# The Outlying Fells of Lakeland

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 (ISBN 0718140087) and a second edition, revised by Chris Jesty, was published by the Wainwright Society in 2020 (ISBN 9780993592126).
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:
   THE OUTLYING FELLS OF LAKELAND being a Pictorial Guide to the lesser fells around the perimeter of Lakeland written primarily for old age pensioners and others who can no longer climb high fells but can still, within reason, potter about on the short and easy slopes and summits of the foothills.
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.
A second edition of Wainwright's book, revised by Chris Jesty, was published by Frances Lincoln in 2011 (ISBN 978-0-7112-3175-7). 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 2,035 feet (620 m)
* Black Combe 1,970 feet (600 m)
* Great Yarlside 1,986 feet (605 m) according to Wainwright; in reality 1,936 feet (590 m)
The lowest summits are:
* Humphrey Head 172 feet (52 m), of which Wainwright says "A fell it certainly is not, being a meagre 172 feet above the sea..."
* Cartmel Fell/Raven's Barrow 500 feet (150 m)
* Newton Fell South 585 feet (178 m)

## 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.
List of summits, sortable by height, relative height, chapter title and page number :
| Summit | Height (m) | Relative height (m) | Grid ref. | Chapter | Page |
| Bannisdale Fell, Long Crag | 493 | 32 | NY515054 | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| Beacon Fell | 255 | 128 | SD278907 | Beacon Fell | 98 |
| Bigland Barrow | 193 | 23 | SD363839 | Bigland Barrow | 70 |
| Black Combe | 600 | 362 | SD135854 | Black Combe | 162 |
| Blawith Knott | 248 | 88 | SD260884 | Blawith Knott | 108 |
| Boat How | 337 | 81 | NY177034 | Boat How | 178 |
| Brant Fell | 191 | 65 | SD409961 | Brant Fell | 34 |
| Brunt Knott | 427 | 21 | NY484006 | Potter Fell | 8 |
| Buck Barrow | 549 | 72 | SD151910 | Whit Fell | 156 |
| Burn Moor | 543 | 23 | SD151924 | Whit Fell | 156 |
| Burney | 298 | 111 | SD260858 | Burney | 112 |
| Caermote Hill | 289 | 59 | NY196371 | Caermote Hill | 206 |
| Capplebarrow | 513 | 21 | NY508035 | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| Carron Crag | 314 | 66 | SD325943 | Carron Crag | 88 |
| Cartmel Fell see Raven's Barrow | | | | Cartmel Fell | 42 |
| Caw | 529 | 132 | SD230944 | Caw | 120 |
| Claife Heights | 270 | 177 | SD382973 | Claife Heights | 80 |
| Clints Crags | 245 | 10 | NY159352 | Clints Crags | 204 |
| Cold Fell | 293 | 83 | NY058092 | Cold Fell | 196 |
| Cunswick Scar | 207 | 37 | SD491943 | Scout Scar | 2 |
| Dent | 345 | 5 | NY037130 | Flat Fell and Dent | 198 |
| Dunmallet | 240 | 80 | NY467246 | Dunmallet | 214 |
| Dunnerdale Fells | 280 | 12 | SD207918 | Dunnerdale Fells | 132 |
| Faulds Brow | 344 | 26 | NY299407 | Faulds Brow | 210 |
| Fewling Stones | 508 | 11 | NY513117 | Seat Robert | 236 |
| Finsthwaite Heights | 180 | 0 | SD361883 | Finsthwaite Fell | 74 |
| Flat Fell | 272 | 74 | NY052137 | Flat Fell and Dent | 198 |
| The Forest, Bannisdale Horseshoe 3 | 528 | 40 | NY527035 | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| Grandsire | 251 | 80 | SD432972 | School Knott | 30 |
| Great Ladstones | 440 | 1 | NY532123 | Seat Robert | 236 |
| Great Saddle Crag | 560 | 2 | NY526086 | The Wet Sleddale Horseshoe | 242 |
