Archives: Rescues

Derwentwater (48)

The team was alerted to five people on two paddleboards who had been blown into the middle of the lake by strong winds. ...

Callout Time: 8:03 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT, NWAS, Cumbria Fire and Rescue, Cumbria Police

Cat Gill (47)

The team received a call regarding a walker near Catgill who had suffered a severe and deep laceration to his knee after...

Callout Time: 5:43 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT, RAF Leeming MRT

Raven Crag, Gillercombe (46)

A report was received of a 60 year old woman who suffered a 50m tumbling fall, after slipping on steep broken ground whi...

Callout Time: 10:15 am
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT, Coastguard helicopter R897

Great Gable (45)

The team was called to assist a group descending Great Gable after a hiker became immobile with severe cramp. A rescue p...

Callout Time: 7:57 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT

Catbells (44)

A 23 year old female walker slipped whilst descending Skelgill Bank on Catbells injuring her ankle and rendering her una...

Callout Time: 1:47 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT

Below Sty Head (43)

A walker was descending from Sca Fell Pike when his boots fell apart. He was now walking in bare feet and getting cold. ...

Callout Time: 7:26 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT

Sharp Edge (42)

A man traversing Sharp Edge on Blencathra became stuck because of the steep terrain. Attempts to contact the walker by p...

Callout Time: 4:00 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT

High How’s Wood, Grange (41)

Just three minutes after being alerted to incident 40, we recieved our next page via cumbria police - this is incident f...

Callout Time: 9:54 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT

Sprinkling Tarn (40)

On Saturday, 4 April 2026, the team was alerted via a satellite relay service to two teenagers wild camping near Sprinkl...

Callout Time: 9:51 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT

Derwent Water (39)

On Saturday, 4 April 2026, during the busy bank holiday weekend, we were requested to assist in a major multi-a...

Callout Time: 2:59 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick Mrt, GNAAS, NWAS, Cumbria Police, Cumbria Fire and Rescue, Maritime and Coastguard Agency