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21 Aug 2025

Hill Walking Event Walks

BMC Peak Area Hill Walk | Thursday 21 August

This social walk will explore the gritstone features along Derwent Edge, find a “Lost Lad” and return alongside Abbey Brook and Upper Derwent Reservoir. For the baggers amongst you we’ll be visiting 2 ethels and a trig.

23 Jun 2025

Mend Our Mountains events

BMC Access Network Zoom Webinar / Q&A | 'For Peat's Sake' BMC upland conservation in action

On Monday 23rd June, at 18.30 - 19.30, Steve Charles, volunteer coordinator of our Mend Our Mountain path repair days conservation volunteer days, is running a zoom webinar on how BMC volunteers are repairing footpaths, helping restore damaged upland landscapes and fighting the climate crisis.

03 Aug 2025

Hill Walking Event Walks

BMC Peak Area Hill Walk | Sunday 3rd August

This social walk will explore Winscar Reservoir, South Nab and Snailsden Pike, offering fine views, visiting 3 trig. points, 2 Ethels and with a little historical interest along the way. We’re excited to welcome you for a memorable day in the outdoors!

31 Jul 2025

Lakes Area Walks

BMC Lakes Area Helm Crag Hike | Thursday 31st July

This social walk will climb to the top of Helm Crag, with an optional visit to the actual highest point.

Hill Walking Articles

Get back on the hills with Revive Active's smart recovery tips

With brighter mornings and longer evenings, spring is the perfect time to return to the hills. As May marks National Hill Walking Month, many walkers are dusting off their boots and heading back out after a winter break - whether for a short ramble or a full-day hike. Revive Active’s Physio Health Expert, Aidan O’Flaherty, shares his top tips for recovery...

29 May
5 min read

Hill Walking Articles

The Best Hiking Trails in Madeira

Madeira, a volcanic Portuguese island in the Atlantic off northwest Africa, is a haven of dramatic landscapes. It has long attracted adventure tourists due to its diverse routes - from coastal walks to high-altitude hikes - and its year-round sunshine and sub-tropical climate. While its misty green valleys bring to mind a South American or Asian rainforest, its steep, jagged ridgelines overarched by rainbows make it feel like Europe’s answer to Hawai’i or Réunion Island. 

19 May
7 min read
21 Sep 2025

Hill Walking Event Walks

BMC Yorkshire Hill Walk | Thursday 21st August

This social walk will explore one of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks; Pen Y Ghent and Plover Hill.

Hill Walking Articles

Carry comfortably: Get the right rucksack fit with Cotswold Outdoor

It's National Walking Month and our partners at Cotswold Outdoor are here to help you get your rucksack fit just right.

09 May
2 min read

Latest news

Wild Camping

The BMC is standing up for wild campers 

Wild camping - pitching your tent in a quiet place and leaving no trace - has long been a much-loved part of outdoor adventure. But across most of England and Wales, it remains off-limits, unclear, or unlawful. In 2025, the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is working to change that. 

19 Jun
5 min read

Access News

BMC volunteers lay 25m of new, stone-pitched footpath in the Lake District

This June, 11 BMC volunteers took on a particularly boggy section of path along St Raven's Edge, above Kirkstone Pass in the Lake District.

13 Jun
2 min read

Access News

BMC Access & Conservation Trust partners with 1% for the Planet!

The BMC's Access & Conservation Trust (ACT) has joined the 1% for the Planet Environmental Partners network.

12 Jun
3 min read

Access & Conservation

Senedd scraps cut-off date for recording historic paths in Wales

Last week, the Senedd in Cardiff passed the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill, effectively removing the threat of thousands of unrecorded footpaths being lost across Wales.

30 May
3 min read

Access & Conservation

Unsightly, polluting, plastic matting in the Peak District ordered to be removed

After lobbying from BMC Peak Area Access Reps and others, DEFRA has ruled that the landowner must now comply with an existing enforcement notice requiring them to remove a plastic matting track on Midhope Moor.

29 May
3 min read

Access News

Support seagrass planting by shopping at Cotswold Outdoor this summer

Cotswold Outdoor invite you to round up your payment at the till in aid of The Climate Project: Seagrass from the BMC's Access & Conservation Trust until 30 June 2025.

23 May
2 min read

Access News

187 stepping stones reduce footpath erosion in Eryri (Snowdonia)

Last summer's Get Stuck In event placed 187 stepping stones along a 50m stretch of footpath in Eryri (Snowdonia). Event creator Steve Charles reports on how the path is looking eight months later.

22 May
2 min read

Access News

Baa-rilliant idea! BMC volunteers use ancient Roman technique to make durable paths in Eryri (Snowdonia)

BMC volunteers have been using sheep fleeces to make sustainable footpaths below Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), North Wales. Why?

16 May
2 min read

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