National park rangers to lead access-land walks

Walkers who want to get off the footpaths and enjoy their right to roam can join a series of free hikes organised by a national park.

Trust urges Scots walkers on to its routes

The National Trust for Scotland has joined other groups in urging people to pull on their boots and hit the hills.

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.

County's footpaths surveyed, thanks to army of volunteers

Every inch of the public rights of way in England’s largest county has been logged by a small army of volunteers.

Out with the old, as Ramblers lose their apostrophe

For decades, the name has conjured up an image, rightly or wrongly, of the breeches-clad hiker, complete with bobble-hat and canvas knapsack striding across the moors whistling a Ewan MacColl tune.

Council 'shoots itself in foot' with proposed path cutbacks

Planned cutbacks to the footpath service of one of England’s most popular holiday destinations could land the authority with extra bills, a pressure group says.

Friends' cash improves Cumbrian paths

Less mobile visitors to the Lake District will benefit from better paths, thanks to a £10,000 grant from a conservation group.

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..