| Great Stickle | 305 | 27 | SD211915 | Stickle Pike | 126 |
| Great Worm Crag | 427 | 32 | SD193968 | Great Worm Crag | 136 |
| Great Yarlside | 591 | 6 | NY525075 | The Wasdale Horseshoe | 248 |
| Green Pikes | 420 | 4 | SD236950 | Caw | 120 |
| Gummer's How | 321 | 217 | SD390884 | Gummer's How | 44 |
| Hampsfell | 220 | 1 | SD399793 | Hampsfell | 58 |
| Hare Shaw | 503 | 13 | NY497131 | The Naddle Horseshoe | 224 |
| Harper Hills | 414 | 4 | NY510144 | The Naddle Horseshoe | 224 |
| Hesk Fell | 477 | 100 | SD176946 | Hesk Fell | 140 |
| Heughscar Hill | 375 | 48 | NY488231 | Heughscar Hill | 216 |
| High House Bank | 495 | 80 | NY543048 | The Crookdale Horseshoe | 254 |
| High Knott | 275 | 56 | NY454001 | High Knott | 18 |
| High Light Haw | 263 | 13 | SD303904 | Top o'Selside | 92 |
| High Wether Howe | 531 | 66 | NY515109 | Seat Robert | 236 |
| Hollow Moor, Green Quarter Fell | 426 | 78 | NY468039 | Green Quarter Fell | 14 |
| Hooker Crag see Muncaster Fell | | | | Muncaster Fell | 186 |
| Howes | 583 | 3 | NY498103 | Howes | 230 |
| Hugh's Laithes Pike | 415 | 2 | NY502151 | The Naddle Horseshoe | 224 |
| Hugill Fell | 265 | 11 | SD462994 | Hugill Fell | 22 |
| Humphrey Head | 53 | 42 | SD391738 | Humphrey Head | 66 |
| Irton Pike | 229 | 25 | NY120015 | Irton Pike | 182 |
| Kinmont Buck Barrow | 535 | 25 | SD146909 | Whit Fell | 156 |
| Knipescar Common, Knipe Scar | 342 | 8 | NY526191 | Knipescar Common | 220 |
| The Knott, Stainton Pike | 331 | 21 | SD143951 | Stainton Pike | 150 |
| The Knott, Stickle Pike | 284 | 24 | SD224919 | Stickle Pike | 126 |
| Lamb Pasture | 367 | 28 | NY534021 | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| Langhowe Pike | 400 | 10 | NY528134 | Seat Robert | 236 |
| Latterbarrow | 244 | 44 | SD367991 | Latterbarrow | 84 |
| Little Yarlside | 516 | 9 | NY530071 | The Wasdale Horseshoe | 248 |
| Long Crag see Bannisdale Fell, Long Crag | | | | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| Lord's Seat, High House Fell | 524 | 36 | NY518066 | The Crookdale Horseshoe | 254 |
| Lord's Seat, Whitbarrow see Whitbarrow | | | | Whitbarrow | 36 |
| Low Light Haw | 250 | 16 | SD301900 | Top o'Selside | 92 |
| Muncaster Fell, Hooker Crag | 231 | 194 | SD112983 | Muncaster Fell | 186 |
| Nabs Moor | 492 | 2 | NY503111 | Howes | 230 |
| Naddle High Forest, Naddle Horseshoe 1 | 435 | 28 | NY492143 | The Naddle Horseshoe | 224 |
| Newton Fell North | 239 | 0 | SD395842 | Newton Fell | 52 |
| Newton Fell South, Dixon Heights | 177 | 37 | SD413815 | Newton Fell | 52 |
| Orrest Head | 238 | 63 | SD414993 | Orrest Head | 26 |
| The Pike, Hesk Fell | 370 | 72 | SD186934 | Hesk Fell | 140 |
| Pikes | 469 | 41 | SD237947 | Caw | 120 |
| Ponsonby Fell | 315 | 34 | NY081070 | Ponsonby Fell | 192 |
| Raven's Barrow, Cartmel Fell | 152 | 0 | SD412879 | Cartmel Fell | 42 |
| Raven's Crag | 361 | 28 | SD223929 | Stickle Pike | 126 |
| Reston Scar | 255 | 20 | SD460988 | Reston Scar | 24 |
| Robin Hood | 493 | 30 | NY530058 | The Crookdale Horseshoe | 254 |
| Rough Crag | 319 | 70 | SD161977 | The Circuit of Devoke Water | 144 |
| St. John's Hill, Caermote Hill N top | 285 | 7 | NY196376 | Caermote Hill | 206 |
| Scalebarrow Knott | 338 | 9 | NY519153 | The Naddle Horseshoe | 224 |
| School Knott | 247 | 32 | SD428967 | School Knott | 30 |
| Scout Scar | 233 | 3 | SD486919 | Scout Scar | 2 |
