Sustainability

Towards Carbon Zero - Caring for the Earth as we travel

Helping address the climate emergency

  • We love the landscapes that give us such inspiring places to visit, and we want to be part of caring for them.
  • Our aim is to provide walking holidays that use low carbon, renewable resources wherever possible.
  • Where possible, we base our trips from hotels that can be reached by public transport.
  • When you get to your holiday there will be no need for you to use your car at all (any transport is via a shared minibus or similar).

Tree Planting

For every holiday booked with Skyline we plant a tree close to the Lake District where its influence can grow, year on year. As it grows, it contributes to carbon sequestration, gives a home to wildlife, and reduces greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Our tree-planting programme is very close to our hearts. We want it to be a lasting contribution to climate control - one whose influence grows and grows. A sapling planted now will sequester 25 kg of CO2 in its first year, but over its lifetime the total amount of carbon taken from the atmosphere by one tree can be as much as 1 tonne!

Our support for tree planting is accomplished by donation to The Woodland Trust, who ensure that all planting is supportive of our natural ecosystems.

Sustainable Tourism

We are committed to helping achieve the Lake District National Park’s vision for sustainable tourism.​

The National Park have published their Low-Carbon Lake District plan in which a number of developments are identified to make the area a flagship enterprise in environmental care.

One of its target outcomes is that we will see:

‘A spectacular landscape, its wildlife and cultural heritage – A landscape which provides an irreplaceable source of inspiration, whose benefits to people and wildlife are valued and improved. A landscape whose natural and cultural resources are assets to be managed and used wisely for future generations.’

Photo: Buttermere, Harry Johnson.

Travel to and from your UK walking holiday

Fortunately, there are good, eco-friendly travel links to the Lake District, Peak District, Devon, Cornwall, and Scotland via the motorway and rail networks. We know that in many cases, using a car is the only practical option, but if you do find that you have a choice, please consider all options.  For example, if you are travelling alone, a journey by rail can result in just 25% of the emissions generated by a journey by petrol or diesel car. During your walking holiday in the UK we will endeavour to be centrally-based and so minimise the need for powered transport once there.