A public consultation is currently running to gather views on the future management of the North Lees Estate which contains a large section of the iconic Stanage Edge. The BMC is responding to this consultation but we are encouraging individual climbers and walkers who are passionate about this landscape to respond too. We have written this article to give some background and context for those who are not familiar with the situation the estate finds itself in. Read more »
A decade after access land in the Peak District National Park was doubled in size for lovers of the great outdoors, organisations came together to celebrate the Countryside & Rights of Way Act. Read more »
A Stanage Forum open meeting is being held at 2pm on Saturday 29 March in Memorial Hall, Oddfellows Road, Hathersage. Read more »
Following the success of the BMC’s Stand Up For Stanage campaign, almost a hundred climbers and hill walkers attended the latest Peak Area meeting to hear the Peak District National Park Authority’s latest thinking about the future of the North Lees Estate. Ed Douglas went along. Read more »
Three founder members of the Peak Adventure Sports Alliance (PASA) found themselves in perfect harmony on the BBC’s Countryfile programme on 5 May, in a report examining the impact of adventure sports on the Peak District National Park. Read more »
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is celebrating the beginning of its 125-year lease of the Roaches. Read more »
Saturday 14th January saw the inaugural Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Open Day at the Don Whillans Memorial Hut at the Roaches, which a BMC team attended on a crisp bright day. Read more »
The Staffordshire Wildlife Trust (SWT) will be at the Roaches on Sat 14th January to discuss the future of the estate with climbers and walkers. Read more »
Stanage Edge, the iconic climbing, walking and wildlife area on the borders of Sheffield, could be leased or sold by the Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA) to a like-minded body. Read more »
The lease for the Eastern Moors Estate was signed on 24th January 2011, with the National Trust and RSPB coming together to form the 'Eastern Moors Partnership' to manage the estate for the next 15 years. Read more »
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