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Golf club plans for common thrown out by inspector

Campaigners have defeated a move to build a care home on common land. Crowborough Beacon Golf Club in East Sussex had applied to deregister land on...

Dales paths take walkers off the roads

Walkers on the Pennine Way will have to contend with a little less road walking after a national park created a new section of footpath.

Euro grant kickstarts Scots footpath programme

Work will start on footpath improvements on some of Scotland’s best loved mountain paths with the news that £1m has been raised to enable the project to go ahead.

Malham falcons will provide public spectacle again

A long running family saga in the Yorkshire Dales is due to be seen by its 100,000th viewer. The peregrine falcons of Malham Cove will again provid...

Dales walkers' views invited over a cup of tea

Walkers and mountain bikers are being invited to an innovative meeting to discuss rights of way in a national park.

Joy as Benn gives green light to new national park

Campaign groups are celebrating today’s announcement by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn of the go-ahead for a new national park.

Path repairs planned for Helvellyn route

Repairs will begin next month on one of the Lake District’s highest paths. Work on the route from Striding Edge to Helvellyn’s summit will invo...

Ramblers' festival aims to get Britons active

Britain’s couch potatoes are being urged to pull on their boots and get on their feet for a weekend of walking.

Kilimanjaro: dangers galore on the summit trail

Kilimanjaro, recently summited by a constellation of British stars, is one of the most dangerous mountains in the world.

Over the arches: Ribblehead viaduct walk on offer this summer

Walkers in the Yorkshire Dales accustomed to walking under the imposing Ribblehead viaduct will have a chance to go over the structure this summer.

Kate's quarter century for the common good

The woman who heads Britain’s oldest national conservation body has clocked up a quarter century’s service.

Keep dogs under control, pleads national park

Dog owners are being asked to take the lead by a national park. Although walkers do not legally have to keep their dogs on a leash while on a publi...

Bonington backs campaign against 'eco-lodges'

Britain’s best known mountaineer has thrown his weight behind a campaign against a holiday village in a Cumbrian valley.

Park rangers signed up to police force

Rangers in a national park will be a force to be reckoned with after four of them were sworn in as Special Constables.

Sixty years on, will new national park become a reality?

Sixty years ago, the post-war Labour Government passed an Act of Parliament that would have a profound effect on the British countryside.

Recycled trail aids walkers' smooth Peak passage

A popular section of a National Park trail has been resurfaced with recycled materials. Walkers, cyclists and horse riders can expect a smoother pa...