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 ...

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 ...

A man has died after falling from Sharp Edge on Blencathra in the northern Lake District. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was alerted to the incident about 1.40pm on Saturday. A team spokesperson said: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lake District representatives hit back after a campaigning journalist described the area as one of the most depressing landscapes in Europe. Environmental advocate George Monbiot said it vied for the ...

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 runner has died after falling from a Lake District mountain while attempting the Bob Graham Round. The man suffered fatal injuries when he fell from the ridge between Pillar and Kirk Fell late on ...