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Boat rescue for campers after canoe capsize

A mountain rescue team used its boat to reach three paddlers stranded on islands after their canoe capsized.

High Speed Rail plans put walking routes in jeopardy, say Ramblers

At least 150 footpaths are under threat from plans to build England’s high-speed railway between London and Birmingham.

The Dragon's Back is back: 200-mile mountain race is revived

One of the hardest challenge races ever run – over the mountains of Wales, from north coast to south –will be staged again, 20 years after the first, and so far only event.

Mixed views on Government's grand view for the outdoors

The coalition Government’s plans for the outdoors provoked a mixed response when they were published today.

Keep dogs under control, plead national park bosses

National park bosses are pleading with dog walkers to keep their animals under control during the wildlife breeding season.

2010 in retrospect: join us in a look back at the outdoors year

As the year draws to a close, we take a look back at the events that have shaped the events in 2010. From tragedy to triumph, heartbreak to ecstasy, t...

'Dalek' generation is 'terrified of the countryside'

Bacon comes from sheep, according to more than a quarter of teenagers, and a Dalek is more familiar to many youngsters than a magpie.

Experts warn walkers: it's still winter on the hills

The calendar may say it’s spring, but in the mountains, it’s still firmly winter. Authorities in Snowdonia warned that full winter gear – inc...

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.

The great outdoors in 2011: the year in view

Our customary look-back at the past year provides a mix of triumph and controversy; tragedy and humour, with a few heroic acts.

Society invites nominations for first Open Space Award

Britain’s oldest national conservation society is on the lookout for a worthy winner of its first award aimed at champions of open space and access.

Dales 'great wall' will aid Coast to Coast walkers

Walkers on Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route will benefit from work carried out by volunteers on a footpath through the Yorkshire Dales.

Of mines and men: hill sleuths settle the score on county's top

Is a slag heap really the highest point of an East Midlands county, or is it somewhere even less impressive.

Bleaklow from Longdendale

Pity poor Bleaklow. Few have a good word to say about this boggy hulk, glowering above the busy valley of Longdendale, itself a victim of human engine...

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.

English footpaths face dead-end future, warn Ramblers

Britain’s biggest walking charity is urging councils to use its small army of volunteers to help keep footpaths open.

Government 'lost its nerve' on free Ordnance Survey maps

The Ramblers today expressed extreme disappointment with the Government’s failure to provide free maps at scales used by walkers in its move to liberalise the national mapping agency.