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Whernside: Yorkshire's highest point, with a hint of Cumbria
England’s biggest county can claim a few records, but when it comes to the heights of its hills, Yorkshire’s record books can be a little confusing.
BBC programmes look at Wainwright's early years
Alfred Wainwright’s early years come under scrutiny on the airwaves with two programmes about the curmudgeonly fellwalker.
Giant map adds to aerial photography project
Countryside lovers can now walk the length of Britain in just a few strides with the opening of a large-scale open-air Ordnance Survey map of the country.
Survey puts Welsh mountain into 1,000m 'super league'
The league of Welsh ‘super mountains’ gained a new member today with the news that a survey of a Snowdonia peak revealed its true height to be more than 1,000m Glyder Fawr, Wales’s fifth highest mountain, has been promoted to the super league following measurements by hill sleuths Graham Jackson, John Barnard and Myrddyn Phillips.
Will Welsh peak be promoted to metric super league?
Wales could have a new ‘super mountain’ after a group of amateur hill sleuths turned their attention to a Snowdonia peak.
New walkers' deerstalking website goes into service
A pilot website to help hillwalkers know where deerstalking is taking place is now live. The Heading for the Scottish Hills site has Ordnance Surve...
Tryfan's final reckoning looms as surveyors head for summit
It’s the summer weekend with the longest daylight hours, which means, almost certainly, the mountain rescue teams of the western Lake District will be looking forward to interrupted sleep as hapless Three Peaks Challengers struggle to find their way on the felltops.
Mountain rescue tax pledge missing from coalition list
The mountain rescue community must wonder what it has to do to squeeze any cash out of Whitehall. For more than three years, representatives of Mou...
Company boss urges Ordnance Survey rethink on schools charging
The head of the British arm of an international geographic information company urged the national mapping urgency to think again over plans to start charging schools for data.
Call Out Mountain Rescue? – review
Two years ago, when the first edition of this pocket-sized book appeared, we said Call Out Mountain Rescue represented a good use of a tenner, for an informative and lightly written tome packed with good advice and lots of information.
'National trust for waterways' planned in quango shake-up
The organisation in control of more than 2,000 miles of canals and towpaths walks is to be turned into a ‘national trust’ for waterways.
Campaigners urge rethink on national park centre closure
Outdoor campaigners are rallying to save a national park learning centre threatened with closure. Losehill Hall in the Peak District could be shut ...
Navigation advice on offer from Trust expert
Walkers are being offered the chance to learn how to navigate on the hills, with advice from an expert ranger.
Map and compass skills on offer for munro walkers
Walkers can brush up their navigation skills this week on a Scottish munro. The National Trust for Scotland is offering hill-goers the chance to ge...
It's official: trio reveal Tryfan's true height
Thousands of boots have tramped its rocky inclines and the bravest mountaineers have made the leap from Adam to Eve, the twin columns of rock that adorn its summit.
Devil of a celebration as OS drops threat against racy novel
Publishers of a racy novel set on the West Highland Way are celebrating after Britain’s national mapping agency climbed down over legal threats to the book.
Swedish Girls publishers fold after Ordnance Survey dispute
The publishers of a bawdy tale of romance and footslogging on the West Highland Way have thrown in the towel in a legal dispute with Britain’s national mapping agency.
Government 'lost its nerve' on free Ordnance Survey maps
The Ramblers today expressed extreme disappointment with the Government’s failure to provide free maps at scales used by walkers in its move to liberalise the national mapping agency.
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