| Seat How, Birker Moor | 311 | 58 | SD165971 | The Circuit of Devoke Water | 144 |
| Seat Robert | 515 | 30 | NY526114 | Seat Robert | 236 |
| Setmurthy Common see Watch Hill, Setmurthy Common | | | | Watch Hill | 202 |
| Sleddale Pike | 506 | 6 | NY535094 | The Wet Sleddale Horseshoe | 242 |
| Stainton Pike | 498 | 20 | SD152942 | Stainton Pike | 150 |
| Staveley Fell | 265 | 37 | SD389868 | Staveley Fell | 48 |
| Stickle Pike | 375 | 116 | SD212928 | Stickle Pike | 126 |
| Stoupdale Head | 472 | 26 | SD151873 | Black Combe | 162 |
| Swinklebank Crag, Bannisdale Horseshoe 2 | 554 | 46 | NY500049 | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| Tarn Hill | 313 | 30 | SD209921 | Stickle Pike | 126 |
| Todd Fell | 401 | 21 | NY512020 | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| Top o'Selside | 334 | 5 | SD308918 | Top o'Selside | 92 |
| Tottlebank Height | 236 | 26 | SD269885 | Blawith Knott | 108 |
| Ulgraves | 333 | 31 | SD511996 | Potter Fell | 8 |
| Ulthwaite Rigg | 502 | 2 | NY514093 | The Wet Sleddale Horseshoe | 242 |
| Wallow Crag, Naddle Horseshoe 2 | 435 | 29 | NY496149 | The Naddle Horseshoe | 224 |
| Walna Scar | 621 | 15 | SD257963 | Walna Scar | 114 |
| Wasdale Pike | 565 | 5 | NY536084 | The Wasdale Horseshoe | 248 |
| Watch Hill | 235 | 3 | NY149318 | Watch Hill | 202 |
| Watch Hill, Setmurthy Common | 254 | 157 | NY159318 | Watch Hill | 202 |
| Water Crag | 305 | 37 | SD153974 | The Circuit of Devoke Water | 144 |
| Whatshaw Common | 485 | 66 | NY541061 | The Wasdale Horseshoe | 248 |
| Whitbarrow (Lord's Seat) | 215 | 182 | SD441870 | Whitbarrow | 36 |
| White Combe | 417 | 4 | SD154862 | Black Combe | 162 |
| White Howe, Bannisdale | 530 | 73 | NY523041 | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| White Pike, Birkby Fell | 442 | 17 | SD150956 | The Circuit of Devoke Water | 144 |
| Whiteside Pike | 397 | 47 | NY520015 | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| Whitfell | 573 | 221 | SD158929 | Whit Fell | 156 |
| Williamson's Monument see High Knott | | | | High Knott | 18 |
| Woodend Height | 487 | 11 | SD156954 | The Circuit of Devoke Water | 144 |
| Wool Knott | 223 | 53 | SD272896 | Woodland Fell | 102 |
| Yew Bank | 207 | 17 | SD262909 | Woodland Fell | 102 |
| Yoadcastle | 494 | 57 | SD156952 | The Circuit of Devoke Water | 144 |
| nameless, Bannisdale Horseshoe 1 see Swinklebank Crag | | | | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| nameless, Bannisdale Horseshoe 2 - Ancrow Brow N | 541 | 16 | NY503059 | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| nameless, Bannisdale Horseshoe 3 see The Forest | | | | The Bannisdale Horseshoe | 260 |
| nameless, Green Quarter Fell | 411 | 11 | NY473042 | Green Quarter Fell | 14 |
| nameless, Naddle Horseshoe 1 see Naddle High Forest | | | | The Naddle Horseshoe | 224 |
| nameless, Naddle Horseshoe 2 see Wallow Crag | | | | The Naddle Horseshoe | 224 |
| nameless, Naddle Horseshoe 3 | 395 | 7 | NY505152 | The Naddle Horseshoe | 224 |
| nameless, Potter Fell 1 | 395 | 27 | SD489998 | Potter Fell | 8 |
| nameless, Potter Fell 2 | 390 | 45 | NY496003 | Potter Fell | 8 |
| nameless, School Knott | 247 | 32 | SD428967 | School Knott | 30 |
| nameless, Stickle Pike see Raven's Crag | | | | Stickle Pike | 126 |
| nameless, Top o'Selside, Brock Barrow | 221 | 3 | SD298898 | Top o'Selside | 92 |

## 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.