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Path project gets £11,000 calendar boost

A project to help repair Lakeland footpaths will get an £11,000 cash boost thanks to sales of calendars by the Wainwright Society.

Wainwright walks challenge looks to new horizons

Aficionados of Alfred Wainwright are casting their net wider for their annual walking challenge. Previously, Wainwright Society members have set th...

Should you pay to walk the hills?

The impact of thousands of hillwalkers’ boots can have a marked effect on our mountains, particularly on the honeypot peaks.

Ramblers' campaign boss: 'we'll keep fighting for walkers' rights'

The battle for the heart of Britain’s biggest walking group continues on the pages of a national newspaper.

Walkers' champion takes up presidency with rally pledge

A campaigning octogenarian has been elected president of a group of Ramblers which is pushing for improvements to a long-distance path in its area.

Survey finds Lakes paths largely undamaged after floods

Volunteers who have walked the length of 120km (75 miles) of upland footpaths in the Lake District say the network is in good shape, despite the November floods.

Festive greetings to all our readers from the grough team

We’d like to wish you all a happy Christmas! All the team here at grough hope you get everything you could wish for from Santa to help you enjoy ...

Tree scheme beats Stanage project to win grant

Walkers’ and climbers’ projects missed out in a public vote to decide where a £5,000 grant would be spent in the Peak District.

Path repairs will help Coast to Coast walkers

Walkers on Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk will have a smoother passage along part of the route after improvements to a badly eroded section.

Walkers asked to report problems as damaged path reopens

A national park footpath has reopened ahead of schedule after fallen trees forced an emergency closure.

Setback for Vixen Tor access campaign

The owner of a Dartmoor crag at the centre of a long-running access row has lodged an appeal against a council decision to create two rights of way on the land.

Ramblers' railway-route win reverses 'perverse' decision

Walkers, cyclists and horseriders will be able to use a disused railway track near the North York Moors national park after the Ramblers won a long-running legal battle.

New trail will follow in Wainwright's footsteps

September 1938, and the dark cloud of National Socialism cast its shadow over Europe as Britain prepared for war with Hitler’s growing army.

First Minister sees avalanche site during mountain visit

The Welsh First Minister met members of the mountaineering community yesterday to hear at first hand issues affecting climbers and hillwalkers.

Tragedy and triumph: the outdoor world in 2009

As the decade which seems to have become known as the noughties packed its bags and prepared for the trip into history, its final days had a familiar ring: winter catching out climbers and walkers, with tragic consequences..

Flood-damaged paths mapped by Lakes authority

Walkers in the Lake District are being urged to check on the state of footpaths as Cumbria recovers from the devastating floods that left £1.6m of damage and left many bridges and rights of way either destroyed or damaged.

Anniversary challenge to councils to put themselves on the map

Councils are being challenged to wake up and get their maps up to date, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the law that obliges them to record rights of way.

The gift for walkers with it all: a metre of footpath

What Christmas gift do you buy for the walker who has everything? If the committed hiker in your life has the latest garish Gore-tex, an all-singin...