The first stretch of the all-England Coast Path opens in Weymouth next year in time for the Olympics, but what’s happening around the rest of the country?

Natural England and The Royal Parks have teamed up with the Ramblers to offer a series of free guided health walks in the capital’s most prestigious green spaces…

Deer which became locally extinct over 200 years ago have been successfully reintroduced to Surrey’s Pirbright heathland…

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…

The Ramblers has warned that the Government’s largest public spending cuts for a generation could see a return to the ‘Forbidden Britain’ of the 1960s, claiming hundreds of footpaths are at risk of falling into disrepair and disuse…

The first public consultation on the Weymouth Bay stretch of the all-England coast path – from Rufus Castle to West Lulworth – is underway…

Ramblers, amblers horse riders and mountain bikers on the Pennine Bridleway National Trail will soon be able to keep dry while crossing the River Ribble – thanks to an innovative new bridge…

In this extended interview, Natural England’s Helen Philips talks to walk editor Dominic Bates about creating England’s new coastal footpath and tackling climate change…

Frustrated walkers have long known how difficult it is to walk unobstructed along England’s coast, but a new report confirms the sheer scale of the problem…

Martin Doughty, chairman of Natural England who died on 4 March, was proud to have been born just as the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 was passed. He was proud too that his father joined the Kinder Trespass in 1932.