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Highland estate at centre of access row to seek zoo licence
A controversial Highland estate at the centre of an access row has said it will apply for a zoo licence.
Munro baggers needed for water-charity challenge
A charity is looking for volunteers for a mass challenge that it hopes will put people on every 3,000ft mountain on the British Isles on one day next summer.
Anniversary challenge to councils to put themselves on the map
Councils are being challenged to wake up and get their maps up to date, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the law that obliges them to record rights of way.
Turbines would be blot on Bowland landscape say opponents
Campaigners are urging planners to throw out an application to build wind turbines on common land in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
MSP backs mountaineering council's bid to control hill tracks
Scotland’s wilderness areas are being irrevocably damaged by the construction of uncontrolled hill tracks, according to the nation’s mountaineering body.
Minister urges walkers to prepare for winter
Scotland’s sport minister today urged winter walkers and mountaineers to get themselves ready for winter.
Ticks to tight boots: site has mountaineers' medical insights
Would you know how to cope with a medical emergency on the mountains? We all hope we will never need to deal with such a situation, but forewarned ...
Christensen takes the helm at Natural England
The acting chair of the Government’s advisory body on the natural environment has been confirmed as its head.
The long walk in: mountaineers in drive for change?
Is it cheating to drive off the metalled road to get to the start of your Scottish hillbagging trip? Or should the whole journey be powered by muscle ...
Free Ordnance Survey mapping may follow Government u-turn
Outdoor enthusiasts were handed an early Christmas present today with the announcement that the Government could make leisure mapping free to users.
MP wants residents' veto on national park extensions
A Lakeland MP says the proposed extension of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks should be put to a referendum of residents.
Path repairs will help Coast to Coast walkers
Walkers on Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk will have a smoother passage along part of the route after improvements to a badly eroded section.
Plans would see Cumbrian fells added to Yorkshire Dales
More bits of Cumbria could find themselves in the Yorkshire Dales under a planned expansion of two northern English national parks.
Just the ticket: cut-price buses for right-to-roam walkers
An authority is offering cheap bus tickets to celebrate the 60th anniversary the setting up of Britain’s national parks.
Sell-off climbdown on land 'where walkers picnic and watch birds'
Downland in the newly created South Downs national park that was threatened with being sold has been taken off the market.
South Downs land sell-off 'must be halted'
Campaigners are calling on a council to halt the sale of land next to Britain’s second-biggest Iron Age hillfort.
Lakeland walkers warned as district takes stock
Lake District walkers are being advised to choose their routes with care as the area recovers from the recent devastating floods.
Julia will light up flood-hit Lakeland town
Fellwalking pin-up Julia Bradbury will brighten a flood-hit town this week when she turns on the Keswick Christmas lights.
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