Alfred Wainwright's name has become synonymous with the 214 peaks featured in his guide books [Chris Butterfield/Ken Shepherd] The Christmas break is a busy time for the Lake District, with ...

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THE Wainwright Society have responded to the recent reveal that a new Wetherspoons pub in the Lake District has been named after writer.

New plans submitted to the council have revealed a new JD Wetherspoons on the edge of the Lake District is set to be named The Alfred Wainwright. Back in November, Haven Lakeland Static Caravans and ...

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

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 ...

Running 325 miles with 36,000m of elevation gain around the Lake District is unfathomable. Doing it in winter snow and high winds would be written off as impossible by most people. But James Gibson ...

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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 ...