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Organisations:

LDWA Long Distance Walkers Association
The LDWA is an Association of people with the common interest of walking long distances in rural, mountainous or moorland areas.
Backpackers Club Backpackers Club
The Backpackers Club is for anybody who enjoys lightweight camping. The aim of the club is to promote and encourage backpacking for the benefit of its members.

Walking & Photo sites:

OFC - Online Fellwalking Club gateway OFC - The Online Fellwalking Club
Andy Bannister - Lake District Desktops Andy Bannister's site with free photos of the Lake District
Snap the Lakes Snap the Lakes - a Lake District Photo Gallery with 'Photo of the day' submissions and a featured visitor gallery
Snap the Peaks Snap the Peaks - a photo guide to walking in the Peak District
Andrew Leaney - The Complete Lakeland Fells Andrew Leaney's Complete Lakeland Fells
The Walking Englishman - Mike Brockhurst Mike Brockhurst's detailed site has a great mix of areas and includes walking, scrambling and long-distance routes
Lakeland Walker - Wainwright accounts and Lakeland features by Paul Rose Wainwright accounts and Lakeland features by Paul Rose
Graham Jackman's Lake District photo site Graham Jackman's photo site
Anthony Dyer's mountain pages Anthony Dyer's mountain pages
Paul Thickitt's Lake District Photos Paul Thickitt's Lake District Photos
Liz Lemal's home page Liz Lemal's home page
Anna Barwick's walking site Anna Barwick's Lakeland walking site
Andy Harbach - Walking in Snowdonia Andy Harbach - Walking in Snowdonia
David Hall Lake District Walks David Hall's Lake District walking site
Striding Edge Striding Edge - Wainwright fell walks & photos
Andy Wallace - Share the fellwalking experience Andy Wallace - share the fellwalking experience
A walking diary amongst Wainwright's Lakeland Fells A walking diary amongst Wainwright's Lakeland Fells
Sub3000 Sub 3000 - The Wee Hill Bashers Site
Peak and Fell Walking Peak and Fell Walking:- a photographic guide to walking in Britains National Parks.
Walking Britain - Lou Johnson Walking Britain - Lou Johnson's site
Walking Routes Walking Routes
Dave's Walking Eryri site Wefan Cerdded Eryri - Dave's Walking Eryri site
Snowdonia Backpacking Snowdonia Backpacking trip reports
My Pennines - Matt O'Brien My Pennines - Matt O'Brien
A fellwalker in East Anglia A fellwalker in East Anglia - Alex Roddie's walking site
Trekking Britain Trekking Britain by Jamie Bassnet
Roger & Ann Hiley Roger & Ann Hiley's site
A photographic walking journal A photographic walking journal
Summiteer - Richard Ratcliffe Summiteer - Richard Ratcliffe
The Wainwright Fells The Wainwright Fells
Hiking, Trekking & Camping @ ABC-of-Hiking.com Hiking, Trekking & Camping @ ABC-of-Hiking.com
Wheres The Path Wheres The Path:- Personal logs of Hill bagging and Long distance footpaths
Peak Walker Peak District and Lake District walks
Peak to Peak Trail and Wilderness Links Peak to Peak Trail and Wilderness Links
Skunkbag Skunkbag - wild camping & other adventures around the UK
The Harpers Walking with the Harpers
The Walking Forum The Walking Forum
Diaries of a long distance walker George Tod's accounts of long distance paths
David Preston My walking world
Paul Saunders - Wilderness Wales Paul Saunders - landscape photography and walking in the wild areas of Wales.
Welsh 3000s The Welsh 3000s Challenge
Boyd Harris The Whittle Wanderer walking pages
Cheviot Walks Geoff Holland's Cheviot Walks site
Getting High Getting High - Lee Perry's photographs of mountain walking and climbing across Britain and the Alps
KarlsWalks Karls Walks - Pictures and trip reports from my walks in the English Lake District
Gentian Mountaineering Club The Gentian Mountaineering Club
UK Lakes database UKLakes - a database of UK lochs and lakes, including a search facility, photos, and numerical data.
Olicana walking group The Olicana walking group - Lake District, Yorkshire Dales & North York Moors
ChatCamping ChatCamping
Yorkshire Adventure Racing Club Yorkshire Adventure Racing Club
Happy Hiker Happy Hiker - walking routes in the Yorkshire Dales and other areas
Walk the West Highland Way Walk the West Highland Way

Hill & Mountain Lists:

John and Anne Nuttall The Mountains of England and Wales.
Includes a list of completers and a discussion board, along with details of the authors' other works.

