Wainwrights list and map: the 214 Lake District fells

209 peaks with full guides

The Wainwrights are the 214 Lake District fells in Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides, from Scafell Pike at 978m down to Castle Crag. The fells below are ordered by height, and each links to its routes, a summit weather forecast and cloud-inversion outlook for picking your day.

The Wainwrights: summit weather

Summit TodayTomorrowSaturday
Scafell Pike Good 17/21 mph · 4°C · rain 0% Marginal 39/49 mph · 7°C · rain 51% Marginal 37/47 mph · 5°C · rain 69%
Scafell Good 14/19 mph · 4°C · rain 0% Marginal 39/49 mph · 7°C · rain 49% Marginal 37/47 mph · 5°C · rain 72%
Helvellyn Good 20/25 mph · 5°C · rain 0% Marginal 36/45 mph · 7°C · rain 59% Marginal 39/49 mph · 5°C · rain 63%
Skiddaw Good 13/21 mph · 5°C · rain 0% Poor 42/53 mph · 7°C · rain 25% Poor 40/50 mph · 6°C · rain 56%
Great End Good 14/19 mph · 5°C · rain 0% Poor 40/50 mph · 7°C · rain 49% Marginal 36/46 mph · 6°C · rain 72%
Bowfell Good 14/19 mph · 5°C · rain 0% Poor 40/50 mph · 7°C · rain 49% Marginal 36/45 mph · 6°C · rain 72%
Great Gable Good 12/15 mph · 5°C · rain 0% Poor 43/54 mph · 7°C · rain 49% Marginal 36/45 mph · 6°C · rain 72%
Pillar Good 13/16 mph · 5°C · rain 0% Poor 45/56 mph · 7°C · rain 49% Marginal 36/45 mph · 6°C · rain 72%
Nethermost Pike Good 18/23 mph · 5°C · rain 0% Marginal 38/47 mph · 7°C · rain 67% Marginal 39/49 mph · 6°C · rain 64%
Catstye Cam Good 18/22 mph · 5°C · rain 0% Marginal 36/45 mph · 7°C · rain 67% Marginal 39/49 mph · 6°C · rain 64%

Summit wind / gusts, the day's high and chance of rain. Open a peak for the hour-by-hour forecast, routes and 14-day outlook.

Wainwrights list: questions

How many Wainwrights are there?

There are 214 Wainwrights: the fells Alfred Wainwright described in his seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. Our Wainwrights list has every one we hold a guide for, ordered by height.

Which is the highest fell on the Wainwrights list?

Scafell Pike, at 978m, is the highest of the Wainwrights and the highest mountain in England. Castle Crag in Borrowdale, at 290m, is the lowest.

How should I plan a round of the Wainwrights?

Most walkers work through the list one valley or one of Wainwright's seven books at a time. Open any fell on the Wainwrights list for its routes, summit weather forecast and cloud inversion outlook before you set out.

Wainwrights map

Every summit on this page, 209 in all, spread 38 km north to south and 41 km east to west. Tap a pin for heights, routes and conditions.

