As a Countryfile host, mum-of-three Helen Skelton is known for her active lifestyle and love of the great outdoors. Now the star has shared some wholesome photos of a family mountain walk with her two ...

A woman climber who plunged 65 feet down a Lake District mountain was saved in a million-to-one chance by a passing Royal Marine hero. The woman was climbing near Sharp Edge, on the 2847-foot high ...

Mountain rescuers were deployed to save a father and daughter in peril after a knee injury. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) members were called out at 4.15pm on October 21 to Hall’s Fell, ...

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PLANS to sell off a Lake District mountain for £1.75 million have been ditched after agents failed to find a buyer. The Lowther family, which owns Blencathra, put it on the market to help pay off a £9 ...

A row featuring death threats and Facebook disputes has broken out over a campaign to buy a mountain in the Lake District. The story started in 2014 when Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, needed to ...

When Blencathra Mountain was put on sale by its owner, the Earl of Lonsdale, local residents were furious – fearing their right to roam across its verdant slopes would be lost forever. But they are ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of the biggest properties to come on to the UK market in recent years, Blencathra, a mountain in the Lake ...

A mass night-time ascent of Blencathra on Friday 5th June saw around 150 people climbing Halls Fell Ridge by torch light to raise money for Community Action Nepal. The idea was initiated by Matt Le ...

A local community group that have previously failed to buy Blencathra mountain may have some hope yet. Blencathra was listed for sale by the Earl of Lonsdale last year for £1.7m reportedly so that he ...

Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal on Monday rubbished media reports here suggesting that he had bid for an iconic mountain range in Britain. The 2,850-foot high Blencathra mountain in the ...