The Outlying Fells of Lakeland
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Alfred Wainwright
Alfred Wainwright MBE was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, published between 1955 and 1966 and consisting entirely of reproductions of his manuscript, has become the standard reference work to 214 of the fells of the...
, dealing with hills in and around the Lake District
Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...
of England
England
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. It differs from Wainwright's Pictorial Guides
Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells is a series of seven books by A. Wainwright, detailing the fells of the Lake District in northwest England...
in that it describes a series of walks, some of them taking in several summits, rather than devoting a chapter to each fell. This has caused some confusion on the part of authors attempting to prepare a definitive list of peaks. The Outlying Fells do not form part of the 214 hills generally accepted as comprising the Wainwrights, but they are included in Category 2B of the Hill Walkers Register maintained by the Long Distance Walkers Association.
The list at the back of Wainwright's book contains 110 named fells and summits. Close inspection shows seven of them to refer to other hills in the list, while Newton Fell has two summits. Thus:
- Cartmel Fell is the same as Ravens Barrow (page 42).
- Hollow Moor is the summit of Green Quarter Fell (page 14).
- Hooker Crag is the summit of Muncaster fell (page 186).
- Newton Fell includes Newton Fell (North) and Newton Fell (South) (page 53).
- Potter Fell is the name given to the hill whose summits are Brunt Knotts and Ulgraves (page 8).
- Lord's Seat is the summit of Whitbarrow (page 36).
- Williamson's Monument is the same as High Knott (page 18).
- Woodland Fell is the name of the moor of which Yew Bank and Wool Knott are high points (page 102).
The addition of the 12 nameless summits brings the number of Wainwright's Outlying Fells to 116. This is 14 more than the 102 hills listed in John M. Turner's New Combined Indexes to A. Wainwright's Pictorial Guides (second edition, Lingdales Press, 1984). Turner's list omits two tops explicitly mentioned in the book (St. John's Hill and Newton Fell South) and the 12 nameless summits, and it contains many inaccuracies. For more up-to-date heights, grid references and other data, see Database of British Hills.
The list below has been arranged in alphabetical order rather than height in order to align as far as possible with the list at the back of Wainwright's book.
- Beacon Fell
- Bigland Barrow
- Black CombeBlack CombeBlack Combe is a fell in the south-west corner of the Lake District National Park, just four miles from the Irish Sea. It lies near the west coast of Cumbria in the borough of Copeland and more specifically, an area known as South Copeland...
- Blawith Knott
- Boat How
- Brant Fell
- Brunt Knott
- Buck Barrow
- Burn Moor
- Burney
- Caermote HillCaer MoteCaer Mote is a small hill in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is classified as one of Wainwright's "outlying fells". It offers a view of Bassenthwaite Lake from its summit, upon which is an ancient earthwork enclosure of undetermined age, known as "The Battery"....
- Capplebarrow
- Carron CragCarron CragCarron Crag is a small fell in Grizedale Forest in the English Lake District with a height of 314 metres. Adjacent to the trig point is a large panopticon sculpture, one of over 70 in the forest...
- Caw
- Claife HeightsClaife HeightsClaife Heights is a Marilyn in the Lake District, near to Windermere in Cumbria, England....
- Clints Crags
- Cold Fell
- Cunswick ScarCunswick ScarCunswick Scar is a limestone scar in the Lake District, England. There are extensive views from the large cairn at the top . The scar is listed in Wainwright's Outlying Fells book. Fossils can be found in the limestone on the scar and Cunswick Fell....
- DentDent (fell)Dent is a small fell on the fringe of the English Lake District near the towns of Cleator Moor and Egremont. Sometimes known as Long Barrow, it is traditionally the first fell encountered by hikers following Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk...
- Dunmallet
- Dunnerdale Fells
- Faulds BrowFaulds BrowFaulds Brow is a small rise northwest of the village of Caldbeck in Cumbria, England. It was classified as an "outlying fell" by Alfred Wainwright, but its summit, at , is only slightly raised above the surrounding land. From a major road just to the south, the summit can be reached in minutes,...
- Fewling Stones
- Finsthwaite Heights
- Flat FellFlat FellFlat Fell is a hill located on the edge of the English Lake District, standing at 272m. It is included in Alfred Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland book, sharing a chapter with Dent.-Topography:...
- Grandsire
- Great Ladstones
- Great Saddle Crag
- Great StickleGreat StickleGreat Stickle is a fell located in the southern Lake District of England with an altitude of 305 m . Alfred Wainwright included it in his "The Outlying Fells of Lakeland". Geographically the fell is located on the southern ridge of Stickle Pike and is located between the lower Duddon Valley ...
- Great Worm Crag
- Great Yarlside
- Green Pikes
- Gummer's HowGummer's HowGummer's How is a hill in the southern part of the Lake District, on the eastern shore of Windermere, near its southern end. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound....
