The Central Fells

Guidebook with detailed introductions to walking 28 summits in the Central Fells of the English Lake District, including a variety of ascents, old and new, in the high ground between Great Langdale and Keswick, all presented with Mark Richards’ inimitable passion and flair.

The Central Fells

Author

Mark Richards

Cover

Paperback - PVC

Edition

First

ISBN_13

9781852845407

Availability

Published

Price

£12.95

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Front Cover (1)
Location Map (1)
Overview Maps (4)
Sample Routes (4)
Sample Photos (6)

Seasons

Suitable all-year round, but winter walking, even on the lower fells, is not for the inexperienced or under-equipped.

Centres

Great Langdale, Chapel Stile, Ambleside, Keswick, Borrowdale

Difficulty

Straightforward, short ascents, often not on clear paths, to be used as a basis for readers’ own circuits. Navigational skills needed but no specialist equipment. Any scrambling is easy and non-scrambling options are always provided.

Must See

A fresh perspective on classic summits like the Langdale Pikes, Silver How and Sergeant Man, and inspiring introduction to lesser-known fells such as Bleaberry Fell, High Rigg and Thunacar Knott, with crystal-clear Harvey mapping and the author’s detailed elevation diagrams and panoramas.

Cicerone's excellent new Fellranger series has to be the modern rucksack reference for the discerning fell walker, and over the coming seasons will prove must have companions. The Near Eastern Fells comprise those that lie between Ambleside and Threlkeld, where steep western slopes contrast with long incursionary dales to the south and west, the region providing wonderful scope for long day hikes. The Central Fells comprises the ground between Great Langdale and Keswick. Each fell has a dedicated chapter, and the routes are carefully depicted on Harvey maps and fellscape diagrams, with colour photographs and detailed summit panoramas.

Lakeland Walker, Aug/Sept 2008

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This guide to the Central Fells, based around Great Langdale, Chapel Stile, Ambleside, Keswick and Borrowdale, gives an excellent introduction to tackling 28 summits in this area. The routes are well laid out and informative, accompanied by detailed colour maps, summit panoramas and clear elevation guides. The photography alone should inspire anyone who’s not ventured into the Lakes to pay it a visit. Buy the whole Fellranger series and you’ll have a guide to some 230 Lakeland hills.

Adventure Travel November/December 2008

Lakeland lovers need more than pretty images. They want facts and routes and maps, written by someone whose veins course with felltop blood. Which is exactly what Mark Richards has delivered with these two guides. With walks, panoramic topographs identifying the fells on the horizon and a genuine feel for the landscape, these are the hi-tech, digital equivalents of Wainright’s classic guides. And compliments don’t come any bigger.

Country Walking, December 2008

Mark, who knew Wainright well and even walked part of his popular Coast to Coast Walk with him, insists he is not trying to replace his former mentor. He says he wants to produce a new practical guide to a footpath network, which has changed dramatically I the half century since Wainright was at work. Some Wainrights routes have fallen out of Use while elsewhere new paths have been trodden into existence.
Like Wainright, Mark gives each fell its own chapter, thoroughly exploring all the serious routes to the summit as well as links and ridge routes. But he has chosen to include fells and even areas left out of the Pictorial Guides. He admits that his choices, like Wainright’s, sometimes lack cold logic but are a personal selection.
Unlike Wainright’s guides, Marl’s books are typeset and include colour photographs instead of sketches and make use of Harvey Maps rather than hand drawn versions.