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Ramblers welcome new MPs' walking pledge

Britain’s biggest walking charity has welcomed the election of more than 100 MPs who signed up to put walking on the map.

Rescuers' awareness message: it's not just about mountains

Members of England and Wales’s volunteer mountain and cave rescue teams will raise their profile next month with a national day of events which aims to inform the public about their work.

Swedish Girls publishers fold after Ordnance Survey dispute

The publishers of a bawdy tale of romance and footslogging on the West Highland Way have thrown in the towel in a legal dispute with Britain’s national mapping agency.

Company boss urges Ordnance Survey rethink on schools charging

The head of the British arm of an international geographic information company urged the national mapping urgency to think again over plans to start charging schools for data.

Wainwright fans will gather to launch new long-distance route

A major new long-distance walking trail, following in the footsteps of Alfred Wainwright, will be launched later this month.

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...

Cash boost for moorland watershed landscape

The wild landscape that inspired the Bronte sisters, poet Ted Hughes and sculptor Henry Moore has received a £1.9m boost towards helping access, restoration and heritage projects.

Boss's concern for Ordnance Survey in mapping shake-up

The head of a company dealing in geographic information said today that the Government had ignored the views of industry in its move towards providing Ordnance Survey data free of charge.

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...

Outdoor bodies analyse parties' election pledges

Returning officers the length of the UK are dusting down their ballot boxes ready for Thursday’s vote, and pollsters are phoning fickle voters to try to pin down their intentions in what has turned out to be one of the least predictable elections for some time.

Walkers follow Wainwright's footsteps to launch impending guide

More than 40 walkers stepped out in the footsteps of one of the most celebrated guidebook authors to celebrate the launch of a new book detailing one of his earliest routes.

Contour lines plan for hills in election pledge

Electors are being offered radical new policies for the outdoors by one of the parties vying for votes.

Cards will help Dales walkers call for help

Help is on the cards for stricken walkers in the Yorkshire Dales. Three volunteer rescue organisations have teamed up to produce a card detailing h...

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.

Lakes rescuers' signs will help lost night walkers

Lakeland mountain rescuers are shedding a little light on the fells to help lost walkers. In a sign of the times, members of the Langdale and Amble...

Paths 'face extinction' unless Government adopts plan

Campaigning outdoor bodies are urging the Government to adopt groundbreaking proposals to protect England's ‘lost footpaths’.

Gordon Brown pledges April date for free OS mapping

Ordnance Survey mapping will be free from 1 April. It’s not an April Fool’s joke, but the first indication from the Prime Minister that the Gov...

Final day for Ordnance Survey free mapping consultation

Tomorrow is the final date for submissions to the Government’s consultation on freeing Ordnance Survey data.

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