Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is a Wainwright?: Alex on Fairfield. In England's far north west is a region of world-famous beauty that has been attracting ...

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The Christmas break is a busy time for the Lake District, with holidaymakers and day-trippers taking advantage of a bit of down time to "tick a Wainwright" - the practice of climbing one of 214 peaks ...

The Wainwright Society has campaigned to get the Coast to Coast Walk classed as a National Trail, to get a higher profile and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Ramblers can now download onto their iPods a guide to one of the Lake District's most popular climbs by the doyen of fell-walking in the area, Alfred Wainwright. One hundred years ...

The coast to coast walking route brought to life by famous fell walker Alfred Wainwright has become England’s newest national ...

Alfred Wainwright charted the Lake District, paving the way for mountaineers for decades to come, but one climb inspired fear in the great man.

The route from Cumbria to North Yorkshire is the first national trail to cross the Lake District.

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