This article aims to explore some of the significant physical changes that occur during pregnancy and how they could impact your return to hill walking and climbing. We’ll highlight ways to progress your exercise, outline the main things you might want to focus on, offer some top tips and identify when you may need to exercise caution to best support your postpartum recovery.

The Festival of Walking is all about bringing walkers from across the UK together to enjoy our landscapes and make new connections.

Now half price! As climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers, we all know that adventure doesn't have to mean leaving the country. Whether you're climbing sea cliffs in Pembrokeshire, hiking in the Lake District or heading north for a Scottish mountain weekend, you'll want to have BMC specialist travel insurance - designed for the adventures you love.

If you climb at Cheddar Gorge, enjoy hill walking across the Mendip Hills, or regularly visit the area, now is your chance to help shape its future.

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has announced today a new 2-year relationship with Lifesystems, designed to help climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers stay safe and better prepared during their adventures. 

Thanks to your generous donations, the BMC Access & Conservation Trust are funding a two-year apprenticeship role within the National Trust path repair team in Eryri, part of the 2026 Mend Our Mountains campaign.

The BMC Access & Conservation Trust have donated four heavy duty cargo nets to Fix the Fells to help them move large stones during path repair work.

The BMC Access & Conservation Trust are helping to fund the repair of badly eroded paths on Roseberry Topping in North Yorkshire as part of our ongoing Mend Our Mountains campaign. Here's the latest update.

The BMC's Get Stuck In path repair and upland conservation events are going from strength to strength, with eight new path repair dates now available this year in Cumbria and North Wales.

Volunteers are the beating heart of the BMC so it's tremendous to celebrate almost 200 of our fantastic members coming together to repair paths, restore the landscape and carry out conservation work in 2025. Here are the latest stats.