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Walkers invited to Coast to Coast celebration

Walkers are being invited to follow in the footsteps of Lakeland’s most venerated chronicler of the fells – in the Yorkshire Dales.

Artist adds colour to Wainwright views

A Teesdale artist has brought colour to some of the Lake District’s most renowned pen-and-ink sketches with a reworking of the drawings of Alfred Wainwright.

High-level thrills lead to the top of Pillar

Some Lakeland mountains draw you to them. They evoke a distant history and attendant mystery and whisper ‘climb me’: Helvellyn, Blencathra, Skidda...

Wainwright date for Yorkshire literature gathering

The exploits of Lancashire’s best known fellwalker will be played out in the shadow of Yorkshire’s Ilkley Moor in the autumn.

England's second-oldest national trail celebrates 40 years

Forty years ago, the great and the good gathered in the ruins of a north Yorkshire castle to celebrate the culmination of a successful campaign going back decades..

Julia cleared in airline fraud inquiry

Fellwalking pin-up Julia Bradbury is to resume her role on the Watchdog programme after she was cleared of involvement in a frequent-flyer account fraud.

Artist's print sale will help mountain rescue dogs

An artistic hillwalker has produced a series of prints to raise funds for mountain rescue dogs. Andy Beck, who has a gallery in County Durham, is o...

Fiennes honours Wainwright walker Tom, six

The six-year-old boy who conquered all the Lake District’s Wainwright summits was honoured today by explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

Bookings boost for walking holiday firm as Brits stay home

The hills of Britain could be busier this summer with another indicator that people are opting for holidays at home.

Naomi will keep an eye on national park

Walkers in the North York Moors have a new ranger to look after their landscape. Naomi Dillon has been appointed senior ranger for the northern are...

Wainwright voice guides walkers to fell tops

Aficionados of the late Alfred Wainwright, cantankerous chronicler of the Lake District’s mountains, can now walk up Catbells with the voice of the author ringing in their ears.

Second walker drops in on rescuers at Lakes blackspot

A walker who fell at a Lake District accident blackspot found himself dropping in on rescuers who were already tending to a man who had fallen at the same place minutes earlier.

Bonington helps round off Wainwright rescue dog fund effort

Veteran mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington helped round off a marathon fellwalking charity effort that raised £4,000 for search and rescue dogs.

Robin, five, walks into record books with Wainwright effort

A five-year-old boy is following in his family’s footsteps and into the record books with an ascent of England’s highest mountain.

Julia's coast walk hits the Heart of the Lakes

Julia Bradbury’s Coast-to-Coast Walk continues tonight with a trip through the Heart of the Lakes. In the second of the six-part series following...

Julia's Coast-to-Coast walk hits the screens

Set the recorders: Julia Bradbury takes to the hills on our screens again next week with the follow up to the Wainwright’s Walks series.

Six-year-old Tom bags Wainwrights record for charity

A six-year-old has become the youngest to summit all 214 Wainwright peaks in the Lake District. Tom Fryers, who almost died at birth because of bre...

Mine owner says: put Wainwright statue on a felltop

A Cumbrian businessman says the proposed statue to the county’s chronicler of the fells should be placed on one of his beloved mountains, rather than in Kendal town centre.