- Hampsfell
- Hare Shaw
- Harper Hills
- Hesk Fell
- Heughscar Hill
- High House Bank
- High Knott
- High Light Haw
- High Wether Howe
- Hollow Moor
- Howes
- Hugh's Laithes Pike
- Hugill Fell
- Humphrey HeadHumphrey HeadHumphrey Head is a limestone outcrop situated between the villages of Allithwaite and Flookburgh. It is whale back-shaped and accessible for walkers, giving views over Morecambe Bay to Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and over the Leven estuary to Ulverston. There is an Ordnance Survey trig point at...
- Irton Pike
- Kinmont Buck Barrow
- Knipescar Common
- Lamb Pasture
- Langhowe Pike
- Latterbarrow
- Little Yarlside
- Long Crag
- Lord's Seat (Crookdale)
- Low Light Haw
- Muncaster Fell - Hooker CragMuncaster FellMuncaster Fell is a fell at the far western edge of the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, England. Muncaster Fell is a long, narrow ridge of land, approximately 1.2 km wide and 6 km long, lying between the River Mite to the north, and River Esk to the south. The fell rises from the...
- Nabs Moor
- Newton Fell North
- Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights)
- Orrest HeadOrrest HeadOrrest Head is a fell in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is one of Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland - and the first fell he climbed...
- Pikes
- Ponsonby Fell
- Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell)Cartmel FellCartmel Fell is a hill, hamlet and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. The parish has a population of 309.St. Anthony's Church was built as a chapel of ease for Cartmel Priory in about 1504, and has changed little since...
- Reston ScarReston ScarReston Scar is a fell in the Lake District of Cumbria, England. It overlooks the north side of Staveley village, and is listed among Alfred Wainwright's "Outlying Fells of Lakeland" guide...
- Robin Hood
- Rough Crag
- Scalebarrow Knott
- School Knott
- Scout Scar
- Seat How
- Seat Robert
- Setmurthy CommonWatch Hill (Cockermouth)Watch Hill is a small hill lying on the north-western fringe of the Lake District in England. The name Setmurthy Common is sometimes used to refer to the area including the highest point, with "Watch Hill" describing the area to the west of the summit...
- Sleddale Pike
- St. John's Hill
- Stainton Pike
- Staveley Fell
- Stickle PikeStickle PikeStickle Pike is an outlying fell located in the southern Lake District near the small town of Broughton-in-Furness, with the summit situated between the lower Duddon Valley and the quiet smaller valley of Dunnerdale. Despite its low altitude the sharp, conical summit is prominent in views from the...
- Stoupdale Head
- Tarn Hill
- The Knott
- The Knott
- The Pike
- Todd Fell
- Top o'SelsideTop o'SelsideTop o'Selside is a hill in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. At 335 m, it is the highest point of the group of hills situated between Coniston Water and Windermere. This group also includes the Wainwright of Black Fell and the summits of Black Brows and Rusland Heights...
- Tottlebank Height
- Ulgraves
- Ulthwaite Rigg
- Walna ScarWalna ScarWalna Scar is a hill in the English Lake District, lying just south of a pass of the same name in the Coniston Hills. Its summit is only slightly higher than the pass, but few reach it, preferring instead to head north from the top of the pass to Dow Crag and the other Coniston Fells...
- Wasdale Pike
- Watch HillWatch Hill (Cockermouth)Watch Hill is a small hill lying on the north-western fringe of the Lake District in England. The name Setmurthy Common is sometimes used to refer to the area including the highest point, with "Watch Hill" describing the area to the west of the summit...
- Water Crag
- Whatshaw Common
- Whitbarrow (Lord's Seat)WhitbarrowWhitbarrow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve in Cumbria, and forms part of the Morecambe Bay Pavements Special Area of Conservation due to its supporting some of the best European examples of natural limestone habitats...
- White Combe
- White Howe
- White Pike
- Whiteside Pike
- WhitfellWhitfellWhitfell is a hill in the southwestern part of the Lake District. It is the highest point between Black Combe and Harter Fell on the broad ridge to the west of the Duddon Valley...
- Woodend Height
- Wool Knott
- Yew Bank
- Yoadcastle
- nameless (Bannisdale Horseshoe - Ancrow Brow N)
- nameless (Bannisdale Horseshoe - Swinklebank Crag)
- nameless (Bannisdale Horseshoe - The Forest)
- nameless (Green Quarter)
- nameless (Naddle Horseshoe - 2)
- nameless (Naddle Horseshoe - 3)
- nameless (Naddle Horseshoe - Naddle High Forest)
- nameless (Potter Fell - 1)Potter FellPotter Fell is a fell near Burneside, Cumbria, England. A number of tarns are present on the fell, including Gurnal Dubs Tarn and Potter Tarn. Potter Fell has four major summits, two of which are mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.-Summits:Potter Fell is made up of...
- nameless (Potter Fell - 2)Potter FellPotter Fell is a fell near Burneside, Cumbria, England. A number of tarns are present on the fell, including Gurnal Dubs Tarn and Potter Tarn. Potter Fell has four major summits, two of which are mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.-Summits:Potter Fell is made up of...
- nameless (School Knott)
- nameless (Stickle Pike - Raven's Crag)
- nameless (Top o'Selside - Brock Barrow)