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Houlding and Bonington will lead national park's birthday party

Two of England’s most gifted mountaineers will help celebrations for their local national park this month.

Forest groups tells bishop: come and visit the Lakes

Campaigners are urging the Bishop of Liverpool to visit the Lake District, so he can see the area’s forests at first hand.

Ramblers' boss will join Government forest panel

The Ramblers’ boss is among 12 people appointed today by the Government to a panel of experts that will look at how England’s forestry is used in the future.

Wainwright Whit walk challenge will help disabled charity

Aficionados of the late Lakeland author Alfred Wainwright will follow in his footsteps in a marathon challenge to raise cash for charity.

A very English revolt: tubthumping and online activism force forest u-turn

It was a peculiarly English revolt, and it resulted in that rarest of events: a politician saying ‘sorry’.

Second Lakeland rally in protest against forest sell-off

Campaigners against the sell-off of the Lake District’s public forests are planning a second rally after a crowd of 1,500 came to their first event.

Sir Chris joins call to stop Lakeland forest sell-off

Britain’s elder statesman of mountaineering Sir Chris Bonington has joined the call for the coalition Government to abandon plans to sell off England’s publicly owned forests.

Wainwright fans say forest sell-off means return to 'bad old days'

More than 30 years ago, Alfred Wainwright railed against what he saw as the ruination of one of his favourite Lakeland valleys by blanket afforestation.

Lakes chief optimistic for 2011 despite cuts

The boss of England’s biggest national park is looking forward to the organisation’s 60th birthday, despite facing Government cuts.

Walker dies after gill fall

A walker has died after falling into a gill in Cumbria. The 61-year-old man was with his wife and a friend when he slipped from a narrow path above...

Mountain-top weather reports could be axed unless sponsor found

A mountain weather service that has run for 35 years is under threat. The Lake District national park’s two felltop assessors make the daily jour...

Protests continue as campaigners warn forests still at risk

Outdoor enthusiasts are being urged to head into the woods as campaigners warned the battle to save the nation’s forests is not over.

Forest sell-off warning as protest turns to celebration

A rally originally intended to protest at forest sell-offs turned into a victory celebration. An estimated 500 people gathered at Whinlatter Forest...

MP claims victory for mountain rescue teams' tax-refund campaign

A Cumbrian MP is claiming victory in the long-running battle to secure a tax refund for volunteer mountain rescue teams.

Fighting talk as forest campaigners vow to keep 'our land'

More than a thousand people gathered in the Lake District on Sunday to show their opposition to coalition Government plans to sell off England’s forests and woodland.

Walkers and mountain bikers urged to join rally against sell-offs

Outdoor enthusiasts are being urged to show their opposition to Government plans to privatise large tracts of the Lake District’s forests by joining a rally next weekend.

2010 in retrospect: join us in a look back at the outdoors year

As the year draws to a close, we take a look back at the events that have shaped the events in 2010. From tragedy to triumph, heartbreak to ecstasy, t...

New book will help walkers make sense of the Lake District landscape

Peter Wilson is a keen hillwalker, runner and cyclist. The Lancashire-born outdoor enthusiast also happens to be a Reader in Quaternary Science at the...