Ramblers
Ramblers give £10,000 for repairs to Peak District path linked to access pioneer
Ramblers have donated £10,000 towards the improvement of a footpath leading to a Peak District hill with connections to a pioneering access campaigner.
Campaigners call on councils to fulfil duty to signpost 'secret' paths
Campaigners are calling on councils to fulfil their legal responsibility and end what they call the ‘scandal’ of hidden paths.
Stalling Busk plaque unveiled at Yorkshire Dales site of historic Ramblers access meeting
Members of the Ramblers joined a national park chairman at a remote Yorkshire Dales hamlet to mark a key meeting place in the campaign for countryside access.
Ramblers urge would-be MPs to back their Manifesto for a Walking Britain
The next government should reward landowners who go beyond their legal obligations to provide access to the public, Britain’s largest walkers’ charity said.
Ben Dolphin elected as new Ramblers Scotland president
A journalist, countryside ranger and blogger has been appointed head of the Ramblers in Scotland. Ben Dolphin was elected to the post of president ...
Ramblers relaunch Sussex Border Path after 18-month survey
A group of Ramblers have relaunched the Sussex Border Path to mark the Walk about Britain festival. The route has been checked by local Sussex Ramb...
BMC and MCofS rebrand themselves as Climb Britain and Mountaineering Scotland
Two bodies that represent climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers throughout Britain have announced changes to their names.
Campaigner Kate Ashbrook will open 'unique' Welcome Way linking three towns
An access champion will officially open a unique long-distance walking route at the weekend. Kate Ashbrook will walk part of the Welcome Way from t...
People's Postcode Lottery will help Ramblers launch new walking festival
Walkers will get a boost next year thanks to players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. The Ramblers will use a £200,000 grant from the lottery t...
Ramblers pay tribute to Jerry Pearlman, who paved the way for right-to-roam law
Campaigners have paid tribute to a luminary of the outdoor access movement who died recently. Jerry Pearlman’s work paved the way for the right-t...
Ramblers look to next eight centuries, 800 years after Charter of the Forest
Eight hundred years ago a charter was sealed establishing the right to access England’s forests, previously the reserve of kings.
Victory after 40-year campaign as Ramblers hail Peacehaven path opening
Ramblers are celebrating after a successful 40-year battle to open a footpath in East Sussex. Members of the campaigning walkers’ charity were jo...
Campaigners win 14-year footpath battle with elite Harrow School
Footpath campaigners are claiming victory in a 14-year access battle with a top public school. A government planning inspector ruled against Harrow...
Ramblers' survey finds half of England and Wales footpaths have problems
Almost a tenth of footpaths in England and Wales are unusable, and more than a half present problems to walkers.
Vanessa Griffiths appointed Ramblers' chief executive
A former conservation charity boss is to step in as chief executive of the country’s biggest walkers’ organisation.
Campaigner Kate Ashbrook: Brexit threat to countryside 'deeply worrying'
One of the country’s top outdoors campaigners said the effects of the UK’s exit from the European Union are deeply worrying.
Longest new stretch of new England Coast Path opens in Somerset
The longest new section of the England Coast Path officially opened to the public today. Natural England’s chairman Andrew Sells marked the openi...
National Trust and Ramblers welcome Rory Stewart's Coast Path 2020 pledge
Two major charities have welcomed the news that England’s coastal path is on course for completion in five years’ time.