Binsey
Height: 447 metres / 1467 feet Grid reference: NY 22513 35525 Category: The Northern Fells
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Binsey
Most of the Lake District was covered in cloud early on this morning but shining brightly alone, like a beacon was Binsey – which fortunately I was on my way to anyway. I’ve made no secret in the past that these grassy bumps do little for me as they do not feel like the rest of the fells, but on a day like this I concede that little Binsey does have some merit with some good, if a little distant, views. There is no technical equipment required to climb this fell and you would have to be trying to get lost here – I made the ascent in my old gardening shoes!
Binsey
Binsey has never been a particular favourite of mine due mainly I suppose to the distance involved in me getting there coupled with the fact that I have to pass all the good stuff to get to it! Seeing as I was in the area today it seemed a shame to miss it so it was a quick sprint from the bottom, straight up and down – a real ‘no frills’ route.
Binsey
Binsey Cottage – Binsey (106) – Binsey Cottage Binsey from Longlands Fell. The summit of Binsey. Binsey Cottage.
Caermote Hill
Height: 289 metres / 948 feet Grid reference: NY 19650 37150 Category: The Outlying Fells
Sale Fell
Height 359 metres | 1178 feet Grid Reference NY 19443 29659 Category The North Western Fells | Birkett Previous walks on this fell: Date Walk Details
Longlands Fell
Height: 483 metres / 1585 feet Grid reference: NY 27590 35402 Category: The Northern Fells
The Northern Fells
The Northern Fells are particularly independent from other high level regions of the Lake District. Writing about it, Wainwright states “Circular in plan, the area of the Northern Fells is completely severed from all other mountainous parts … by Bassenthwaite Lake, the Vale of Keswick and the low country of the Glenderamackin River, which extend like a
Birketts
The Birkett Fells are the 541 fells described by Bill Birkett in his book ‘The Complete Lakeland Fells’. The book covers all the fell tops over 1000 feet in the English Lake District National Park, which with an area of more than 880 square miles is the largest of its kind in Britain. Below is
Wainwrights
The Wainwright Fells are those listed in the seven books entitled ‘A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells’. Written more than 50 years ago, they remain the definitive Lake District guide books and the 214 fells listed remain a completion goal of many fell walkers. In 2005, the author Chris Jesty updated the Wainwright books