article_snippet.sent: A run-down car park has been bought for £3million by the National Trust - because A run-down car park offers one of Britain's most spectacular views.
article_snippet.sent: A run-down car park has been snapped up for £3m by the National Trust - because A run-down car park has one of Britain's most spectacular views over the UK's number one beach at Rhossili on the Gower in South Wales .
article_snippet.sent: Now the rundown parking spot has been snapped up by the heritage organisation which normally looks after the UK's best buildings and landscapes.
article_snippet.sent: National Trust manager Paul Boland defended spending the hefty sum to buy A run-down car park from private landowners with the aim of improving it.
article_snippet.sent: National Trust manager Paul Boland said: 'We want to ensure that We provide Gower with a first-class car park for a first-class destination.
article_snippet.sent: National Trust members will be able to park for free from today.
article_snippet.sent: The car park will open under the National Trust, which already owns a large section of the coastline including Rhossili Beach and the Worm's Head islands, this weekend.
article_snippet.sent: The ugly car park and pot-holed tarmac was previously owned by a private landowners who sold it off to National Trust for £3million .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Boland Mr Boland defended the hefty sum paid for the land saying Mr Boland wanted to ensure Gower had a 'first-class car park for a first-class destination' National Trust now aims to improve a car park with the best scenery in the land for tourists visiting the tip of the Gower peninsula for the glorious Welsh views .
article_snippet.sent: The car park will open under National Trust, already owns a large section of the coastline including Rhossili Beach and the Worm's Head islands, this weekend .
highlights_snippet.sent: National Trust snapped up the tatty tarmac parking spot for £3m to create a new and improved car park .
  