Mountain Rescue England and Wales

In an
emergency
dial 999 or 112 and ask for Police, then Mountain Rescue

Do not use this site to call out a mountain rescue team

No matter how experienced or careful you are, in the blink of an eye you can find yourself in need of rescue – your life in the hands of a rescue team. And, should you be unfortunate enough to need our help, you'll receive a professional, world-class service – from a group of highly trained, highly motivated individuals.

The mountain and cave rescue service in England and Wales is provided by around 3500 volunteers, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whatever the weather. 

Our bread and butter may be the wild and wonderful uplands of England and Wales but, besides being called to help those who become ill or injured in the moorlands and mountains, teams are frequently tasked to assist the police in the search of semi-urban areas for missing persons – the young, the old, the vulnerable.

We've assisted the ambulance service with remote or difficult to access areas. We've provided expertise and manpower during major civil emergencies such as the Grayrigg train crash or the Lockerbie disaster; assisted the fire service with moorland fires in Yorkshire and the Lake District; helped rescue people from their own homes during extensive flooding in Gloucestershire, Carlisle and South Yorkshire; and searched snowbound roads for stranded motorists. We've even searched for forensic evidence and helped preserve the scenes of crime.

So... if you're not a walker and thought you could never need mountain rescue you could well be mistaken.