Alfred Wainwright published A Coast to Coast Walk in 1973, suggesting a route from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay in ...

Rescuers were called out in the early hours of Thursday when a group of wild campers got into difficulties on a Lake District fell. Police alerted Keswick Mountain Rescue Team to the incident about ...

A man has died after falling more than 200ft from Sharp Edge on Blencathra. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 12.25pm on Thursday. The Great North Air Ambulance Service’s Helimed 58 ...

Sir Chris Bonington, elder statesman of British mountaineering, celebrates his 90th birthday on Tuesday. The Everest summiteer admits he can no longer climb in the greater ranges, but will celebrate ...

Work has begun on construction of the first additional ‘seasonal’ search and rescue helicopter base at Oban. A second one will be built at Carlisle. The two extra Coastguard bases will operate from ...

Supreme Court judges have unanimously backed Dartmoor National Park Authority in its case to allow backpacking camping on commons in the area. The judges dismissed an appeal by Alexander and Diana ...

Two Cumbrian men have each been jailed for four years three months for felling the Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were found guilty ...

First, it’s useful to explain what we mean by a three- to four-season boot. We’ve seen from time to time this term used to mean a boot that suitable for use in full winter conditions, as well as ...

Shares in the company that owns High Street retailers Go Outdoors, Blacks and Millets dropped 23 per cent on Thursday after it issued a profits warning. JD Sports said milder weather and consumers ...

A rescue team in the Lake District has offered guidance for would-be wild campers after several callouts to individuals who have got into difficulties on the fells. The latest incident for Patterdale ...

A walker was airlifted to hospital after injuring herself in a fall on Blencathra. The woman fell between 5m and 7m on a rocky section of Hall’s Fell Ridge on Thursday. The walker’s partner called for ...

The umbrella body for mountain rescuers south of the border has elected its first chief executive from outside the teams that make up its membership. Businessman and manager Andy Buchan will take over ...