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Mountain centre research may change peat upland management

A research student from a Scottish college will join academics from across the UK in a project likely to change the way peat uplands are managed.

Campaigners' ten-point outdoors plan for election

Britain’s oldest national conservation group has produced an access manifesto in the run-up to the general election and is asking candidates to sign up the 10-point plan.

No Cairngorms ban on wild camping

Scotland’s biggest national park will not introduce bylaws to tackle problems caused by wild camping.

Sheffield Pike: pocket peak with grand views

Bag a couple of wainwrights in an afternoon with an ascent of this outlier of the Helvellyn range...

Lakes volunteers muck in for photo competition

The photographic work of two Lake District volunteers has been shortlisted in a national contest. The Muck in 4 Life competition was set up to cele...

Macbeth takes Friends' peaks project to century

Macbeth and his lady wife have notched up a milestone for a major outdoors project. In this case it’s walker Kevin Macbeth and his spouse Barbara...

Mountain council numbers on the up as finances hold

Membership of Britain’s representative mountaineering body continued to climb last year. Of course they did, that’s why they join the British M...

Climber found safe after Lakeland avalanche

Three mountain rescue teams went to the aid of a climber who triggered a Lake District avalanche today.

Anglers back Ramblers' campaign against Lomond camp ban

Anglers have backed walkers who have voiced their opposition to a ban on wild camping along Loch Lomond’s shores.

No change for walkers' maps as OS frees data

The long-awaited results of the Government’s Ordnance Survey consultation were announced today. Walkers and outdoor enthusiasts had hoped for a b...

Lakeland death-fall walker named

The walker who fell to his death on a Lake District fell at the weekend has been named. Paul Robert Newing, 35, of Dukinfield, Tameside, Greater Ma...

Man dies after 650ft Lakeland fall

A man has died after falling from a crag in the Lake District. The walker was with two work colleagues when he fell 200m (650ft) from Great End in ...

Julia issues charity challenge to walkers

Walking celebrity Julia Bradbury is urging walkers to take up a challenge to support children at risk.

Stressed-out city workers given free fresh air

Deskbound and dreaming of the open fells? Is the dreary grime of the city making you pine for the hills? A little help is at hand: 0.42g of help ex...

What future for the outdoor world, post election?

With a general election just round the corner, where will the world of outdoor activities stand after the poll?.

Fiennes injured in car crash after High Peak Marathon run

Eccentric Everest summiteer Sir Ranulph Fiennes was hospitalised yesterday when he crashed his car after taking part in a night-time mountain marathon.