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Path improvements help access to spectacular Dales site

One of the Yorkshire Dales’ most impressive sites will be accessible to more people after work by the national park authority.

Crampons: the new hillwalker's fashion accessory?

Increasingly seen at the first sight of snow, Dave Hewitt ponders this spiky subject...

2008: take a trip with us through the highs and lows of the year

In the slovenly hiatus between Santa’s return north and the alcoholic debauchery of the New Year, journalists traditionally have a problem: how to fill the space on their various publications when, well, not much happens..

Campaigners defeat farm's bridal bid

There will be no bridal way to a Somerset farm, thanks to efforts by campaigners. Owners of a former organic butchery and shop at Brook Farm in the...

Groups come together to oppose holiday plan for Borrowdale

Another pressure group has thrown its weight behind the campaign to stop a development of luxury holiday homes on the eastern edge of the Lake District.

Thumbs-up as Queen signals move to open England’s coastline

The right to walk and climb along the whole length of England’s coast came a step closer today with the announcement in the Queen’s Speech that the Marine Bill will be introduced in this parliamentary session.

Two footpath victories, but common defeat for campaigners

The Open Spaces Society, guardians of rights of way and green areas, has scored victories in Somerset and Tyneside.

Solitude beckons on the Howgills' velvet slopes

Quite unlike their near cousins the Yorkshire Dales and the Cumbrian Fells, the velvety bumps of the Howgill Fells have a character all of their own.

Walkers warned after death of Dales dormouse

Walkers in the Yorkshire Dales have been asked to be on their guard after a baby dormouse was recently crushed to death.

Peak protestors will leave following quarry decision confirmation

Protestors who have been camping at a threatened popular walking site say they will abandon their camp with the news that permission for quarrying has been withdrawn.

Campaigners fight a bridge too far on national trail

Footpath campaigners are fighting plans which would mean walkers on a national trail had to wait while a university rowing club launched its boats.

Countryside lovers can turn waste land to common good

Outdoor sleuths will have a chance to add to England’s access land – with help from the country’s oldest national conservation body.

Mountaineering on the up, says survey

More people are mountaineering: that’s the finding of a survey conducted by Sport England, which found that the sport is the tenth fastest growing in the country.

The white stuff: how winter hillwalkers can stay safe

As much of Britain is cloaked in the white stuff, and walkers’ and mountain lovers’ hopes of a decent winter rise, it’s important to revise our approach to tackling the hills as snow and ice cover our usual routes and temperatures drop below freezing.

Mountain council produces guide to Scots peaks

If you’re about to start out on your bagging career, or simply want a bit of guidance on which of Scotland’s high mountains class as munros, marilyns, grahams or the rest, you could do worse than download a free guide by one of the best known outdoor writers around.