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Youngest ever fellwalker follows in Wainwright's footsteps

They just get younger: an East Yorkshire boy has completed his round of the wainwrights, just a few weeks past his fifth birthday.

Kinder gains national reserve status

Kinder Scout, the upland plateau at the centre of the historic fight for access to England’s mountains, is to become a national nature reserve.

Power lines go underground to enhance Dales landscape

A remote Yorkshire dale will have a more natural look with the removal of electric power lines. More than 5km (3 miles) of overhead cabling will be...

Ramblers welcome scrambling decision

Walkers’ representatives are celebrating after a council threw out plans to turn a Welsh beauty spot into a motorbike scrambling area.

MacLeod will coach mountain instructors

Mountaineering instructors will be able to improve their technique with a masterclass by two experts at their annual meeting.

Circular routes prove natural for walkers

Ever found yourself unintentionally back where you started when out for a walk? You’re not alone: researchers in Germany have found a propensity ...

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.

High-level thrills lead to the top of Pillar

Some Lakeland mountains draw you to them. They evoke a distant history and attendant mystery and whisper ‘climb me’: Helvellyn, Blencathra, Skidda...

Second walker drops in on rescuers at Lakes blackspot

A walker who fell at a Lake District accident blackspot found himself dropping in on rescuers who were already tending to a man who had fallen at the same place minutes earlier.

Climbers warned to stop using auto-belayers

Climbing wall owners and operators of climbing towers are being warned to stop using a belay device. The Redpoint and Auto-Belay descenders allow a...

Cairngorm railway 'struggled from the start'

The Cairngorm funicular, opposed by many walkers and conservationists at its inception, went ahead despite a weak business case, evident even before construction started.

The highs and lows of our country's top spots

Most hillwalkers will identify with the mixture of panic, irrationality and fear that has, at some time, gripped all of us in the midst of a bad expedition up a mountain that just seems to have it in for you..

More walkers hit England's second-oldest national trail

England’s second oldest national trail is getting more popular, with figures released today showing an increase of 26 per cent stomping across its route.

Naomi will keep an eye on national park

Walkers in the North York Moors have a new ranger to look after their landscape. Naomi Dillon has been appointed senior ranger for the northern are...

Lake District Friends wade in with watergate project

Volunteers have waded in to help protect an area of Cumbria destined to become part of an enlarged national park.

Scots Ramblers edge towards breakaway

Ramblers in Scotland may follow their own path after their staffing was savagely cut on the orders of its London board.

Calendar Girl will meet Three Peaks walkers

A Calendar Girl who persuaded her Women’s Institute friends to pose naked in front of the camera will be the first member of the newly formed Friends of the Three Peaks.