Find your local team

Keswick MRT

Formed in 1947, soon after the Coniston team, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was is primarily responsible for an area which includes England’s three highest mountains – Skiddaw, Helvellyn and Scafell Pike. For more extensive search operations team members also operate anywhere in the Lake District, or even further afield.

To find out more, visit keswickmrt.org.uk, email secretary@keswickmrt.org.uk or fund them on Facebook.

Keswick MRT © Rob Grange/Keswick MRT

If you have an accident in the hills

Dial 999 or 112. Ask for 'Police' then 'Mountain Rescue'. To use the emergencySMS service: Text 999 and send 'Police' + details of incident + location