Eighty years ago this week a stonemason from Blackburn, England, made his first visit to the Lake District. Mesmerized by the beauty, Alfred Wainwright dedicated the rest of his life to creating ...

With a copy of Wainwright’s Walks in hand (a gentleman I’d not come across before but one I was to become well acquainted with during the week) we took on some of the Lakes' finest peaks ...

If it wasn’t for Alfred Wainwright, fell walking and fell running might not be the hugely popular pastimes they are today. Certainly, the pursuit of Wainwright peak bagging in the English Lake ...

The 14-minute podcast describes the views over Grasmere as they appear in his 1958 guide book, and is read by actor Nik Wood-Jones. Discussions are going on to record a Top 10 of Wainwright's walks.

Wainwright’s Lake District is in the picture. Amateur and professional photographers are being encouraged to put Alfred Wainwright’s Lake District in the picture for a new competition. The Cumberland ...

Indeed, the great fell-walker, Alfred Wainwright, identified 214 fells over 1,000 feet (around 300 metres) in the area, which should keep any list-ticker busy for several years.

Once a favourite spot of William Wordsworth, Grasmere is a quintessential Lake District destination and oozes natural beauty. Visiting Loughrigg - one of Wainwright's “midget mountains” - is a must if ...

The stunning 197-mile walk from St Bees in Cumbria, across the Lake District and into North Yorkshire, finishing at Robin Hood’s Bay, is to become a National Trail, Natural England has said.