The Northern Fells: Wainwright’s Illustrated Walking Guide to the Lake District Book 5

One name above all others has become associated with walking in the Lake District: Alfred Wainwright, whose seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, first published in 1955–66, has become the definitive guidebook.

Wainwright’s meticulously hand-drawn maps, diagrams and drawings take you up the 214 principal hills and mountains of the Lake District, describing the main routes of ascent from different starting points, as well as lesser-known variants, showing the summit viewpoint panoramas and the ridge routes that can be made to create longer walks.

The Northern Fells, Book Five of Wainwright’s Walking Guide, covers an area that encompasses both the gentler gradients of the Uldale and Caldbeck Fells and the spectacular mountains of Skiddaw and Blencathra.

This new edition has been comprehensively revised by writer and designer Clive Hutchby, author of The Wainwright Companion. Paths, maps, diagrams and route descriptions have been checked and corrected throughout in this new portable, pocket-sized flexibound format that can easily be packed and carried in a walker’s rucksack.

 

The Northern Fells

 

No.	Name	Height (ft)	Grid Reference
1	Bakestall	2,189	NY 266 307
2	Bannerdale Crags	2,230	NY 335 290
3	Binsey	1,466	NY 225 355
4	Blencathra	2,847	NY 323 277
5	Bowscale Fell	2,306	NY 334 305
6	Brae Fell	1,920	NY 288 351
7	Carl Side	2,420	NY 255 280
8	Carrock Fell	2,174	NY 341 336
9	Dodd	1,612	NY 244 273
10	Great Calva	2,265	NY 291 312
11	Great Cockup	1,720	NY 273 333
12	Great Sca Fell	2,131	NY 291 338
13	High Pike	2,157	NY 318 350
14	Knott	2,329	NY 296 329
15	Latrigg	1,203	NY 279 247
16	Longlands Fell	1,580	NY 275 353
17	Long Side	2,405	NY 248 284
18	Lonscale Fell	2,344	NY 285 272
19	Meal Fell	1,770	NY 282 337
20	Mungrisdale Common	2,068	NY 311 291
21	Skiddaw	3,053	NY 260 290
22	Skiddaw Little Man	2,837	NY 267 278
23	Souther Fell	1,680	NY 355 292
24	Ullock Pike	2,230	NY 244 287