Keswick Mountain Rescue Team

Lake District rescuers field four calls for help in one evening

Rescuers in the Lake District had a busy Thursday evening with four calls for help. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was first alerted about 4.25pm aft...

10 July 2020

Lakeland climber 'remarkably lucky' as helmet prevents serious injury in fall

Rescuers said a young climber was ‘remarkably lucky’ after surviving a fall on a Lake District crag with minor injuries.

21 June 2020

Keswick rescuers called out to report of man with broken femur

Rescuers were called out to aid an injured man in a Lake District valley on Sunday. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was alerted at 6pm to reports the ...

01 June 2020

'Poignant' callout for Keswick rescuers as farmer dies in accident on fellside

Mountain rescuers were called out to a incident in which a farmer suffered fatal injuries. The Keswick team said the callout was poignant as the 52...

05 May 2020

Lakeland cyclist dies after crashing on Honister Pass

A cyclist has died after crashing on a Lake District pass. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out to the incident on the Honister Pass about 1...

23 March 2020

Walker stretchered from Lakeland fell after injuring ankle

A walker was stretchered from a Lake District fellside after injuring her ankle. The 50-year-old was walking in the valley behind Souther Fell, bes...

03 March 2020

Good Samaritan runner injures ankle after stopping to offer help on Lakeland fell

A runner who stopped to help someone who had slipped on a Lake District hillside fell victim to injury himself within yards of leaving the person.

16 February 2020

Woman rescued after injuring ankle near end of Coledale Horseshoe walk

A walker was rescued after injuring herself near the end of her walk on the Lake District fells. The young woman and her father were descending Bar...

05 February 2020

Rescuers called to Stybarrow Dodd walkers after 11-year-old caught in bad weather

Rescuers went to the aid of a group of walkers, including an 11-year-old boy, who got into difficulties on the Helvellyn range.

26 January 2020

Two walkers rescued from Helvellyn summit after going off-route

Two walkers were rescued after straying off route on the Helvellyn range. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team, which went to the women’s aid, said condi...

04 July 2020

Lakeland teams combine to rescue walker injured at Sty Head Pass

Two Lake District teams combined to rescue an injured walker. The 19-year-old hurt her ankle in a fall near Sty Head Pass. A spokesperson for Ke...

15 June 2020

Cyclist taken to hospital after crashing at Honister Pass bridge

A cyclist was taken to hospital after crashing on the Honister Pass in the Lake District. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out about 4.10pm ...

30 May 2020

Lakeland walker rescued after slip leads to leg injury

A walker was rescued after slipping on a Lake District path and injuring his leg. The 79-year-old was descending Cat Gill above Borrowdale on Sunda...

23 March 2020

Schoolboy suffers injuries on wintry Helvellyn as 13 children stuck on snow slope

A group of schoolchildren was rescued from England’s third-highest mountain after getting into difficulties in winter conditions.

07 March 2020

Two callouts in two hours to same spot for rescuers as Borrowdale walkers injured

Rescuers were called twice within two hours to virtually the same spot on a Lake District fell to help injured walkers.

24 February 2020

Mountain rescuers aid Keswick campers trapped by Storm Ciara floodwater

Mountain rescuers were called out in the early hours of Sunday to aid campers trapped by floodwater in the Lake District.

09 February 2020

Rescuers help walker with abnormally high heart rate from Lakeland fell

Rescuers were called out to help a walker who began suffering from an abnormally high heart rate while ascending a Lake District fell.

02 February 2020

Cat Bells walker recounts how 'indigestion' led to emergency airlift to hospital

A walker has told of how he was airlifted from a Lake District fell after suffering what he thought was a bout of indigestion.

24 January 2020

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