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Outdoor bosses press for access at Vixen Tor inquiry

The future of access to one of Dartmoor’s most striking rock features is being decided this week in ‘a freezing-cold room with bad acoustics’.

Climbers and walkers unite in fight for access to Vixen Tor

Walkers and climbers will unite to fight for access to one of Dartmoor’s most spectacular landmarks.

Ramblers call for legal rethink after bull kills walker

Britain’s biggest walkers’ charity has called for a rethink on the law on keeping livestock in fields.

Walker dies and woman critical after attack by bull on footpath

A walker has died and a woman is critically ill after they were attacked by a bull. The pair, who police believe were a husband and wife, were gore...

Work starts on last section of Ben Nevis path

Work on the final phase of an improvement to the path leading to Ben Nevis’s north face has begun. The final 750m section of the Allt a’Mhuilin...

Campaigners urge action on partly blocked national trail

Campaigners are urging a council to take action to force developers to clear obstructions partly blocking a national trail.

Cragfast overnight campers helped from summit of Dales peak

Two men were helped from the summit of one of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks after camping on the mountain overnight.

Cuts put Big Society at risk in the great outdoors

The great outdoors is already a thriving example of the Government’s lauded ‘Big Society’, but cuts to professional staff put at risk the ability of volunteers to help maintain the countryside.

Whernside: Yorkshire's highest point, with a hint of Cumbria

England’s biggest county can claim a few records, but when it comes to the heights of its hills, Yorkshire’s record books can be a little confusing.

Benighted fellwalkers keep mountain rescuers busy

Two walkers were rescued from a Lake District fell after being caught out by darkness. Members of the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team w...

Bull-attack couple were on three-day walk to their home

Police have named the walker who was killed by a bull on Friday. Roger Freeman, 63, of Glen Parva, Leicestershire, was attacked by the animal as he...

Farmer speaks of 'shock' after bull kills walker

A farmer today spoke of his shock after a bull in his field attacked two walkers, killing one and leaving the other fighting for her life.

A year after the floods, £1.7m Lakeland path repairs continue

Next week marks the first anniversary of the unprecedented floods in Cumbria that caused devastation in many of the area’s towns and villages.

Ex-City accountant joins list of outdoor greats

A former City accountant and his wife have joined a group of outdoor luminaries that includes Everest summiteers Sir Chris Bonington and Doug Scott.

Ramblers say access must be kept in any forest sell-off

The country’s biggest walking charity voiced its concern about the coalition Government’s sell-off of forests.

Walkers fill footprints with project gift

While the world seems obsessed with carbon footprints, a group of walkers has made a donation to help the effects of their actual footprints on the Lakeland fells.

Walking route cuts 'will set back countryside fifty years'

Impending Government cuts could put the countryside out of bounds to walkers, according to the Ramblers.

Ramblers urge walkers to push Defra on outdoor access

Britain’s biggest walking charity is urging walkers to step up the pressure on the Government to recognise the benefit of taking to the great outdoors.