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Keep up to date with everything going on in mountain rescue around England and Wales. For press enquiries, contact Andy Simpson, MREW Press Officer, via press@mountain.rescue.org.uk.

Man rescued after slipping and hurting his ankle while walking in the Lake District

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Party of 4 lost on Hart Crag

February 8, 2025 18:10 hrs At 18:10 on Saturday 8th February Cumbria Police contacted the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team with a report of four 19 year old men who were lost in the vicinity of Hart Crag. Mobile phone communication was established and a “phone finder app” was used to locate the party who were…

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Party of 5 lost on Helvellyn

February 8, 2025 16:13hrs At 16:13 on Saturday 8th February Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to a party of 5, all in their early twenties, reporting themselves lost on Helvellyn.  The details of the 999 call had been passed to Cumbria Police by Lancashire Constabulary after it had been routed there. After several…

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Walker stuck on steep ground in the Lake District rescued by mountain rescue team

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Two Walkers Needing Assistance

February 3, 2025 14:22 On Monday 3rd February at 16.22 hrs the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police to assist two female walkers  who had reported themselves stuck somewhere on Striding Edge. The Duty Leader contacted the pair and confirmed by Phone Find that they were on the steep climb heading up…

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Mountain rescue team helped walker who fell at a popular walking spot

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Man airlifted to hospital after mountain fall

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Lake District walker airlifted to hospital after fall

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Two walkers rescued by a Lake District rescue team after they ‘mis-navigated’

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Mountain rescue called after walker pulled over by retriever dog and injured

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