Ramblers

New Ramblers' deal will see members quids in

Bargain-hunting walkers can snap up a cut-price offer this month for membership of the country’s biggest walking organisation.

05 May 2010

Ramblers' boss forced to stop walking

The head of Britain’s largest walkers’ charity has given up walking. But the move is only temporary, as Ramblers’ chief executive Tom Frankli...

04 May 2010

More than 400 would-be MPs back Ramblers' coast campaign

More than 400 would-be MPs have pledged to support the setting up of an all-England coastal path if elected.

20 April 2010

Peak quarrying worries as firm considers Europe appeal

The long battle to save one of the Peak District’s most contentious stretches of countryside is not over, campaigners have warned.

11 April 2010

Government 'lost its nerve' on free Ordnance Survey maps

The Ramblers today expressed extreme disappointment with the Government’s failure to provide free maps at scales used by walkers in its move to liberalise the national mapping agency.

01 April 2010

Paths 'face extinction' unless Government adopts plan

Campaigning outdoor bodies are urging the Government to adopt groundbreaking proposals to protect England's ‘lost footpaths’.

24 March 2010

Pass the baton and ditch the bobble hat: Ramblers reach 75

From the present Gore-tex world of GPS, Twitter, electronic maps and online route planning, the 1930s seem an eternity away.

19 February 2010

Walkers' view on coastal path ignored, say Ramblers

England’s coastal access process risks being one-sided, skewed towards the views of landowners, according to Britain’s biggest walking group.

10 February 2010

Setback for Vixen Tor access campaign

The owner of a Dartmoor crag at the centre of a long-running access row has lodged an appeal against a council decision to create two rights of way on the land.

02 February 2010

Ramblers will help mark double anniversary along canal

Ramblers will take part in relay walk celebrating a double anniversary. The 140km (87-mile) route along the Kennet & Avon Canal will mark both ...

05 May 2010

Ramblers will recreate history with Kinder 'mass march'

Ramblers will gather this weekend to commemorate a decisive event in the history of mountain access as part of the organisation’s 75th birthday celebrations.

21 April 2010

Julia confirmed president as trad Ramblers hold sway

Traditionalists held the upper hand at the Ramblers’ annual meeting at the weekend. The General Council of the campaigning charity met for the 75...

13 April 2010

Election candidates sign up for 'walkers manifesto'

A fifth of would-be MPs have signed up to support a walkers’ manifesto put forward by the Ramblers as the election campaign gets into full gear.

07 April 2010

Coastal access: Ramblers urge action as election looms

Campaigners are pressing for urgency in the setting up of the coastal path round England. The plea came as Natural England, the Government’s offi...

27 March 2010

Julia to head Ramblers in quest to get Britain on its feet

One of walking’s best known celebrities is to become the face of the Ramblers. Julia Bradbury, credited with boosting the popularity of Lakelandâ...

19 March 2010

Ramblers' challenge to Cameron over Beauly-Denny line

The leader of Scotland’s Ramblers today challenged the Conservative leader to put people before pylons and ditch the controversial scheme to build a massive power line through the Highlands.

10 February 2010

Ramblers celebrate victory in footpath battle with earl

Evidence from a 70-year-old woman in Canada helped Ramblers in a victory to gain access on a path in East Sussex.

09 February 2010

English coastal path 'could be victim of Government cuts'

A member of the House of Lords has warned that the campaign for an English coastal path is not yet won.

30 January 2010

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