Buttermere valley sprawls two thousand feet below as sheer cliff edges contrast with the carpeted green and brown slopes, which roll into the Lake District waters below. The only reason I was afforded ...

Latin for "iron way", via ferrata is the bridge between scrambling and climbing. It requires very little equipment and a good head for heights. Unlike climbing or bouldering problems, via ferrata is a ...

Make like a Victorian miner and climb the vertiginous old route to the top of reopened Honister Slate Mine, thanks to the UK’s one and only via ferrata. It’s an Italian-inspired, permanently fixed ...

A Lake District tourist attraction is in the running to be named the best in England next month. The Via Ferrata Experience at Honister Slate Mine has been shortlisted as the country's Best Tourism ...

DOZENS of brave fundraisers have taken on a daunting high-level challenge at one of Cumbria’s most dramatic locations, raising thousands of ...

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We like a spot of hiking, and are happy to scramble up a steep slope now and then. But there is no better adrenalin rush in the Lakes than ascending Honister’s Via Ferrata – a climbing and scrambling ...

The owners of a Lake District tourist attraction have been ordered to pay almost £30,000 for illegally fitting an extension to the facility. Natural England said Honister Slate Mine's addition to its ...

The owners of a Lake District tourist attraction have been ordered to pay almost £30,000 for illegally fitting an extension to the facility. Natural England said Honister Slate Mine's addition to its ...