheets covered most of Britain north and the Midlands and changed the landscape by glacial erosion and deposition.A glac ier is a mass of moving ice. It erodes by two main processes* Plucking water enters cracks in the judder and freezes so that it is attached to both the stone and the glacier. When the glacier moves, the block of rock is pulled out of the ground.* Abrasion Blocks of rock (or load) in the base and sides of the glacier are scraped over the rock surface. They scratch it, making parallel groves called striations. Abrasion has a sandpaper effect so the rock surface looks smooth.Frost shattering also occurs in glacial environments. This is a weathering process, not an erosion process. When water enters a crack in the rock it expands by 10 per cent. The ice pushing on the sides of the crack it widens it. Blocks of rock can then fall on to the glacier from the vale side above. Frost-shattered rock surfaces are easier for glaciers to erode by plucking.Corries are produced by glacial erosion. Red tarn corrie is an armchair-shaped hollow on the eastern side of Helvellyn mountain in the Lake D istrict. It is 0.5 km wide and 1km from the front to back. The steep back and side walls are up to 220 m high. A small round lake called Red Tarn lies in the hollow in the base of the corrie. The water is kept in by a rock ridge on the floor of the corrie called a rock lip. The quickest way to identify a corrie on a map is to find a round lake less than 0.5 km in diam with a U-shaped pattern of contours. How ever many of them do not have lakes in them.Here is Red tarn corrieConclusionMy conclusion is that Keswick is defiantly a honeypot site, and that it is a honypot site because of its location and beautiful scenery. I also think that in time to come Keswick will still be honeypot site for years and years.