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.

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:

Cartmel Fell is the same as Ravens Barrow (page 42). Hollow Moor is the summit of Green Quarter Fell (page 14). Hooker Crag is the summit of Muncaster fell (page 186). Newton Fell includes Newton Fell (North) and Newton Fell (South) (page 53). Potter Fell is the name given to the hill whose summits are Brunt Knotts and Ulgraves (page 8). Lord's Seat is the summit of Whitbarrow (page 36). Williamson's Monument is the same as High Knott (page 18). Woodland Fell is the name of the moor of which Yew Bank and Wool Knott are high points (page 102).

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.For more up-to-date heights, grid references and other data, see the Database of British and Irish Hills

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: Walna Scar Black Combe Great Yarlside according to Wainwright; in reality 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.

The lowest summits are: Humphrey Head , of which Wainwright says "A fell it certainly is not, being a meagre 172 feet above the sea..." Cartmel Fell/Raven's Barrow Newton Fell South

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, 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) Relativeheight (m) Grid ref. Chapter Page Bannisdale Fell, Long Crag 493 32 260 Beacon Fell 255 128 Beacon Fell Bigland Barrow 193 23 Bigland Barrow Black Combe 600 362 Black Combe 162 Blawith Knott 248 88 Blawith Knott 108 Boat How 337 81 Boat How 178 Brant Fell 191 65 Brant Fell Brunt Knott 427 21 Potter Fell Buck Barrow 549 72 Whit Fell 156 Burn Moor 543 23 Whit Fell 156 Burney 298 111Burney 112 Caermote Hill 289 59 Caermote Hill 206 Capplebarrow 513 21 260 Carron Crag 314 66Carron Crag Cartmel Fell see Raven's Barrow Cartmel Fell Caw 529 132Caw 120 Claife Heights 270 177Claife Heights Clints Crags 245 10 Clints Crags 204 Cold Fell 293 83 Cold Fell 196 Cunswick Scar 207 37 Scout Scar Dent 345 5 Flat Fell and Dent 198 Dunmallet 240 80 Dunmallet 214 Dunnerdale Fells 280 12Dunnerdale Fells 132 Faulds Brow 344 26 Faulds Brow 210 Fewling Stones 508 11 Seat Robert 236 Finsthwaite Heights 180 0Finsthwaite Fell Flat Fell 272 74 Flat Fell and Dent 198 528 40 260 Grandsire 251 80 School Knott Great Ladstones 440 1 Seat Robert 236 Great Saddle Crag 560 2 242 Great Stickle 305 27Stickle Pike 126 Great Worm Crag 427 32Great Worm Crag 136 Great Yarlside 591 6 248 Green Pikes 420 4Caw 120 Gummer's How 321 217Gummer's How Hampsfell 220 1Hampsfell Hare Shaw 503 13 224 Harper Hills 414 4 224 Hesk Fell 477 100Hesk Fell 140 Heughscar Hill 375 48 Heughscar Hill 216 High House Bank 495 80 254 High Knott 275 56 High Knott High Light Haw 263 13Top o'Selside High Wether Howe 531 66 Seat Robert 236 Hollow Moor, Green Quarter Fell 426 78 Green Quarter Fell Hooker Crag see Muncaster Fell Muncaster Fell 186 Howes 583 3 Howes 230 Hugh's Laithes Pike 415 2 224 Hugill Fell 265 11 Hugill Fell Humphrey Head 53 42Humphrey Head Irton Pike 229 25 Irton Pike 182 Kinmont Buck Barrow 535 25 Whit Fell 156 Knipescar Common, Knipe Scar 342 8 Knipescar Common 220 331 21Stainton Pike 150 284 24Stickle Pike 126 Lamb Pasture 367 28 260 Langhowe Pike 400 10 Seat Robert 236 Latterbarrow 244 44Latterbarrow Little Yarlside 516 9 248 Long Crag see Bannisdale Fell, Long Crag 260 Lord's Seat, High House Fell 524 36 254 Lord's Seat, Whitbarrow see Whitbarrow Whitbarrow Low Light Haw 250 16Top o'Selside Muncaster Fell, Hooker Crag 231 194 Muncaster Fell 186 Nabs Moor 492 2 Howes 230 Naddle High Forest, Naddle Horseshoe 1 435 28 224 Newton Fell North 239 0Newton Fell Newton Fell South, Dixon Heights 177 37Newton Fell Orrest Head 238 63 Orrest Head 370 72Hesk Fell 140 Pikes 469 41Caw 120 Ponsonby Fell 315 34Ponsonby Fell 192 Raven's Barrow, Cartmel Fell 152 0Cartmel Fell Raven's Crag 361 28Stickle Pike 126 Reston Scar 255 20 Reston Scar Robin Hood 493 30 254 Rough Crag 319 70 144, Caermote Hill N top 285 7 Caermote Hill206 Scalebarrow Knott 338 9 224 School Knott 247 32 School Knott Scout Scar 233 3 Scout Scar Seat How, Birker Moor 311 58 144 Seat Robert 515 30 Seat Robert 236 Setmurthy Common see Watch Hill, Setmurthy Common Watch Hill 202 Sleddale Pike 506 6 242 Stainton Pike 498 20Stainton Pike 150 Staveley Fell 265 37Staveley Fell Stickle Pike 375 116Stickle Pike 126 Stoupdale Head 472 26Black Combe 162 Swinklebank Crag, Bannisdale Horseshoe 2 554 46 260 Tarn Hill 313 30Stickle Pike 126 Todd Fell 401 21 260 Top o'Selside 334 5Top o'Selside Tottlebank Height 236 26Blawith Knott 108 Ulgraves 333 31 Potter Fell Ulthwaite Rigg 502 2 242 Wallow Crag, Naddle Horseshoe 2 435 29 224 Walna Scar 621 15Walna Scar 114 Wasdale Pike 565 5 248 Watch Hill 235 3 Watch Hill 202 Watch Hill, Setmurthy Common 254 157 Watch Hill 202 Water Crag 305 37 144 Whatshaw Common 485 66 248 Whitbarrow (Lord's Seat) 215 182 Whitbarrow White Combe 417 4Black Combe162 White Howe, Bannisdale 530 73 260 White Pike, Birkby Fell 442 17 144 Whiteside Pike 397 47 260 Whitfell 573 221 Whit Fell 156 Williamson's Monument see High Knott High Knott Woodend Height 487 11 144 Wool Knott 223 53Woodland Fell 102 Yew Bank 207 17Woodland Fell 102 Yoadcastle 494 57 144 see Swinklebank Crag 260 541 16 260 see The Forest 260 411 11 Green Quarter Fell see Naddle High Forest 224 see Wallow Crag 224 395 7 224 395 27 Potter Fell 390 45 Potter Fell 247 32 School Knott see Raven's CragStickle Pike 126 221 3Top 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.

See also List of Wainwrights List of Birketts List of fells in the Lake District – alphabetical and height listings List of hills in the Lake District – topographical groupings

Notes

References

Sources

External links Wainwright Walks on the Outlying Fells Database of British and Irish Hills Wainwrights On The Air based on Wainwright's Hills – English Lake District Alfred Wainwright Books & Memorabilia