Relative Hills of Britain

Marilyn updates

The Marilyns
The Absolute Summits of England and Wales
The County Tops

Downloadable version (HTML text only) of the book and subsequent updates.
Chris Crocker Statistical Topics in Hillwalking
Includes downloadable data files for the British hills, a discussion of peak measurement errors and other numerical topics.
TACit tables The Angry Corrie, a hillwalking fanzine which includes a section on hill lists.
Alun Fisher Significant summits of the British Isles
A very interesting study of hills based on Prominence and how they define the natural topographical divisions. Includes lists of the most prominent hills in Britain.
Mountain Days Dedicated to mountaineering, hill walking & rock climbing in the UK. Contains Route Database with details of all mountains in UK.
Simon's Mountain Lists Various lists and a detailed theory section on peak topology and definition.
HaroldStreet GPS Mountain Waypoints & Walking Routes

Webshots logo © Original artwork
OFC

Member

Albums

Paul Rose
Jill Batchelor
Jill [lakes_lover]
angieespin
Pam [Hill Dreamer]
Jayne Hill [quiltjayne]
Maureen Platts [hill_seeker]
Ben Hammond
Lance Tucker [tuc1966]
John Paterson [Fornside]
Frances [belsyde87]
David Parry [interibs]
Philip Haigh
Barry Fearnley [stroller125]
John & Pat Baker
Dennis [denp13]

Charity Support & Event sites:

UK Everest Challenge UK Everest Challenge
2 guys, 5 days, 10 peaks - across England, Wales, Scotland & N.Ireland, fundraising for several charities.
A well planned and refreshing change from the appalling National 3-peaks events that plague us every year.
21/9 - 2 Hikes, 1 Ride / 9 Peaks 21/9 - 2 Hikes, 1 Ride / 9 Peaks
James Barnett - ChildReach James Barnett - ChildReach

Weather sites:

Mountain Weather Information Service Mountain Weather Information Service. Excellent information, the site we use most, but only does Wales and the Peak District Thu - Sat.
Met Office Snowdonia Met Office mountain forecast - Snowdonia
Met Office Lake District Met Office mountain forecast - Lake District
Met Office Brecon Beacons Met Office mountain forecast - Brecon Beacons
Met Office Peak District Met Office mountain forecast - Peak District
Met Office UK general Met Office general UK forecast
Lake District Weatherline Lake District Weatherline. Prepared by the Met Office, Manchester with fell conditions from 8 December to the end of March provided by the LD National Park Authority.
AccuWeather AccuWeather mountain forecasts
Metcheck Metcheck mountain range forecasts
Atmospheric Optics Atmospheric Optics. An interesting site on atmospheric phenomena.

WebCams:

Ogwen Mountain Rescue1 - Base WebCam to Y Garn
2 - Bethesda WebCam along Nant Ffrancon to the Glyders
First Hydro1 - Llanberis Pass from Dinorwig Power Station
2 - Snowdon Summit from Elidir Fach
3 - Moel Eilio from Elidir Fach
David Goadby's Lleyn siteLleyn Peninsula from Llangwnnadl
Abersoch WebCamsSt Tudwal's East & West / Llanbedrog Head / Porth Neigwl etc.
George FisherSkiddaw from Keswick
Ennerdale YHA/BBCHydroelectric Cam in Gillerthwaite YHA towards Pillar
LangdaleWebPavey Ark and Harrison Stickle from Stickle Barn
WasdaleWebPillar / Mosedale Horseshoe
WasdaleWebScafell Pike from the Strands Hotel, Nether Wasdale
WasdaleWebGreat Gable
WasdaleWebBuckbarrow
ConistonWeb / SummitreksConiston Old Man
EskdaleWebHarter Fell & Hardknott Pass
Cybermoor WebCams1 - Bayles WebCam: overlooking Alston towards Mount Hooley and Blagill
2 - Nenthead WebCam: across Nenthead and up Fiddlers.
3 - Howhill WebCam:overlooking Garrigill and up to Tyne Head
Ingleborough WebCamIngleborough
WinterNet ScotlandScotland Mountain WebCam images (navigation doesn't work in Firefox: reported to webmaster 14 Mar 06)
Visit Fort WilliamBen Nevis from Fort William

Photography:

Ken Scott - Touching The Light Ken Scott's inspirational site that celebrates natural light in landscape photography.
Jill Batchelor - bringing the Macro world closer Jill Batchelor - 'Bringing the Macro world closer' - excellent photography of the natural world.
Digital Photography Review Excellent site for digital photography reviews
Outdoor Eyes Photography Various aspects of outdoor photography with a good section on digital editing .
The Luminous Landscape A site devoted to the art of landscape, nature and documentary photography.

Miscellaneous:

Eleanor Grandin Stories and Illustrations Eleanor Grandin - Stories and Illustrations