The Outlying Fells of Lakeland are described by Wainwright ‘for those walkers who, because of age or infirmity, must be content with milder expeditions on lesser fells.’
This guide is packed with gems of outstanding beauty which you don’t have to be super-fit to enjoy: Orrest Head, where his love affair with the Lake District began; Scout Scar, ‘a pleasure every step of the way’; Beacon Fell, ‘the epitome of that appeals to fell walkers’; and many more.
Each of its 56 chapters outlines a walk, sometimes taking in several summits, rather than a single fell. The arrangement of chapters in the book is roughly geographical, moving clockwise round the area from Kendal in the east.
The list of fells below has been arranged alphabetically rather than in height order – to align as close as possible with the list at the back of Wainwright’s book.
| Name | Height (m) | Height (ft) | GPS ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Fell | 255 | 836 | SD 27810 90708 |
| Bigland Barrow | 193 | 633 | SD 36362 83981 |
| Black Combe | 600 | 1970 | SD 13551 85490 |
| Blawith Knott | 248 | 814 | SD 26076 88392 |
| Boat How | 337 | 1105 | NY 17728 03401 |
| Brant Fell | 191 | 629 | SD 40973 96157 |
| Brock Barrow | 229 | 751 | SD 29881 89881 |
| Brunt Knott | 427 | 1400 | NY 48444 00624 |
| Buck Barrow | 549 | 1799 | SD 15192 91047 |
| Burney | 298 | 978 | SD 26089 85869 |
| Burn Moor | 543 | 1780 | SD 15166 92436 |
| Caermote Hill | 289 | 948 | NY 19650 37150 |
| Capplebarrow | 512 | 1681 | NY 50888 03538 |
| Carron Crag | 314 | 1030 | SD 32534 94341 |
| Caw | 529 | 1735 | SD 23047 94446 |
| Claife Heights | 270 | 886 | SD 38204 97343 |
| Clints Crag | 245 | 803 | NY 15950 35250 |
| Cold Fell | 293 | 961 | NY 05820 09192 |
| Cunswick Scar | 207 | 679 | SD 49153 94309 |
| Dent | 352 | 1154 | NY 03744 13050 |
| Dunmallet | 236 | 775 | NY 46765 24572 |
| Dunnerdale Fells | 280 | 920 | SD 20712 91877 |
| Faulds Brow | 344 | 1128 | NY 29950 40750 |
| Fewling Stones | 503 | 1650 | NY 51293 11795 |
| Finsthwaite Heights | 230 | 755 | SD 36208 87996 |
| Flat Fell | 272 | 892 | NY 05250 13717 |
| Grandsire | 249 | 818 | SD 43210 97286 |
| Great Ladstones | 439 | 1440 | NY 53198 12370 |
| Great Saddle Crag | 564 | 1850 | NY 52601 08666 |
| Great Stickle | 305 | 1000 | SD 21179 91599 |
| Great Worm Crag | 427 | 1400 | SD 19368 96886 |
| Great Yarlside | 595 | 1952 | NY 52515 07597 |
| Green Pikes | 411 | 1350 | SD 23630 95088 |
| Green Quarter Fell | 426 | 1398 | NY 46915 04035 |
| Gummer's How | 321 | 1054 | SD 39045 88487 |
| Hampsfell | 222 | 727 | SD 39932 79365 |
| Hare Shaw | 503 | 1650 | NY 49762 13149 |
| Harper Hills | 419 | 1375 | NY 51043 14450 |
| Hesk Fell | 477 | 1565 | SD 17608 94667 |
| Heughscar Hill | 375 | 1231 | NY 48800 23158 |
| High House Bank | 495 | 1625 | NY 54393 04746 |
| High Light Haw | 263 | 862 | SD 30315 90469 |
| High Knott | 268 | 879 | NY 45432 00128 |
| High Wether Howe | 531 | 1742 | NY 51488 10930 |
