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.

TV show will feature helicopter-crash boss's zip-wire battle

Television viewers will be able to see an on-screen confrontation between campaigners and the controversial owner of a Lake District tourist attraction in a fly-on-the-wall documentary next Sunday.

Temperature drop catches out Lakeland climate-change visitors

A group of visitors looking at climate change in a national park were caught out by a sudden variation in the local climate as temperatures plunged by 12C overnight.

Planners turn down Lake District zip-wire plan

National park planners have rejected a controversial bid to build a white-knuckle tourist attraction on a Lake District mountainside.

Houlding and Bonington will lead national park's birthday party

Two of England’s most gifted mountaineers will help celebrations for their local national park this month.

Railway trail will get national park cyclists steamed up

Cyclists visiting a national park can get steamed up on a newly introduced service. Lake District national park bosses are urging outdoor enthusias...

Cumbria councillors reject national park growth plans

Councillors in Cumbria have objected to the enlargement of two national parks which would see their planning and countryside access powers switched to the national park authorities in the selected areas.

Walkers urged to report illegal off-roaders

Police and national park officials are appealing to walkers to report off-roaders they spot illegally using Lakeland fells.

Mountain-top weather reports could be axed unless sponsor found

A mountain weather service that has run for 35 years is under threat. The Lake District national park’s two felltop assessors make the daily jour...