The National Trust recently announced the launch of a new activity licensing pilot scheme understandably led to widespread concern amongst the outdoor instructor community who use Trust land with their students. The BMC held a teleconference with the Trust to find out more about the scheme, discuss how this may negatively impact providers and present an initial case supporting free educational use of Trust land. Read more »
Good grub, fascinating history and, above all, beautiful countryside. Make the first step into hill walking with this new BMC / National Trust course in the rolling hills of Shropshire. Read more »
The National Trust's “biggest and most ambitious” landscape-scale nature conservation initiative has been launched in the Peak District today (20 September). Read more »
Under the Sheffield Moors Partnership, key conservation bodies, landowners and local authorities with support from the BMC have joined forces to offer a long-term strategy for some of the Peak District’s most iconic landscapes. Next up is the Burbage valley, which, as Ed Douglas reports, could soon be transformed. Read more »
The National Trust is drawing up a management plan for the High Peak moors, including Kinder and Bleaklow, and it wants more input from climbers and hill walkers. So if you love these hills, take some time to check out what they're proposing. Read more »
The National Trust is planning important woodland and landscape work on its Longshaw Estate over the next five to ten years, including changes at the popular former gritstone quarry at Lawrencefield. Read more »
Find out about the Sheffield Moors Partnership and help the partnership capture your ideas for the future of the Sheffield Moors. Read more »
The National Trust owns and looks after large parts of upland and coastal Wales, much of which is of great value and importance for recreational activites, including climbing and mountaineering. Many outdoor providers were very concerned at the possibility of the National Trust introducing its " Ambassador Business Scheme", that could have seen licensing and charges being introduced for providers on National Trust land. Read more »
The National Trust has launched another public appeal to buy land in Snowdonia, this time asking the public for £1 million to purchase Llyndy Isaf, a 600 acre farm in Nant Gwynant near Beddgelert. Read more »
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