The Outlying Fells of Lakeland explained

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland is a 1974 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.[1]

The book

The first edition was published in 1974 by The Westmorland Gazette. It was republished by Michael Joseph in 1992 and a second edition, revised by Chris Jesty, was published by the Wainwright Society in 2020 .

The first edition is uniform with the seven volumes of Wainwright's Pictorial Guides, with a yellow band at head and foot of the dustjacket. The wording on the cover, in Wainwright's characteristic handwritten style, is:

Below this, there is a pen sketch showing an elderly but sprightly walker approaching the summit of a small hill, and Wainwright's signature.

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 (second edition, Lingdales Press, 1984). Turner's list omits two tops explicitly mentioned in the book (St. John's Hill and Newton Fell South) and the 12 nameless summits, and it contains many inaccuracies.[2]

A second edition of Wainwright's 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 (e.g. for Staveley Fell where Jesty says (p. 49) "There must be many people who, encouraged ... by the first edition of this book, have turned left and ... been turned back by an uncrossable fence." before providing an alternative route.)

Highest and lowest

The highest three summits listed by Wainwright are:

The lowest summits are:

List of summits

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,[5] 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.

Summit Height
(m) 		Relative
height
(m) 		Grid ref. Chapter Page
align='right'493align='right'32align='right' 260
Beacon Fellalign='right'255align='right'128Beacon Fellalign='right'
Bigland Barrowalign='right'193align='right'23Bigland Barrowalign='right'
Black Combealign='right'600align='right'362Black Combealign='right'162
Blawith Knottalign='right'248align='right'88Blawith Knottalign='right'108
Boat Howalign='right'337align='right'81Boat Howalign='right'178
Brant Fellalign='right'191align='right'65Brant Fellalign='right'
Brunt Knottalign='right'427align='right'21Potter Fellalign='right'
Buck Barrowalign='right'549align='right'72Whit Fellalign='right' 156
Burn Mooralign='right'543align='right'23Whit Fellalign='right' 156
Burneyalign='right'298align='right'111Burneyalign='right' 112
Caermote Hillalign='right'289align='right'59Caermote Hillalign='right' 206
Capplebarrowalign='right'513align='right'21align='right' 260
Carron Cragalign='right'314align='right'66Carron Cragalign='right'
Cartmel Fell see Raven's BarrowCartmel Fellalign='right'
Cawalign='right'529align='right'132Cawalign='right' 120
Claife Heightsalign='right'270align='right'177Claife Heightsalign='right'
Clints Cragsalign='right'245align='right'10Clints Cragsalign='right' 204
Cold Fellalign='right'293align='right'83Cold Fellalign='right' 196
Cunswick Scaralign='right'207align='right'37Scout Scaralign='right'
Dentalign='right'345align='right'5Flat Fell and Dentalign='right' 198
Dunmalletalign='right'240align='right'80Dunmalletalign='right' 214
Dunnerdale Fellsalign='right'280align='right'12Dunnerdale Fellsalign='right' 132
Faulds Browalign='right'344align='right'26Faulds Browalign='right' 210
Fewling Stonesalign='right'508align='right'11Seat Robertalign='right' 236
Finsthwaite Heightsalign='right'180align='right'0Finsthwaite Fellalign='right'
Flat Fellalign='right'272align='right'74Flat Fell and Dentalign='right' 198
align='right'528align='right'40align='right' 260
Grandsirealign='right'251align='right'80School Knottalign='right'
Great Ladstonesalign='right'440align='right'1Seat Robertalign='right' 236
Great Saddle Cragalign='right'560align='right'2align='right' 242
Great Sticklealign='right'305align='right'27Stickle Pikealign='right' 126
Great Worm Cragalign='right'427align='right'32Great Worm Cragalign='right' 136
Great Yarlsidealign='right'591align='right'6align='right' 248
Green Pikesalign='right'420align='right'4Cawalign='right' 120
Gummer's Howalign='right'321align='right'217Gummer's Howalign='right'
Hampsfellalign='right'220align='right'1Hampsfellalign='right'
Hare Shawalign='right'503align='right'13align='right' 224
Harper Hillsalign='right'414align='right'4align='right' 224
Hesk Fellalign='right'477align='right'100Hesk Fellalign='right' 140
Heughscar Hillalign='right'375align='right'48Heughscar Hillalign='right' 216
High House Bankalign='right'495align='right'80align='right' 254
High Knottalign='right'275align='right'56High Knottalign='right'
High Light Hawalign='right'263align='right'13Top o'Selsidealign='right'
High Wether Howealign='right'531align='right'66Seat Robertalign='right' 236
Hollow Moor, Green Quarter Fellalign='right'426align='right'78Green Quarter Fellalign='right'
Hooker Crag see Muncaster FellMuncaster Fellalign='right' 186
Howesalign='right'583align='right'3Howesalign='right' 230
Hugh's Laithes Pikealign='right'415align='right'2align='right' 224
Hugill Fellalign='right'265align='right'11Hugill Fellalign='right'
Humphrey Headalign='right'53align='right'42Humphrey Headalign='right'
Irton Pikealign='right'229align='right'25Irton Pikealign='right' 182
Kinmont Buck Barrowalign='right'535align='right'25Whit Fellalign='right' 156
Knipescar Common, Knipe Scaralign='right'342align='right'8Knipescar Commonalign='right' 220
align='right'331align='right'21Stainton Pikealign='right' 150
align='right'284align='right'24Stickle Pikealign='right' 126
