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Outdoor boss welcomes launch of Government scheme to get people active

Britain’s outdoor industry has welcomed a campaign by the Government and Mayor of London to get the country’s citizens more active.

14 February 2014

Champion award for Open Spaces Caerphilly campaigner Maggie Thomas

A keen walker and access campaigner has won an award for her work defending paths and open spaces. Maggie Thomas, Caerphilly local correspondent fo...

09 December 2013

Ramblers welcome new timetable for England Coast Path work

Britain’s biggest walkers’ charity is claiming victory in its coastal access campaign after the coalition Government published a new timetable for work on the project.

31 October 2013

Kate Ashbrook's kissing gate opens access land to Chilterns walkers

A leading campaigner has put her money where her mouth is to provide a gate to help people walk on access land.

27 August 2013

Ramblers and mountaineers urge Government action on England Coast Path

Two outdoor bodies have urged the coalition Government to pull its socks up and get on with the establishment of the coastal path round England.

30 July 2013

Ramblers welcome decision not to merge two outdoors bodies

Britain’s largest walking charity welcomed the Government’s decision not to merge two environmental agencies.

27 June 2013

Mountain rescuers, rambler and explorer honoured in Queen's birthday list

A mountain rescue team leader has been appointed an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Phil O’Brien has been a member of the Bowland Pennine ...

14 June 2013

Outdoor bosses: 'Britain on Foot can add four years to people's lives'

Outdoor industry bosses today launched a campaign they said could add four years to people’s lives.

07 May 2013

Kate Ashbrook warns Kinder meeting of plans for new criminal trespass law

A leading campaigner said walkers risked being made into criminals under a planned coalition Government law.

30 April 2013

Ramblers: Deregulation Bill will help save England's lost paths

Britain’s largest walkers’ charity says new legislation may help save historic rights of way from oblivion.

27 January 2014

Ramblers reveal 100,000 path problems as cuts stop public walking

Cuts in funding for England’s local authorities are stopping people going for a walk, the Ramblers warned.

25 November 2013

Ramblers' Westminster ice-cream van campaign aims to chime with MPs

The Ramblers brought a flavour of the seaside to Westminster to press home to MPs the economic benefit of establishing the England Coast Path.

11 September 2013

Ramblers urge action on England Coast Path as seaside towns decline

The Ramblers’ boss is due on national television this evening to press the case for the England Coast Path.

05 August 2013

Ramblers work with Government to simplify footpath mapping process

Britain’s biggest walkers’ charity said it is working with the Government to simplify the process to get maps recorded on official maps.

03 July 2013

English Coast Path faces Government axe, Ramblers say

The planned path around the coast of England is in danger of being axed, according to the country’s leading walking charity.

25 June 2013

Ramblers' advice to walkers after cattle attack

The Ramblers are advising walkers to take care in the countryside where there is livestock. A dog was killed and its owner injured when they were a...

10 June 2013

Ramblers urge walking revolution as poll reveals nation of couch potatoes

A quarter of British adults walk for no more than an hour each week. The alarming figure that so many UK residents lead couch-potato lives led the ...

06 May 2013

Peak District gathering will mark Kinder trespassers' spirit

Ramblers will gather tomorrow to keep alive the spirit of pioneers of access to the countryside. It is 81 years since a group of walkers took to th...

26 April 2013