News
From canals to the coast, good news for walkers
The last seven days have brought a number of great announcements for ramblers and other outdoor enthusiasts – with waterways and coasts set to be improved and opened up…
Historic route back on the map
A much-loved path for Lake District walkers has finally been repaired and restored after 2009’s record-breaking floods washed it away. The historical route, which Alfred Wainwright described as “one of the pleasantest of foot passes”, was regularly climbed by walkers heading for Haystacks…
Bringing a native woodland back to life
Six years on from a public appeal to raise funds, the Woodland Trust has completed the first stage of the restoration of Wentwood Forest – including thinning almost all the areas previously planted with conifers to provide space and light for native oak, beech and hazel to take their place…
Visit walk at The Outdoors Show 2012!
Get ready for the year ahead with a visit to The Outdoors Show, where walk will be awarding our prestigious and highly anticipated reader awards – as voted for by you!
Dream views of a winter wonderland
The New Forest National Park’s popular ‘Dream View’ exhibition is on show over the holidays at the Moors Valley Country Park’s Visitor Centre…
Archive for Ramblers Cymru
Countdown to the Big Welsh walk begins!
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
The build-up to the spring launch of the Wales Coastal Path has now begun, with a record-breaking walk, special training and a new smartphone app all planned to celebrate the first complete national coast-perimeter walk in the world…
Celebrating volunteers
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
A prolific team of volunteer footpath workers celebrate half a decade of maintaining Anglesey’s rights of way this year…
OBE for Wales Cymru Director
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Ramblers today welcomes the news that Beverley Penney, former Director of Ramblers Cymru, has been awarded an OBE in the Birthday Honours List for services to Ramblers Cymru…
Wales commits to world’s best coastal paths
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
The Welsh Assembly Government has signed a landmark commitment to make the coastal paths of Wales the best in the world…
Phone on, walk off
Friday, August 27th, 2010
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…
Walk & Talk with Jane Davidson
Friday, August 27th, 2010
For more than a decade, Jane Davidson has been lobbying for the interests of walkers in Wales. Here, she tells Dominic Bates about her fears over devastating budget cuts and the progress of the all-Wales coast path…
E-walks revolution hits Wales
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Llantwit Major in South Wales has been chosen as the testing ground for a pioneering project led by Ramblers Cymru to create the first in a new generation of walking guides using smartphone technology…
Stepping into the future
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Ramblers Cymru is taking walking into the 21st century with a pioneering project to provide online walking routes to encourage more young people to take up the healthy activity. Called e-trails, the digital routes can be downloaded on to any GPS-enabled mobile phone or laptop…