| Howes | 583 | 1912 | NY 49850 10350 |
| Hugh's Laithes Pike | 395 | 1296 | NY 50218 15165 |
| Hugill Fell | 256 | 840 | SD 46232 99413 |
| Humphrey Head | 53 | 174 | SD 39100 73827 |
| Irton Pike | 229 | 751 | NY 12073 01547 |
| Kinmont Buck Barrow | 535 | 1754 | SD 14680 90971 |
| Knipescar Common | 342 | 1122 | NY 52637 19142 |
| Knott, The (Stainton Fell) | 331 | 1086 | SD 14315 95174 |
| Knott, The (Lickle) | 284 | 932 | SD 22421 91936 |
| Lamb Pasture | 367 | 1205 | NY 53449 02098 |
| Langhowe Pike | 399 | 1309 | NY 52840 13465 |
| Latterbarrow | 244 | 800 | SD 36722 99098 |
| Little Yarlside | 516 | 1691 | NY 53209 07171 |
| Long Crag | 493 | 1617 | NY 51592 05249 |
| Lord's Seat (Whitbarrow Scar) | 203 | 666 | SD 44184 87052 |
| Lord's Seat (High House Fell) | 524 | 1719 | NY 51851 06612 |
| Low Light Haw | 247 | 810 | SD 30150 90087 |
| Muncaster Fell (Hooker Crag) | 231 | 758 | SD 11210 98322 |
| Nabs Moor | 492 | 1614 | NY 50350 11150 |
| Newton Fell North (White Stone) | 205 | 673 | SD 39008 84825 |
| Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) | 177 | 580 | SD 41349 81549 |
| Orrest Head | 239 | 783 | SD 41407 99347 |
| Pike, The | 370 | 1214 | SD 18639 93401 |
| Pikes | 469 | 1539 | SD 23758 94740 |
| Ponsonby Fell | 311 | 1022 | NY 08196 07030 |
| Raven's Barrow | 152 | 500 | SD 41279 87923 |
| Reston Scar | 254 | 834 | SD 46000 98777 |
| Robin Hood | 493 | 1617 | NY 53037 05867 |
| Rough Crag | 319 | 1047 | SD 16113 97755 |
| St. John's Hill | 285 | 935 | NY 19650 37650 |
| Scalebarrow Knott | 338 | 1109 | NY 51979 15318 |
| School Knott | 232 | 760 | SD 42545 97425 |
| Scout Scar | 235 | 771 | SD 48661 91984 |
| Seat How | 311 | 1020 | SD 16550 97150 |
| Seat Robert | 515 | 1688 | NY 52633 11412 |
| Setmurthy Common | 254 | 833 | NY 15890 31795 |
| Sleddale Pike | 506 | 1659 | NY 53550 09440 |
| Stainton Pike | 498 | 1632 | SD 15260 94263 |
| Staveley Fell | 250 | 820 | SD 38953 86860 |
| Stickle Pike | 375 | 1230 | SD 21202 92796 |
| Stoupdale Head | 472 | 1548 | SD 15147 87374 |
| Tarn Hill | 311 | 1020 | SD 20954 92100 |
| Todd Fell | 401 | 1314 | NY 51228 02058 |
| Top O' Selside | 335 | 1099 | SD 30806 91857 |
| Tottlebank Height | 236 | 775 | SD 26925 88512 |
| Ulgraves | 332 | 1090 | SD 51126 99615 |
| Ulthwaite Rigg | 502 | 1647 | NY 51483 09363 |
| Walna Scar | 621 | 2037 | SD 25770 96339 |
| Wasdale Pike | 565 | 1854 | NY 53705 08507 |
| Watch Hill | 236 | 774 | NY 15050 31858 |
| Water Crag | 305 | 1001 | SD 15399 97433 |
| Whatshaw Common | 485 | 1593 | NY 54190 06184 |
| White Combe | 415 | 1361 | SD 15455 86280 |
| White Howe (Bannisdale) | 530 | 1737 | NY 52364 04195 |
| White Pike | 442 | 1450 | SD 15068 95633 |
| Whiteside Pike | 397 | 1302 | NY 52074 01513 |
| Whit Fell | 573 | 1881 | SD 15885 92982 |
| Woodend Height | 487 | 1597 | SD 15680 95444 |
| Wool Knott | 222 | 730 | SD 27272 89621 |
| Yew Bank | 207 | 679 | SD 26252 90964 |
| Yoadcastle | 494 | 1621 | SD 15694 95246 |