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Celebrations as England gains its ninth national park

It has taken more than 60 years to become a reality, but today the South Downs will finally become England’s ninth national park.

12 November 2009

Latest Ordnance Survey maps added to grough's route system

grough’s unique online route-planning system has now been updated with the latest Ordnance Survey mapping.

11 November 2009

GPS dogs help sniff out mountain wildlife

A ranger working in the Scottish Highlands is combining animal instinct and the latest technology to help preserve wildlife.

11 November 2009

Heather's video points to Scots mountain blackspots

Scotland’s hillwalking safety supremo features in a short video detailing the four main accident blackspots for walkers and climbers as winter conditions take hold.

10 November 2009

Businesses urged to cash in on new bridleway

Businesses are being urged to cash in on a new national trail. The Pennine Bridleway will run for 330km (206 miles) from Derbyshire to Cumbria when...

10 November 2009

Outdoor retailer's deal is vital for survival

One of the country’s leading outdoor retailers faces a crunch meeting at the end of this month when it will ask its property landlords and shareholders to approve a survival plan.

10 November 2009

Ramblers' joy as coast bill set to get Queen's assent

Access to the entire English coast will come a step closer on Thursday when the parliamentary bill introducing a new law is expected to receive Royal Assent.

09 November 2009

Kenton's Yorkshire return for Cool lecture

The man who managed to get eccentric explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes up the north face of the Eiger will give an insight into his life this week.

08 November 2009

Scots student youngest to top of Ama Dablam

A Scottish teenager has become the youngest person to scale the Himalayan peak of Ama Dablam. Calum Macintyre, 16, summited the mountain on 25 Octo...

06 November 2009

Missing walkers safe after finding refuge in bothy

Two missing walkers have been found safe and well after a major search operation in the northern Highlands.

12 November 2009

Winter brings closure to Snowdon summit cafe

Exhausted walkers hoping for a cup of tea and a comfort break after slogging up Wales’s highest mountain will be disappointed.

11 November 2009

Climbdown as council reviews national park land sell-off

A council in West Sussex is to look again at its decision to sell off land in the new South Downs national park after an outcry from residents and campaign groups.

11 November 2009

Cave rescuers' grants enable HQ refit

A £30,000 grant to a Yorkshire rescue team has enabled the completion of a major redevelopment at its base.

10 November 2009

Coasteering pair rescued after cliff injuries

Two men were injured yesterday after falling from sea cliffs near Torquay. The two were part of a party of five coasteering instructors recce-ing r...

10 November 2009

Tunnel vision could see reopening of route for walkers and cyclists

A new cycle trail across the Peak District could be created with the reopening of four disused railway tunnels.

09 November 2009

What's that Skip? Struth, a moorland marsupial!

Moorland walkers may get a surprise after separate sightings of a rare example of wildlife. Wallabies have been spotted in both the South Pennines ...

08 November 2009

Expanding outdoors retailer to create 80 jobs in two new stores

The demise of home furnishings and DIY will be the outdoors' gain with the opening of two new stores by expanding retailer GO Outdoors.

07 November 2009

Protest follows national park sell-off plan

The leader of a national conservation body will speak next week at a protest rally against the selling off of downland in England’s newest national park.

06 November 2009

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