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

This guidebook covers 24 Lakeland summits accessible from Coniston and the Duddon and Eskdale valleys.?Fells like Coniston Old Man, Dow Crag, Wetherlam and Swirl How are much loved for their classic ridges and wide-reaching views, however, to the west, the quieter summits of the Birker and Corney Fell massifs offer more great mountain and maritime vistas.

Ideal both for pre-planning and use on the hill, keen hillwalkers will find all the info needed to climb the fells with confidence, plus a fresh perspective on both classic and lesser-known fells. If you’re a summit-bagger you can use our tick lists to check off the fells as you climb them.

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. 

Map key
Volumes in the series
Author preface
Starting points

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

Fells
1 Black Combe
2 Black Fell
3 Brim Fell
4 Buckbarrow
5 Caw
6 Coniston Old Man
7 Dow Crag
8 Great Carrs
9 Great Worm Crag
10 Green Crag
11 Grey Friar
12 Hard Knott
13 Harter Fell
14 Hesk Fell
15 Holme Fell
16 Muncaster Fell
17 Stainton Pike
18 Stickle Pike
19 Swirl How
20 Wallowbarrow Crag
21 Walna Scar
22 Wetherlam
23 Whitfell
24 Yoadcastle

Ridge routes
1 Two Hard Knotts
2 The Swirl Round
3 Coniston Triple Treat
4 Fox Haw, Caw and Pikes
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

Coniston, Broughton, Little Langdale, Torver, Ulpha, Seathwaite-in-Dunnerdale, Eskdale Green, Boot, Ravenglass, Silecroft, Bootle

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 Coniston Old Man, Swirl How, Wetherlam and Dow Crag, and an inspiring introduction to lesser-known Lakeland fells such as Black Combe, Yoadcastle, Harter Fell, Caw and Black Fell

April 2021

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