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 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: ...

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 ...

The Salathé Trek GTX is the Italian brand’s modern take on a hillwalking boot. The uppers are pliable suede with a deep rubber rand encircling the lower part of the boot, and incorporating a bold ...

A stretcher box high in the Lake District fells has been ransacked, rescuers said. Visitors to the site at Mickledore also left a disposable barbecue and other rubbish. The metal container, 840m ...

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 ...

Rescuers went to the aid of a walker who became cragfast while scrambling on Striding Edge. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by police shortly before 4.30pm on Wednesday to the incident on ...

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 ...

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 ...

The former team leader of a Lancashire volunteer rescue team has been recognised in the New Year Honours. Kevin Camplin was appointed an MBE for his services to mountain rescue in the county. He was ...

A man was rescued from a large pothole in the Yorkshire Dales after falling in while taking a photograph. The 26-year-old was attempting to snap Hull Pot on the flanks of Pen-y-ghent on Sunday, when ...