National park says dropping Snowdon name a success

Wales' tallest upland volition proceed to beryllium referred to solely by its Welsh sanction by its section nationalist parkland authorization aft the determination was deemed to beryllium a success.

Snowdonia National Park Authority voted to usage Yr Wyddfa, alternatively than Snowdon, and Eryri, alternatively than Snowdonia, successful each authoritative connection successful November 2022.

Surveys from the summertime recovered beardown enactment for the determination from locals and visitors, the authorization said.

But determination were besides concerns implicit pronunciation and immoderate visitors being "unaware of the longstanding Welsh names and whitethorn mistakenly judge they are new".

According to a study that volition beryllium presented to the authorization connected Wednesday, galore businesses and media outlets had besides started referring to the upland and nationalist parkland by their Welsh names.

The authorization said this had resulted successful "increasing consistency and visibility of the Welsh individuality associated with the park".

Gwynedd councillor John Pughe Roberts had earlier enactment guardant a question asking the parkland to halt utilizing Snowdon and Snowdonia, claiming galore were "complaining that radical are changing location names, stone names, renaming the mountains".

Citing the usage of Welsh names "aligned with the authority's committedness to promoting the Welsh language" and of "heritage preservation", officers besides reported the determination represented a "unique selling point" which "sets it isolated from different UK nationalist parks".

Challenges person besides been raised, including immoderate visitors mistakenly believing the Welsh names are new, starring to "some absorption and confusion".

The study volition besides urge pronunciation guides should beryllium made available.

A connection has besides been made to update the authority's logo, which inactive includes the connection Snowdonia.