Ready for adventure in the Lake District Fells? Cicerone’s Walking the Lake District Fells guides are your ultimate fell-by-fell companions. A series of eight guidebooks, one for each of the main valley bases, cover ALL the routes up ALL the fells in each area – that’s 230 fells in total.

This guidebook covers 28 Lakeland fells that can be climbed from Borrowdale and the Newlands and Thirlmere valleys. Highlights include Catbells, Scafell Pike, Great End, Great Gable, Glaramara and Walla Crag. Suggestions for longer ridge routes are also given.

Those with some previous hiking experience will find all the info needed to climb the fells with confidence, plus a fresh perspective on both classic and lesser-known fells. Keen summit-baggers can use our tick lists to tick off the fells as they go.

What sets these guidebooks apart from the rest?

• Complete coverage – every route covered, not just the main one.
• Devise your own routes – a variety of ascents, descents, and ridge routes, so you can choose to climb one fell or combine routes to craft your own adventure.
• Up-to-date route information – complete route description and HARVEY mapping for each fell.
• Hand-drawn topos and panoramas – easily see the routes up each fell and views from the top.
• Fell-friendly routes – designed to minimise environmental impact.

Let the adventures begin!

Map key
Volumes in the series
Author preface
Starting points

Introduction
Valley bases
Fix the Fells
Using this guide
Safety and access
Additional online resouces

Fells
1 Allen Crags
2 Armboth Fell
3 Base Brown
4 Bell Crags
5 Bleaberry Fell
6 Brandreth
7 Castle Crag
8 Catbells
9 Eagle Crag
10 Glaramara
11 Grange Fell
12 Great Crag
13 Great End
14 Great Gable
15 Green Gable
16 Grey Knotts
17 High Rigg
18 High Seat
19 High Spy
20 High Tove
21 Maiden Moor
22 Raven Crag
23 Rosthwaite Fell
24 Scafell Pike
25 Seathwaite Fell
26 Sergeant's Crag
27 Ullscarf
28 Walla Crag

Ridge routes
1 The High Spy ridge
2 Around the Jaws of Borrowdale
3 The Gillercomb Skyline
4 Glaramara ridge walk
More to explore

Useful contacts
A fellranger's glossary
The Lake District Fells

Seasons

Year-round walking. Winter walks, even on the lower fells, are not for the inexperienced or under-equipped.

Centres

Keswick, Grange-in-Borrowdale, Rosthwaite, Seatoller, Stonethwaite, Seathwaite, Little Town (Newlands valley), Legburthwaite (St Johns in the Vale)

Difficulty

Straightforward ascents on sometimes clear, sometimes faint paths, and occasionally pathless terrain, to be used as a basis for readers' own walks. Navigational skills are needed but no specialist equipment. Any scrambling is easy and non-scrambling alternatives are always provided.

Must See

A fresh perspective on classic summits in the Lakes including Catbells, Scafell Pike, Great End, Great Gable, Glaramara and Walla Crag, and an inspiring introduction to lesser-known Lakeland fells such as Grange Fell and Bell Crags

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