Lamb Pasturealign='right'367align='right'28align='right' 260
Langhowe Pikealign='right'400align='right'10Seat Robertalign='right' 236
Latterbarrowalign='right'244align='right'44Latterbarrowalign='right'
Little Yarlsidealign='right'516align='right'9align='right' 248
Long Crag see Bannisdale Fell, Long Cragalign='right' 260
Lord's Seat, High House Fellalign='right'524align='right'36align='right' 254
Lord's Seat, Whitbarrow see WhitbarrowWhitbarrowalign='right'
Low Light Hawalign='right'250align='right'16Top o'Selsidealign='right'
Muncaster Fell, Hooker Cragalign='right'231align='right'194Muncaster Fellalign='right' 186
Nabs Mooralign='right'492align='right'2Howesalign='right' 230
Naddle High Forest, Naddle Horseshoe 1align='right'435align='right'28align='right' 224
Newton Fell Northalign='right'239align='right'0Newton Fellalign='right'
Newton Fell South, Dixon Heightsalign='right'177align='right'37Newton Fellalign='right'
Orrest Headalign='right'238align='right'63Orrest Headalign='right'
align='right'370align='right'72Hesk Fellalign='right' 140
Pikesalign='right'469align='right'41Cawalign='right' 120
Ponsonby Fellalign='right'315align='right'34Ponsonby Fellalign='right' 192
Raven's Barrow, Cartmel Fellalign='right'152align='right'0Cartmel Fellalign='right'
Raven's Cragalign='right'361align='right'28Stickle Pikealign='right' 126
Reston Scaralign='right'255align='right'20Reston Scaralign='right'
Robin Hoodalign='right'493align='right'30align='right' 254
Rough Cragalign='right'319align='right'70align='right' 144
, Caermote Hill N topalign='right'285align='right'7Caermote Hillalign='right'206
Scalebarrow Knottalign='right'338align='right'9align='right' 224
School Knottalign='right'247align='right'32School Knottalign='right'
Scout Scaralign='right'233align='right'3Scout Scaralign='right'
Seat How, Birker Mooralign='right'311align='right'58align='right' 144
Seat Robertalign='right'515align='right'30Seat Robertalign='right' 236
Setmurthy Common see Watch Hill, Setmurthy CommonWatch Hillalign='right' 202
Sleddale Pikealign='right'506align='right'6align='right' 242
Stainton Pikealign='right'498align='right'20Stainton Pikealign='right' 150
Staveley Fellalign='right'265align='right'37Staveley Fellalign='right'
Stickle Pikealign='right'375align='right'116Stickle Pikealign='right' 126
Stoupdale Headalign='right'472align='right'26Black Combealign='right'162
Swinklebank Crag, Bannisdale Horseshoe 2align='right'554align='right'46align='right' 260
Tarn Hillalign='right'313align='right'30Stickle Pikealign='right' 126
Todd Fellalign='right'401align='right'21align='right' 260
Top o'Selsidealign='right'334align='right'5Top o'Selsidealign='right'
Tottlebank Heightalign='right'236align='right'26Blawith Knottalign='right' 108
Ulgravesalign='right'333align='right'31Potter Fellalign='right'
Ulthwaite Riggalign='right'502align='right'2align='right' 242
Wallow Crag, Naddle Horseshoe 2align='right'435align='right'29align='right' 224
Walna Scaralign='right'621align='right'15Walna Scaralign='right' 114
Wasdale Pikealign='right'565align='right'5align='right' 248
align='right'235align='right'3Watch Hillalign='right' 202
align='right'254align='right'157Watch Hillalign='right' 202
align='right'305align='right'37align='right' 144
Whatshaw Commonalign='right'485align='right'66align='right' 248
Whitbarrow (Lord's Seat)align='right'215align='right'182Whitbarrowalign='right'
White Combealign='right'417align='right'4Black Combealign='right' 162
White Howe, Bannisdalealign='right'530align='right'73align='right' 260
White Pike, Birkby Fellalign='right'442align='right'17align='right' 144
Whiteside Pikealign='right'397align='right'47align='right' 260
Whitfellalign='right'573align='right'221Whit Fellalign='right' 156
Williamson's Monument see High KnottHigh Knottalign='right'
Woodend Heightalign='right'487align='right'11align='right' 144
Wool Knottalign='right'223align='right'53Woodland Fellalign='right' 102
Yew Bankalign='right'207align='right'17Woodland Fellalign='right' 102
Yoadcastlealign='right'494align='right'57align='right' 144
see Swinklebank Cragalign='right' 260
align='right'541align='right'16align='right' 260
see The Forestalign='right' 260
align='right'411align='right'11Green Quarter Fellalign='right'
see Naddle High Forestalign='right' 224
see Wallow Cragalign='right' 224
align='right'395align='right'7align='right' 224
align='right'395align='right'27Potter Fellalign='right'
align='right'390align='right'45Potter Fellalign='right'
align='right'247align='right'32School Knottalign='right'
see Raven's CragStickle Pikealign='right' 126
align='right'221align='right'3Top o'Selsidealign='right'

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.

See also

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hillwalkers' Register 2 . www.ldwa.org.uk . . 21 May 2020.
  2. For more up-to-date heights, grid references and other data, see the Database of British and Irish Hills
  3. Web site: Database of British and Irish Hills: Changes and issues: Great Yarlside . www.hills-database.co.uk . 3 May 2024.
  4. The Database of British and Irish Hills records Wainwright's Great Yarside summit as hill 2575,, and a nearby higher Great Yarlside summit as hill 3661 at . An explanatory note suggests that Wainwright obtained his figure from a misprint in some editions of the OS maps.
  5. Web site: Version 12.1 . Database of British and Irish Hills . 24 May 2012.

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