When he managed to save £5, he headed for the Lake District, where he lodged in a bed and breakfast for just five shillings.

Never-before-seen items belonging to walker and writer Alfred Wainwright are going on show in the Lake District ahead of the 70th anniversary of his first book. A previously unpublished photograph of ...

Global by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin and Giovanni Rigano, published by Hodder Children's Books, is the very first graphic novel to be shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize, as part of its children's ...

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A 40-year-old sketch by the fell-walker and guide book writer Alfred Wainwright has been discovered in a cupboard. The pencil-drawn picture is of Brockhole, the Lake District visitor centre at ...

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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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