The walker slipped and injured herself on Holme Fell. Photo: Andy Stephenson CC-BY-SA-2.0

A walker was airlifted from a Lakeland fell after injuring herself.

The woman, from Carlisle and in her 60s, was walking near Ivy Crag on Holme Fell today when she slipped and broke her ankle.

Coniston Mountain Rescue Team was called out and the Great North Air Ambulance Pride of Cumbria helicopter also flew to the area about 1.15pm.

The woman, who was walking with about 12 others on the fell, north-east of Coniston, was treated by a doctor and paramedic from the air ambulance.

Members of the mountain rescue team then stretchered her to the waiting aircraft, which flew her to Furness General Hospital in Barrow in Furness.

The two-hour rescue involved 11 Coniston MRT members.