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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.

Male with cramp – Birkhouse Moor

June 3, 2025 17:00 hrs On Tuesday 03/06/2025 at around 1700hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received a call regarding a walker who was suffering from cramp on Birkhouse Moor . The team leader made telephone contact and it was established that there were no medical issues and the male was given general advice on dealing…

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Mountain rescue Team called out in search for missing paddle boarders

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Mountain Rescue crews rush to quarry after mountain biker suffers “serious injuries”

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Mountain rescue team called out to help injured woman in the Lake District

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Exhausted walkers rescued from Scafell Pike by Wasdale Mountain Rescue

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Mountain rescue teams rush to Pendle after casualty sustains leg injury

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‘Social media doesn’t show you trauma of mountain rescue’

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Man rescued from Brecon Beacons waterfall after head injury

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Ankle injury Sheffield Pike

May 28, 2025 14:45 On Wednesday 28/05/2025 at around 1445hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out regarding a walker with an ankle injury on Sheffield Pike. The casualty had been descending with his partner into Glencoyne down the side of Sheffield Pike, when he slipped and injured his ankle. The team accessed the site…

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Second walker death reported in Lake District

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