What terrain does the Hill and Moorland Leader qualification cover?

Hills and moorlands in the UK and Ireland meeting the following criteria:

Open, uncultivated, non-mountainous high or remote country known variously as upland, moor, bog, fell, hill or down.

Areas enclosed by well-defined geographical or man-made boundaries such as classified roads.

Areas of remoteness that are easily exited in a few hours, returning to a refuge or an accessible road.

Areas where movement on steep or rocky terrain is not required (in either a planned or unplanned situation)

Such areas may often be subject to hostile weather conditions and require an element of self-sufficiency. This is reflected in the syllabus of this scheme.

 

Exclusions
The scheme does not cover:

Areas that merge with mountain regions and do not have well defined boundaries.

Walks undertaken in winter conditions. This scheme does not provide training or assessment of the skills required to cope with the hazards of winter conditions, particularly lying snow and ice. ‘Summer conditions’ are defined by the conditions prevailing and not by the calendar.