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Inquiry is latest round in 30-year access battlle

A 30-year access battle continued today after landowners lodged objections to the granting of rights of way across a historic abbey site.

New book will help walkers make sense of the Lake District landscape

Peter Wilson is a keen hillwalker, runner and cyclist. The Lancashire-born outdoor enthusiast also happens to be a Reader in Quaternary Science at the...

Climbers and walkers unite in fight for access to Vixen Tor

Walkers and climbers will unite to fight for access to one of Dartmoor’s most spectacular landmarks.

A year after the floods, £1.7m Lakeland path repairs continue

Next week marks the first anniversary of the unprecedented floods in Cumbria that caused devastation in many of the area’s towns and villages.

'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.

Cuts put Big Society at risk in the great outdoors

The great outdoors is already a thriving example of the Government’s lauded ‘Big Society’, but cuts to professional staff put at risk the ability of volunteers to help maintain the countryside.

Whernside: Yorkshire's highest point, with a hint of Cumbria

England’s biggest county can claim a few records, but when it comes to the heights of its hills, Yorkshire’s record books can be a little confusing.

'National trust for waterways' planned in quango shake-up

The organisation in control of more than 2,000 miles of canals and towpaths walks is to be turned into a ‘national trust’ for waterways.

Moorland challenge helps rescue team

More than 200 walkers took to the Pennine moors to help mountain rescuers. Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team will be an estimated £2,800 better off af...

First felltop report finds Lakeland fells in full winter condition

The Lake District fells are in full winter condition but routes such as Striding Edge and Swirral Edge should only be tackled by experienced winter mountaineers.

Outdoor bosses press for access at Vixen Tor inquiry

The future of access to one of Dartmoor’s most striking rock features is being decided this week in ‘a freezing-cold room with bad acoustics’.

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.

Work starts on last section of Ben Nevis path

Work on the final phase of an improvement to the path leading to Ben Nevis’s north face has begun. The final 750m section of the Allt a’Mhuilin...

Walkers fill footprints with project gift

While the world seems obsessed with carbon footprints, a group of walkers has made a donation to help the effects of their actual footprints on the Lakeland fells.

Walking route cuts 'will set back countryside fifty years'

Impending Government cuts could put the countryside out of bounds to walkers, according to the Ramblers.

Activists will meet at threatened Peak District hall

Volunteer activists from Britain’s oldest conservation body will gather this weekend at a national park centre threatened with closure.

Ramblers urge walkers to push Defra on outdoor access

Britain’s biggest walking charity is urging walkers to step up the pressure on the Government to recognise the benefit of taking to the great outdoors.

New sections opened on Wales coastal path

A new section of the All Wales Coast Path was officially opened by the Welsh environment minister. The 26km (16-mile) stretch on the Gower peninsul...