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Keep dogs under control, pleads national park

Dog owners are being asked to take the lead by a national park. Although walkers do not legally have to keep their dogs on a leash while on a publi...

Path repairs planned for Helvellyn route

Repairs will begin next month on one of the Lake District’s highest paths. Work on the route from Striding Edge to Helvellyn’s summit will invo...

Kiwis enraged by Archer's Everest fiction

The simmering controversy over who was the first to tread on the world’s highest peak has been re-ignited, thanks to the unlikely intervention of a convicted liar.

Plea goes out to walkers to help nesting birds

A national park authority is pleading with walkers to help keep disturbance to nesting birds to a minimum.

Passing walkers rescue man stuck on Helvellyn

Two hillwalkers turned mountain rescuers today after a man got stuck on Helvellyn. The passing walkers guided the man to safety from a steep slope ...

Walkers' victory as Vixen Tor footpaths get go-ahead

One of Dartmoor’s most contentious sites could soon be opened to walkers after councillors voted to create two new footpaths.

Online revamp for conservation group

There’s a new look for the website of one of the country’s oldest conservation groups. The Open Spaces Society has revamped its clunky online p...

Experts: winter mountain paths 'only for the experienced'

Don’t become a mountain statistic this weekend. That’s the message from experts who warn that Snowdon and the mountains of north Wales and the Lak...

Snowdon fatality was 27-year-old man

Police say the man whose body was found on Snowdon yesterday was a 27-year-old from the Shrewsbury area.

Park rangers signed up to police force

Rangers in a national park will be a force to be reckoned with after four of them were sworn in as Special Constables.

Naismith, Tranter and now Marshall: how fast should you walk?

Everyone knows that walking is good for you. But how fast do you need to walk to get health benefits? Research published this week in an American s...

Kilimanjaro: dangers galore on the summit trail

Kilimanjaro, recently summited by a constellation of British stars, is one of the most dangerous mountains in the world.

Tributes follow death of Government's outdoor chief

The head of the Government’s advisory organisation on outdoor matters has died after a long illness.

County's footpaths surveyed, thanks to army of volunteers

Every inch of the public rights of way in England’s largest county has been logged by a small army of volunteers.

Out with the old, as Ramblers lose their apostrophe

For decades, the name has conjured up an image, rightly or wrongly, of the breeches-clad hiker, complete with bobble-hat and canvas knapsack striding across the moors whistling a Ewan MacColl tune.

Walkers back on track after seven-year footpath fight

Walkers will be able to use a former railway line after victory in a seven-year fight. The route, in the Buckinghamshire village of Bourne End, wil...

Snowdon death-fall walker named

The man who died on Snowdon on Saturday was today named as Gwyn Norrell, of Snailbeach, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Two injured in separate Lakes falls

Two walkers were injured in separate falls in the Lake District today, Saturday. A 28-year-old man from Lancashire suffered a leg injury when he fe...