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Lomond bosses move to ban troublesome wild-campers
Wild camping will be banned in parts of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs national park in a move to tackle anti-social behaviour.
Owner claims Snowdon rings
The owner of two rings found by a walker on Snowdon has contacted police to claim them. The woman will travel from Buckinghamshire to collect the j...
Train crew brings child from windswept Snowdon summit
A two-year-old child was brought down from the summit of Wales’s highest mountain by train, after his father carried him to the peak in appalling weather.
Naomi will keep an eye on national park
Walkers in the North York Moors have a new ranger to look after their landscape. Naomi Dillon has been appointed senior ranger for the northern are...
Lake District Friends wade in with watergate project
Volunteers have waded in to help protect an area of Cumbria destined to become part of an enlarged national park.
Hillwalkers restore student's trust after mountain test
A student’s experiment in trust has seen hillwalkers take the moral high ground. Paul Bellis Jones, a 24-year-old keen walker from Glan Conwy nea...
Ring, ring: any Snowdon walkers lost something?
Police in Wales want you to give them a ring – if you’ve lost yours. Two pieces of jewellery, described as an engagement ring and either a wedd...
Rescue team passes 100 mark four months early
A Lakeland mountain rescue team has reached its century – four months early. The Keswick team’s tally of full callouts passed the 100 mark this...
Students rescued as weather hits expedition
Six students on a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition had to be rescued today after being caught out by bad weather in the Lake District.
Trust chair Shonaig confirms she will step down
The head of one of Scotland’s biggest conservation charities, which owns many popular mountain areas, has confirmed she will step down.
Walkers invited to Coast to Coast celebration
Walkers are being invited to follow in the footsteps of Lakeland’s most venerated chronicler of the fells – in the Yorkshire Dales.
All smiles in Happy Valley as council drops fight
Campaigners are urging a council to restore a popular path after it abandoned plans to move its route up a steep-sided valley.
Circular routes prove natural for walkers
Ever found yourself unintentionally back where you started when out for a walk? You’re not alone: researchers in Germany have found a propensity ...
Pennine welcome awaits walkers
Walkers are in for a warm welcome in a Pennine town next month, as it stages a weekend in celebration of its pioneering status.
Woman airlifted after Nevis fall
A woman was airlifted from Britain’s highest mountain yesterday after falling and injuring herself.
Waymarking would be'dumbing down the mountain'
The head of Scotland’s mountaineering body has taken to the airwaves to defend the nation’s objection to waymarking the hills north of the border.
Rescuers search wrong fell after walkers change plans
Rescuers spent the morning searching the wrong Lakeland fell today for a missing couple who had changed their planned route.
Walks will mark late Natural England head's birth date
A series of walks will take place in the autumn in memory of Natural England’s first head, who died of cancer, aged 59, earlier this year.