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Pub diners can help preserve Three Peaks paths
Diners in a Yorkshire Dales pub will be helping a project that maintains some of the most popular paths in the Three Peaks area.
New Ramblers' boss appointed at 'critical time' for countryside
Britain’s biggest walking charity has a new boss, who will take over the organisation next February.
Updated leaflets published for Snowdon walkers
National park bosses have produced an updated range of leaflets detailing routes up Wales’s highest mountain.
Wildlife trust will take over prime national park rockclimbing crags
A wildlife trust has agreed to take over national park land that includes one of the country’s most popular climbing areas.
Bridge right-of-way status provides Lakeland route for walkers
Walkers and cyclists can now legally use a bridge thought to have built by the Army, to avoid taking to roads in a busy Lakeland valley.
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.
Quarry gift smooths the way for Dales walkers
Walkers heading for the summit of one of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks will be on a firmer footing thanks to a donation from a quarry company.
Volunteers have mountain clean-up in the bag
Volunteers cleared rubbish from more than 10km of paths on England’s third-highest mountain as part of a Fell Care Day.
Ramblers chief Tom steps down
The head of Britain’s biggest walking campaign group is leaving the charity. The Ramblers’ chief executive Tom Franklin will step down from his...
From the Borders to Iceland: trust's helpers clock up 5,600 hours
Volunteers from a conservation charity cleared more than 600 bags of rubbish from wild areas last year, clocking up 5,600 hours of unpaid work.
Winter closure warning for national park tunnel trail
National park bosses are warning cyclists and walkers parts of an innovative trail along an old railway route may have to be closed at short notice over winter.
Ramblers' thumbs-up to trust's takeover of prime climbing site
Britain’s biggest walkers’ charity has welcomed the decision to place a popular climbing and walking area into the care of a conservation trust.
Footpath microlight flights grounded as appeal fails
A microlight enthusiast’s plans to fly from an airstrip crossing footpaths have been grounded. Mark Fowler of Botolph Claydon in Buckinghamshire ...
Lake District floods footpath bill tops £1m
The bill for repairing the Lake District’s footpaths and bridleways damaged by the area’s devastating 2009 floods has topped £1m.
Lakeland footpaths will close to allow rally
National park bosses are warning walkers and mountain bikers that all rights of way will be closed later this month in a popular Lakeland forest.
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.
Challenge organisers' cash will help munro footpath work
Organisers of a mountain adventure challenge have given a cash boost to help repair paths on the peak where the event took place.
Blue plaque marks start of Wainwright's first 'long walk'
Enthusiasts have unveiled a blue plaque marking the starting point of the first long-distance journey of author Alfred Wainwright.