Pennine website has more than 200 walking and cycling routes

Walkers and cyclists heading for the Pennine hills are being offered a choice of more than 200 routes set up on a website supported by a rural regeneration agency.

Trust loses out in bid to buy Borders 'wild heart' land

A conservation charity has lost out in its bid to buy an area of the Scottish Borders which was described as the ‘wild heart of the Southern Uplands’.

Salmond will launch writer McNeish's Scottish National Trail

One of the country’s leading outdoors writers and broadcasters revealed he will be working with the BBC this year to film a project that will follow a route from Scotland’s border to its north-west extremity.

Walker airlifted after Lakeland fell injury

A walker was airlifted to hospital after injuring herself on a Lakeland fell. The woman was walking in the Lad Stones area of Wetherlam today, Satu...

Wainwright fans head to the fells to help wildlife charity

A series of challenge walks by aficionados of author Alfred Wainwright will help a charity’s bid to preserve and extend an upland plant.

Coast to Coast walker rescued after ankle injury

A man attempting the Coast to Coast Walk was rescued after injuring his ankle. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was alerted today at 2.50pm after t...

Wrong turn costs walkers dear with £110 taxi bill

A couple who got lost while coming down England’s highest mountain were faced with a taxi bill of £110 to get themselves back to their base.

Forestry bosses delay controversial car-park charges

Forestry bosses have said they will delay introducing controversial car-parking charges at a glen used by outdoor enthusiasts.

Book bargains on offer as publisher opens its doors

Outdoor enthusiasts with an eye for a bargain might want to navigate their way to Cumbria later this month, when a publisher opens its doors for a book sale.