The birthplace of fell-walking author and artist Alfred Wainwright should be made a registered building, a council has been told. Blackburn with Darwen Council's independent opposition leader Mustafa ...

A beloved long-distance walking route has gained official recognition as a National Trail by the government. The iconic 190-mile Coast to Coast Path officially launched as England’s newest National ...

The Wainwright Society has campaigned to get the Coast to Coast Walk classed as a National Trail, to get a higher profile and ...

The Coast to Coast Walk, a 190-mile route devised by Alfred Wainwright, has been officially designated a National Trail, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the trail’s highlights is skirting the mirror-like Ennerdale in the Lake District - Shaun Barr There. Done. Standing at the ...

Global by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin and Giovanni Rigano, published by Hodder Children's Books, is the very first graphic novel to be shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize, as part of its children's ...

When an English accountant named Alfred Wainwright first went to the lonely hills of northern England in 1930, he was a lonely man. But the cool, empty vistas of moor and mountain must have soaked up ...

If you’re looking for a beginner‑friendly hike to try in the Lake District, Orrest Head above Windermere is a perfect place to start.

The Christmas break is a busy time for the Lake District, with holidaymakers and day-trippers taking advantage of a bit of down time to "tick a Wainwright" - the practice of climbing one of 214 peaks ...

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The setting of the Lakeland village of Grasmere, Wainwright said, is "endowed with sylvan grace and dignity." Michael Freeman "In these fields and lanes," says author Michael Parfit of the Coast to ...