Welcome to Red Rope

Red Rope is a walking and climbing club with a difference.

We’re a socialist and green club, run by our members.

We care about the politics of the outdoors. People’s right to roam is under threat. Land use is a critical issue in the climate emergency. Red Rope members care about these issues and about encouraging more people to get into the outdoors. We have always been a very inclusive club. Over half of our members are women.

And we’re more than that!

Why Join Red Rope:

Red Rope organises walks and trips all over the United Kingdom, with over a hundred trips a year – everything from easy local walks to longer trips to the mountains.

  • Be part of a walking and climbing club based on shared politics and love of the outdoors
  • Join affordable outdoor trips – Membership and trip charges scaled to income- so if you are low paid you pay less
  • There’s Club access to cheap accommodation in mountain areas and national parks
  • Get experienced help and access to courses – you don’t need to be experienced or super fit

More about us

Check out our Newsletter The Bulletin – and online Trip Reports

for some extra background see  About Red Rope

See our Diary (the Monthly Information Sheet or MIS) for a flavour of our activities

How to Join

New Members are very welcome, and you can join the club from this website.

All the details are here:  Join Us

If you want to check out your nearest Red Rope group, you can find them here on our Regions page

Enquiries

Contact us at membership@redrope.org.uk

General enquiries to secretary@redrope.org.uk

Latest News

  • 2024 Spring Bulletin – recent and forthcoming RR events - Spring Bulletin 2024 RR 47 (3 MB) Exciting Trip reports from Snowdonia; Manchester regional walks news; encouraging news about the Countryside rights of way campaign, updates on the Huts at Blea Tarn and Beddgelert; important info about the National Gathering...
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  • 2023 Summer/Autumn edition of the Red Rope Bulletin - The new bulletin is on the website, and also approaching an in-box near you, : including The Beauty of Bogs, How to Deal with an Emergency, lots of Club news, Dartmoor update and 2 New RR T shirts to choose...
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  • Revised Covid Safety Guidelines - The NC agreed the following policy for national trips and strongly advise the same for regional trips. This replaces the last guidance and declaration that we produced. Please see the Guidance posted on Trips Planning page.