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Lomond West Highland Way camping ban looms
Walkers on the West Highland Way could be banned from wild camping on a 17km stretch of the route alongside Loch Lomond.
Turbines would be blot on Bowland landscape say opponents
Campaigners are urging planners to throw out an application to build wind turbines on common land in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Experts offer women chance to get to grips with GPS
Women who want to find their way in the hills are being offered two courses without male interference.
Friends together: walkers urged to put something back into Three Peaks
Standing proud in the south-western corner of the Yorkshire Dales national park are three fells that, for centuries, have been the centre of mankind’s curiosity.
Scots Ramblers' chiefs: we need to raise £200,000 within weeks
Scotland’s Ramblers today announced a cash appeal to help save the organisation from proposed cuts.
Campaigners say common fence will impede access
Campaigners have expressed dismay at a decision to fence off common land near the Dartmoor national park.
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...
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.
Hot meals back on menu after Black Sail u-turn
Pressure from hungry walkers has forced a u-turn on plans to stop serving food at one of England’s best loved youth hostels.
Lakes authority opposes new Cumbrian nuclear plants
An authority says building three new nuclear power stations close to England’s biggest national park could have a serious impact on tourism and the natural environment.
Christensen takes the helm at Natural England
The acting chair of the Government’s advisory body on the natural environment has been confirmed as its head.
Avalanche service appoints new chief
International mountain guide Mark Diggins has been appointed the co-ordinator of the sportscotland Avalanche Information Service.
Fogle helps launch ethnic minority national park scheme
Antarctic adventurer Ben Fogle will today help launch a scheme to open up England’s national parks to ethnic minorities.
Irvine Butterfield, giant of Scottish hillwalking, dies
One of the grand names of Scottish hillwalking died this week. Irvine Butterfield, a Yorkshireman who lived most of his life in Scotland, and much ...
England's second-oldest national trail celebrates 40 years
Forty years ago, the great and the good gathered in the ruins of a north Yorkshire castle to celebrate the culmination of a successful campaign going back decades..
Pennine Way walkers face route change during path repairs
Walkers on the Pennine Way face a diversion while repair work is carried out on an environmentally sensitive section.
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.
Recycling award winners map out future building blocks
Useful things, maps: route planning; navigating through the hills; sitting on to have your picnic; building houses.