Lake District
Alan Hinkes and Terry Abraham join Fjällräven-backed Lake District campaign
An outdoors brand has enlisted two mountain luminaries to help promote Lake District businesses in their winter campaign.
Lake District walker airlifted from Hay Stacks path after injuring ankle
A walker was airlifted from a Lake District mountain after injuring herself. The 31-year-old woman from Redcar on Teesside was walking on the Hay S...
Lakeland charity invites outdoor fans to dawn event to mark enlarged national park
A campaigning charity is inviting outdoor enthusiasts to join it to celebrate a new dawn for a national park.
Coast to Coast walker rescued after injuring leg above Black Sail hostel
A walker on the Coast to Coast route was rescued after slipping and injuring her leg. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team members were finishing their wee...
Friends of Lake District Black Combe walk will highlight planned pylon route
A conservation charity will lead a walk over a Lake District fell to highlight its opposition to a planned major power line.
Bergans of Norway kits out Lake District felltop assessors
An outdoor brand that can trace its heritage back to Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackleton and Sir Edmond Hillary has teamed up with the Lake District’s two felltop assessors.
Lake District felltop assessors continue despite Storm Desmond 'ripping apart' office
The Lake District’s two felltop assessors have vowed their work will carry on despite their base being ‘ripped apart’ by flood water.
Friends of Lake District welcome refusal of plans to double size of wind turbines
Campaigners have welcomed planners’ decision to turn down an application to replace turbines at an existing windfarm with ones more than twice the height.
Author Bill Bryson backs campaign to keep giant pylons out of Lake District
A leading author and outdoors activist has backed a campaign to keep giant electricity pylons out of a national park.
Scores watch new dawn as Lake District and Yorkshire Dales extended
Scores of people saw dawn break over a national park landscape to mark the first day of the extended Lake District.
Lakeland walker seriously injured in 100ft fall on Dove Crag
A walker was seriously injured when he fell 100ft from a Lake District mountain. The 48-year-old was walking on Dove Crag on Wednesday evening when...
Runner Nicky Spinks completes double Bob Graham Round in record time
A woman who survived breast cancer has completed one of the country’s toughest mountain running challenges in record time.
Mountaineers fear new National Trust charges will hit outdoor leader training
Mountaineers fear the introduction of fees for commercial use of land owned by one of the country’s biggest conservation charities could hit outdoor training.
New Dunmail Raise trail will help Lakeland walkers and cyclists avoid main road
National park bosses have announced they will install a new trail for cyclists and walkers near a section of main road washed away by the December floods.
Lake District flood warnings downgraded but more rain on way
Emergency services have stood down from their flood readiness in the Lake District as river levels recede.
Check the reports before heading for the hills, Lake District experts plead
National park bosses are urging walkers and mountaineers to check a dedicated weather service before heading for the hills.
Job done: Eden fell-care volunteers rebuild wall and demolish cake
Volunteers working on a Lakeland project rebuilt a section of drystone wall and managed to demolish 300 pieces of cake.
Mountain council warns cash restraints could delay national parks' expansion
The organisation that represents hillwalkers and climbers in England and Wales said spending cuts could threaten the extension to two national parks announced today.
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6 Police charge two men with criminal damage over felling of Sycamore Gap tree
7 Climbing legend Leo Houlding officially opens Keswick mountain rescuers' extension
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9 Campaigning Kate Ashbrook celebrates 40 years as head of Open Spaces Society
2 Blencathra walker rescued after falling more than 60ft from Sharp Edge (7)
3 Explorer Scout Ben Leonard was unlawfully killed in Great Orme fall, jury finds (7)
4 Dartmoor national park bosses will fight bid to overturn camping verdict (4)
5 Llanberis rescue team volunteers 'close to limit' as callouts top 300 in 2023 (3)
6 Campaigning Kate Ashbrook celebrates 40 years as head of Open Spaces Society (3)
7 More than 40 involved in rescue of injured walker who spent 24 hours on Scafell Pike (2)
8 Summer's over; it's getting darker and colder. Time to wise up to winter on the hill (2)
9 Kinder Scout walker calls out rescuers after sinking up to thighs in mud (1)
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