Campaigns/Issues

Faced with the biggest public spending cuts for a generation, Britain’s countryside is set for drastic change as the organisations that manage it look for ways to bridge the funding gap…

Today’s spending cuts could close off the countryside to an entire generation and return people to the ‘Forbidden Britain’ of the 1960s, warns the Ramblers, where accessing our countryside was often more of a challenge than a pleasure…

Following a sustained campaign by the Ramblers and its members, the government last year passed the landmark Marine and Coastal Access Act. Now, we’re calling on all members and walk readers to help protect your coastline by taking action…

Ramblers Cymru has been pioneering new technology that turns your mobile phone into a state-of-the-art walking guide, and aims to get 10% more people walking in Wales over the next four years. Andrew McCloy takes a look at the future of walking…

In the first in a series of articles to celebrate Ramblers 75th Anniversary, we present a brief history of the charity and take a fond look back at some of the visual materials produced over the years…

With councils facing steep recessionary budget cuts, Andrew McCloy investigates how prioritised spending threatens to consign thousands of footpaths to the scrapheap…

Des de Moor reports on a pilot project to get families walking for health in post-industrial Cumbria, while we present some top tips for walking with kids…

After more than 50 years of campaigning, new legislation is finally giving the public access rights to almost the entire English coast. David Foster explores the intriguing background to this historic victory for walkers…

Finally! After more than 60 years of campaigning, the Government has announced the boundary of the new South Downs National Park. Why has it taken so long, and how will the decision affect the Downs and the walkers who visit them? David Foster investigates…

Despite making up nearly a tenth of the British population, just one per cent of visitors to national parks are from an ethnic minority. Emma Simkins discovers some inspiring projects helping to open up Britain’s countryside to a new audience…