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Walking

1. British Mountaineering Council
2. Forestry Commission of Great Britain
3. National Trails - Pennine Way Fact File
4. Ramblers' Association
5. Scottish Mountaineering Club
6. TACit Press

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British Mountaineering Council

The BMC is the representative body that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers. Includes access news, a climbing wall directory, competitions diary, information service and membership details.
     Author: British Mountaineering Council
     Subjects: mountaineering, walking
     DeweyClass: 796.522
     Resource type: documents

Forestry Commission of Great Britain

Government department responsible for encouraging the protection of Britain's forests and woodlands. Provides information about recreation, the forest industry including market reports on British Timber, education, grants and licences, and Forest Research, an agency of the forestry commission.
     Author: Forestry Commission
     Subjects: forestry, walking
     DeweyClass: 634.92
     Resource type: documents

National Trails - Pennine Way Fact File

Designed to provide information for walkers, hikers, recreation managers, and researchers into upland path erosion and access management. Offers an online lost and found service, and a chance for lone walkers to find company on their trail. Resources include trail facts, accommodation and services guides, special features of the walk, physical condition of the route, restoration details from 1989, and information on the management of the national trail.
     Author: The Countryside Agency
     Subjects: walking
     DeweyClass: 796.52
     Resource type: guide

Ramblers' Association

Charity which promotes rambling, protects rights of way, campaigns for access to open country and defends the beauty of the countryside in Scotland, England and Wales. Includes information about joining the Ramblers, becoming involved in walking, publications available such as regional guides and fact sheets, and Ramblers holidays.
     Author: Ramblers' Association
     Subjects: walking
     DeweyClass: 796.51
     Resource type: documents

Scottish Mountaineering Club

Extensive information about the Scottish Mountaineering Club (formed 1889) including its activities, huts, journal, guidebooks and Munros CD, as well as an introduction to hillwalking in Scotland, recent winter climbing route reports, details of the new Munros introduced in 1997, a list of all 1900+ Munroists from 1901 to 1998, and the full text of the newsletters of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (a separate organisation).
     Author: Scottish Mountaineering Club
     Subjects: mountaineering, walking
     DeweyClass: 796.52
     Resource type: documents

TACit Press

Publisher of tables of hills and mountains, and the Scottish hillwalking fanzine The Angry Corrie (TAC). Features a collection of hill and mountain data, including the Hewitts and Marilyns of England, Ireland, and Wales, and the Grahams, Donalds, Murdos, Corbett Tops and Graham Tops of Scotland. Also offers the full text of all articles from each issue of TAC from the first in 1991 to the present day.
     Author: TACit Press
     Subjects: mountaineering, walking
     DeweyClass: 796.52
     Resource type: magazine, reference data