Awarding Body

Mountain Training

Scheme

Hill and Moorland Leader

Course

Training

Type

Training

Award Description

The Hill and Moorland Leader qualification is designed for people who want to lead groups in the hill and moorland areas of the UK and Ireland. This qualification is a wonderful opportunity to learn the leadership skills required to feel confident about taking people out walking. As you may have guessed from its descriptive title, it focuses on non-mountainous terrain.

Hill and Moorland Training
Ideal for: People who lead groups in the hills, might venture away from obvious paths but won’t encounter mountain hazards like steep rocky ground. Commonly used in terrain that presents an intermediate level of challenge, for example Dartmoor, the Peak District, North York Moors, Pentland Hills and the Sperrins.

 

Hill and Moorland Leader courses delivered by Mountain Training England are regulated by Ofqual.

To register	You must be at least 18 years old You should have at least a year’s worth of hill walking experience You should have an interest in leading groups in the hills You must be a member (club or individual) of a mountaineering council (BMC, Mountaineering Ireland, Mountaineering Scotland). Find out why this is required You must create an account on our system and register for the Hill and Moorland Leader qualification (cost: £67)
To book a training course	You must be registered on the Hill and Moorland Leader scheme (see above) You must have recorded a minimum of 20 quality hill days* (ideally these will be recorded on DLOG**) which can have taken place at any point pre- or post-registration
To book an assessment course	You must be at least 18 years old You must have completed a Hill and Moorland Leader training course (or a Mountain Leader training course) You must be familiar with the syllabus You must have recorded a minimum of 40 quality hill days in at least three upland areas of the UK or Ireland You must have physically attended and completed (i.e. not online) a first aid course which involved at least two full days or sixteen hours of instruction and included an element of assessment

 

 

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Stuart Igoe

Rock Climbing & Mountaineering Instructor Winter Mountain Leader
Mountain Training Course Provider
National Navigation Award Scheme Course Provider

 

Our Correspondence Address is
Outdoor Activities Service & Alternative Adventure.
Dail na Seilg,
12 Loch Na Leoba Road,
Newtonmore, Inverness-shire.
PH20 1BW

Phone   01254 704898

Email oas@altadv.co.uk

Web  http://visitnewtonmore.co.uk

 

 

Our Address is
Outdoor Activities Service & Alternative Adventure.
New Meadows Gap Cottage, Cranberry Lane,
Cranberry Fold,
Darwen, Lancs. BB3 2HZ

Phone   01254 704898

Email oas@altadv.co.uk

Web   http://www.altadv.co.uk

Web   http://www.ukmobileclimbingwall.co.uk

Start

16/04/2026 09:00

End

18/04/2026 18:00

Total Days

3

Maximum Bookings

8

Venue

Forest of Bowland / Southern Pennines

Town

Darwen

County

Lancashire

Postcode

BB3 2HZ

Country

United Kingdom

Location

53.67685,-2.44438

Name

Alternative Adventure and Outdoor Activities Service

Phone

01254704898

Website

Email