The Outlying Fells of Lakeland


The Outlying Fells of Lakeland is a book written by Alfred Wainwright, dealing with hills in and around the Lake District of England. It differs from Wainwright's Pictorial Guides in that each of its 56 chapters describes a walk, sometimes taking in several summits, rather than a single 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 making up the Wainwrights, but they are included in Category 2B of the Hill Walkers' Register maintained by the Long Distance Walkers Association.

Fells included

The arrangement of chapters in the book is clockwise starting in the south east, with the first chapter devoted to Scout Scar, a walk starting at Kendal Town Hall.
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:
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. Turner's list omits two tops explicitly mentioned in the book and the 12 nameless summits, and it contains many inaccuracies.
A second edition of the book, revised by Chris Jesty, was published by Frances Lincoln in 2011. It maintains the same format but uses red to highlight paths on the route diagrams, and includes updated content

Highest and lowest

The highest three summits listed by Wainwright are:
The lowest summits are:
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. Summits are listed by the name used in the Database of British and Irish Hills, with cross-references from other summit names used by Wainwright to the entries in this table. Each summit appears only once, with height and grid reference. The "page" column allows the list to be sorted into Wainwright's order of chapters, which is roughly geographical, moving clockwise round the area from Kendal in the east.
SummitHeight
Relative
height
Grid ref.ChapterPage
Bannisdale Fell, Long Crag49332260
Beacon Fell255128Beacon Fell
Bigland Barrow19323Bigland Barrow
Black Combe600362Black Combe162
Blawith Knott24888Blawith Knott108
Boat How33781Boat How178
Brant Fell19165Brant Fell
Brunt Knott42721Potter Fell
Buck Barrow54972Whit Fell156
Burn Moor54323Whit Fell156
Burney298111Burney112
Caermote Hill28959Caermote Hill206
Capplebarrow51321260
Carron Crag31466Carron Crag
Cartmel Fell see Raven's BarrowCartmel Fell
Caw529132Caw120
Claife Heights270177Claife Heights
Clints Crags24510Clints Crags204
Cold Fell29383Cold Fell196
Cunswick Scar20737Scout Scar
Dent3455Flat Fell and Dent198
Dunmallet24080Dunmallet214
Dunnerdale Fells28012Dunnerdale Fells132
Faulds Brow34426Faulds Brow210
Fewling Stones50811Seat Robert236
Finsthwaite Heights1800Finsthwaite Fell
Flat Fell27274Flat Fell and Dent198
52840260
Grandsire25180School Knott
Great Ladstones4401Seat Robert236
Great Saddle Crag5602242
Great Stickle30527Stickle Pike126
Great Worm Crag42732Great Worm Crag136
Great Yarlside5916248
Green Pikes4204Caw120
Gummer's How321217Gummer's How
Hampsfell2201Hampsfell
Hare Shaw50313224
Harper Hills4144224
Hesk Fell477100Hesk Fell140
Heughscar Hill37548Heughscar Hill216
High House Bank49580254
High Knott27556High Knott
High Light Haw26313Top o'Selside
High Wether Howe53166Seat Robert236
Hollow Moor, Green Quarter Fell42678Green Quarter Fell
Hooker Crag see Muncaster FellMuncaster Fell186
Howes5833Howes230
Hugh's Laithes Pike4152224
Hugill Fell26511Hugill Fell
Humphrey Head5342Humphrey Head
Irton Pike22925Irton Pike182
Kinmont Buck Barrow53525Whit Fell156
Knipescar Common, Knipe Scar3428Knipescar Common220
33121Stainton Pike150
28424Stickle Pike126
Lamb Pasture36728260
Langhowe Pike40010Seat Robert236
Latterbarrow24444Latterbarrow
Little Yarlside5169248
Long Crag see Bannisdale Fell, Long Crag260
Lord's Seat, High House Fell52436254
Lord's Seat, Whitbarrow see WhitbarrowWhitbarrow
Low Light Haw25016Top o'Selside
Muncaster Fell, Hooker Crag231194Muncaster Fell186
Nabs Moor4922Howes230
Naddle High Forest, Naddle Horseshoe 143528224
Newton Fell North2390Newton Fell
Newton Fell South, Dixon Heights17737Newton Fell
Orrest Head23863Orrest Head
37072Hesk Fell140
Pikes46941Caw120
Ponsonby Fell31534Ponsonby Fell192
Raven's Barrow, Cartmel Fell1520Cartmel Fell
Raven's Crag36128Stickle Pike126
Reston Scar25520Reston Scar
Robin Hood49330254
Rough Crag31970144
, Caermote Hill N top2857Caermote Hill206
Scalebarrow Knott3389224
School Knott24732School Knott
Scout Scar2333Scout Scar
Seat How, Birker Moor31158144
Seat Robert51530Seat Robert236
Setmurthy Common see Watch Hill, Setmurthy CommonWatch Hill202
Sleddale Pike5066242
Stainton Pike49820Stainton Pike150
Staveley Fell26537Staveley Fell
Stickle Pike375116Stickle Pike126
Stoupdale Head47226Black Combe162
Swinklebank Crag, Bannisdale Horseshoe 255446260
Tarn Hill31330Stickle Pike126
Todd Fell40121260
Top o'Selside3345Top o'Selside
Tottlebank Height23626Blawith Knott108
Ulgraves33331Potter Fell
Ulthwaite Rigg5022242
Wallow Crag, Naddle Horseshoe 243529224
Walna Scar62115Walna Scar114
Wasdale Pike5655248
Watch Hill2353Watch Hill202
Watch Hill, Setmurthy Common254157Watch Hill202
Water Crag30537144
Whatshaw Common48566248
Whitbarrow 215182Whitbarrow
White Combe4174Black Combe162
White Howe, Bannisdale53073260
White Pike, Birkby Fell44217144
Whiteside Pike39747260
Whitfell573221Whit Fell156
Williamson's Monument see High KnottHigh Knott
Woodend Height48711144
Wool Knott22353Woodland Fell102
Yew Bank20717Woodland Fell102
Yoadcastle49457144
see Swinklebank Crag260
54116260
see The Forest260
41111Green Quarter Fell
see Naddle High Forest224
see Wallow Crag224
3957224
39527Potter Fell
39045Potter Fell
24732School Knott
see Raven's CragStickle Pike126
2213Top o'Selside

Map

The map marks the highest point reached on each of Wainwright's 56 walks. The number adjacent to each point gives the page number of the corresponding chapter in the book and the colour indicates the general height of the summit. Clicking a number provides a link to the article about the fell in question.