The Western Fells lie within a wide sector, driving deep into the heart of Lakeland at Sty Head. They are bounded in the north-west by the Cocker valley, ‘jewelled by the lovely lakes of Buttermere and Crummock Water’. South-west their boundary is Wasdale, running towards the sea.

The rugged territory around Sty Head is crowded with fine peaks: the hoary old favourite, Great Gable, the magnificent Pillar, the fascinating Haystacks and the exhilarating spine of the High Stile ridge. Further west the slopes are smooth and rounded, declining into grassy foothills and rolling sheep pastures – terrrain described by Wainwright as splendid walking country, but comparatively unexciting and unfrequented.

Name	Height (m)	Height (ft)	GPS ref
Great Gable	899	2949	NY 21102 10317
Pillar	892	2927	NY 17126 12101
Scoat Fell	841	2759	NY 15940 11384
Red Pike (Wasdale)	826	2710	NY 16530 10610
Steeple	819	2687	NY 15757 11678
High Stile	806	2644	NY 16748 14783
Kirk Fell	802	2631	NY 19498 10485
Green Gable	801	2628	NY 21472 10716
Haycock	797	2615	NY 14477 10722
Red Pike ( Buttermere)	755	2477	NY 16054 15453
High Crag	744	2441	NY 18060 14017
Brandreth	715	2346	NY 21489 11928
Caw Fell	697	2287	NY 13198 11001
Grey Knotts	697	2287	NY 21731 12567
Seatallan	692	2270	NY 13964 08403
Fleetwith Pike	648	2126	NY 20587 14167
Base Brown	646	2119	NY 22516 11461
Starling Dodd	633	2077	NY 14206 15747
Yewbarrow	628	2060	NY 17338 08472
Great Borne	616	2021	NY 12398 16379
Haystacks	597	1959	NY 19338 13206
Middle Fell	582	1909	NY 15075 07222
Blake Fell	573	1880	NY 11043 19684
Lank Rigg	541	1775	NY 09164 11955
Gavel Fell	526	1726	NY 11699 18386
Crag Fell	523	1716	NY 09729 14384
Mellbreak	512	1680	NY 14843 18562
Hen Comb	509	1670	NY 13213 18119
Grike	488	1601	NY 08495 14076
Burnbank Fell	475	1558	NY 10999 20950
Low Fell	423	1388	NY 13597 22262
Buckbarrow	420	1378	NY 13572 06126
Fellbarrow	416	1365	NY 13219 24245