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Encyclopedia > British Mountaineering Council

The British Mountaineering Council (or BMC) is the national representative body for England and Wales that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers. Its headquarters are on Burton Road in West Didsbury, an area of Manchester, England. Rock climbers on Valkyrie at The Roaches in Staffordshire, England. ... Hillwalking or fellwalking is the recreational practice of hiking in mountainous terrain. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... West Didsbury is a suburb in Greater Manchester in north-west England. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...


The organisation was originally formed in order to represent the interests of climbing clubs and primarily maintain access for climbers to climb on a mountain, a crag, or a sea cliff in England and Wales.The organisation now has two types of membership; those that are affiliated via a club and those that are individual members. For other uses, see Mountain (disambiguation). ... Look up crag in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... It has been proposed below that Sea Cliff be renamed and moved to Sea Cliff, San Francisco. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... As commonly used, individual refers to a person or to any specific object in a collection. ...


The BMC currently has 65,000 members, of which 40,000 are individual members. Membership benefits include access to the BMC travel insurance scheme, civil liability insurance, discounts on equipment, technical and training advice, and four copies of Summit magazine each year.


The BMC also produces rock climbing guidebooks to some parts of the UK primarily, the Peak District and Lancashire. Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches. ... The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South and West Yorkshire. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...


Founding Members

The Rucksack Club was founded in Manchester in 1902 and has a current membership of well over 400 men and women. ... The Alpine Club was: Today, Alpine clubs stage climbing competitions, operate Alpine huts and paths, and are active in protecting the Alpine environment. ...

See also

Mountaineering Council of Scotland The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (or MCofS) is a national representative body in Scotland that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers. ...


External links

  • The BMC Website
  • The National Mountaineering Exhibition
  • The Mountaineering Council of Scotland

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British Mountaineering Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (183 words)
The British Mountaineering Council (or BMC) is the national representative body of the UK that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers.
The organisation was formed in order to represent the interests of climbing clubs and primarily maintain access for climbers to climb on a mountain, a crag, or a sea cliff in the UK
The BMC also produces rock climbing guidebooks to some parts of the UK primarily, the Peak District and Lancashire.
House of Commons - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Written Evidence (973 words)
The BMC identifies a key issue in supporting rural communities and states its belief that it should be a statutory consultee on countryside matters under the draft Bill.
As climbers, mountaineers and hillwalkers, members of the BMC rely on the natural environment for their activities, and the protection of this natural environment is crucial to the long-term viability of these outdoor activities.
It is the experience of the BMC that it is rare that conflict between access to the countryside and biodiversity or landscape concerns cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.
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