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 Right to Roam
From canals to the coast, good news for walkers
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
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…
Walk & Talk with Peter Melchett
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
The policy director of the Soil Association, formerly a Labour minister and president of the Ramblers, talks to Susan Gray about his lifelong political activism, resigning from the Greenpeace board and his hopes for an all-England coastal path…
My Walk of Life: John Bainbridge
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
John Bainbridge has been a volunteer with the Ramblers in Devon for nearly 40 years. He tells walk about a lifetime of access campaigning, being shot by gamekeepers and belatedly discovering the joys of blogging…
My walk of life: I got my money’s worth
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Richard Hutchins joined the newly created Ramblers as a student in 1935, at a cost of five shillings. Now, 75 years later, the lifelong member looks back at how that shaped his career, his family, and the legacy he leaves behind…