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Scafell Pike 978m Lake District Good gusts 21 mph
Scafell 964m Lake District Good gusts 19 mph
Helvellyn 950m Lake District Good gusts 25 mph
Skiddaw 930m Lake District Good gusts 21 mph
Great End 910m Lake District Good gusts 19 mph
Bowfell 903m Lake District Good gusts 19 mph
Great Gable 899m Lake District Good gusts 15 mph
Pillar 892m Cumbria Good gusts 16 mph
Nethermost Pike 891m Cumbria Good gusts 23 mph
Catstye Cam 890m Cumbria Good gusts 22 mph
Esk Pike 885m Cumbria Good gusts 19 mph
Raise 883m Cumbria Good gusts 22 mph
Fairfield 873m Cumbria Good gusts 24 mph
Blencathra 868m Cumbria Good gusts 15 mph
Skiddaw Little Man 865m Lake District Good gusts 21 mph
White Side 863m Cumbria Good gusts 21 mph
Crinkle Crags - Long Top 859m Cumbria Good gusts 19 mph
Dollywaggon Pike 859m Cumbria Good gusts 22 mph
Great Dodd 857m Cumbria Good gusts 20 mph
Grasmoor 852m Cumbria Good gusts 20 mph
Stybarrow Dodd 844m Cumbria Good gusts 20 mph
Scoat Fell 841m Cumbria Good gusts 15 mph
St Sunday Crag 841m Cumbria Good gusts 22 mph
Crag Hill 839m Cumbria Good gusts 20 mph
High Street 829m Cumbria Good gusts 21 mph
Red Pike 826m Cumbria Good gusts 15 mph
Hart Crag 823m Cumbria Good gusts 22 mph
Steeple 819m Cumbria Good gusts 15 mph
Lingmell 807m Cumbria Good gusts 19 mph
High Stile 806m Cumbria Good gusts 16 mph
High Raise 804m Cumbria Good gusts 20 mph
Kirk Fell 802m Cumbria Good gusts 15 mph
Swirl How 802m Cumbria Good gusts 20 mph
The Old Man of Coniston 802m Cumbria Good gusts 22 mph
Green Gable 800m Cumbria Good gusts 14 mph
Haycock 797m Cumbria Good gusts 17 mph
Brim Fell 796m Cumbria Good gusts 22 mph
Dove Crag 792m Cumbria Good gusts 21 mph
Rampsgill Head 792m Cumbria Good gusts 21 mph
Grisedale Pike 790m Cumbria Good gusts 20 mph
Watson's Dodd 789m Cumbria Good gusts 20 mph
Allen Crags 785m Cumbria Good gusts 19 mph
Great Carrs 785m Cumbria Good gusts 20 mph
Thornthwaite Crag 784m Cumbria —
Glaramara 783m Cumbria Good gusts 17 mph
Kidsty Pike 781m Cumbria Good gusts 17 mph
Harter Fell 779m Cumbria Good gusts 21 mph
Red Screes 779m Cumbria —
Dow Crag 778m Cumbria —
Wandope 774m Cumbria —
Grey Friar 773m Cumbria —
Sail 773m Cumbria —
Hopegill Head 770m Cumbria —
Great Rigg 766m Cumbria —
Stony Cove Pike 764m Cumbria —
High Raise 763m Cumbria Good gusts 18 mph
Wetherlam 763m Cumbria —
Slight Side 762m Cumbria —
Mardale Ill Bell 760m Cumbria Good gusts 23 mph
Ill Bell 757m Cumbria Good gusts 23 mph
Hart Side 756m Cumbria Good gusts 21 mph
Red Pike 755m Cumbria —
Dale Head 754m Cumbria —
Carl Side 747m Cumbria —
High Crag 745m Cumbria Good gusts 17 mph
The Knott 739m Cumbria —
Robinson 738m Cumbria —
Seat Sandal 737m Cumbria Good gusts 21 mph
Sergeant Man 736m Cumbria Good gusts 17 mph
Harrison Stickle 735m Cumbria —
Long Side 734m Cumbria —
Kentmere Pike 731m Cumbria —
Hindscarth 727m Cumbria —
Clough Head 726m Cumbria —
Thunacar Knott 723m Cumbria —
Ullscarf 723m Cumbria Good gusts 17 mph
Froswick 720m Cumbria —
Birkhouse Moor 718m Cumbria —
Brandreth 715m Cumbria —
Lonscale Fell 715m Cumbria —
Branstree 712m Cumbria —
Knott 710m Cumbria —
Pike of Stickle 708m Cumbria —
Whiteside 707m Cumbria Good gusts 25 mph
Yoke 707m Cumbria —
Pike of Blisco 703m Cumbria —
Bowscale Fell 702m Cumbria Good gusts 18 mph
Pavey Ark 702m Cumbria —
Cold Pike 700m Cumbria —
Gray Crag 698m Cumbria —
Caw Fell 697m Cumbria —
Grey Knotts 697m Cumbria —
Rest Dodd 696m Cumbria —
Seatallan 693m Cumbria —
Great Calva 691m Cumbria —
Ullock Pike 690m Cumbria —
Bannerdale Crags 684m Cumbria —
Loft Crag 682m Cumbria Good gusts 17 mph
Sheffield Pike 676m Cumbria —
Bakestall 674m Cumbria Good gusts 24 mph
Wether Hill 673m Cumbria —
Loadpot Hill 672m Cumbria —
Scar Crags 672m Cumbria —
Tarn Crag 664m Cumbria —
Carrock Fell 662m Cumbria —
Whiteless Pike 660m Cumbria —
High Pike 658m Cumbria —
High Pike 657m Cumbria —
Place Fell 657m Cumbria —
Selside Pike 655m Cumbria —
Middle Dodd 654m Cumbria —
Harter Fell 653m Cumbria —
High Spy 653m Cumbria —
Great Sca Fell 651m Cumbria —
Rossett Pike 651m Cumbria —
Fleetwith Pike 649m Cumbria —
Base Brown 646m Cumbria —
Grey Crag 638m Cumbria —
Causey Pike 637m Cumbria —
Little Hart Crag 637m Cumbria —
Starling Dodd 633m Cumbria —
Mungrisdale Common 632m Cumbria —
Yewbarrow 629m Cumbria —
Birks 624m Cumbria —
Hartsop Dodd 619m Cumbria —
Great Borne 616m Cumbria —
Heron Pike 612m Cumbria —
High Seat 609m Cumbria —
Illgill Head 609m Cumbria —
Seathwaite Fell 601m Cumbria —
Haystacks 597m Lake District C&W Good gusts 15 mph
Bleaberry Fell 590m Lake District C&W Good gusts 13 mph
Shipman Knotts 587m Lake District E Good gusts 22 mph
Brae Fell 586m Lake District N Good gusts 20 mph
Hartsop Above How 586m Lake District E Good gusts 17 mph
Middle Fell 582m Lake District C&W Good gusts 20 mph
Ard Crags 581m Lake District C&W Good gusts 14 mph
The Nab 576m Lake District E Good gusts 15 mph
Maiden Moor 575m Lake District C&W Good gusts 17 mph
Blake Fell 573m Lake District C&W Good gusts 16 mph
Sergeant's Crag 571m Lake District C&W Good gusts 16 mph
Outerside 568m Lake District C&W Good gusts 14 mph
Angletarn Pikes 566m Lake District E Good gusts 13 mph
Brock Crags 561m Lake District E Good gusts 14 mph
Knott Rigg 556m Lake District C&W Good gusts 24 mph
Steel Fell 553m Lake District C&W Good gusts 18 mph
Lord's Seat 552m Lake District N Good gusts 15 mph
Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot 551m Lake District C&W Good gusts 12 mph
Hard Knott 550m Lake District C&W Good gusts 23 mph
Meal Fell 549m Lake District N Good gusts 20 mph
Tarn Crag 549m Lake District C&W Good gusts 18 mph
Blea Rigg 542m Lake District C&W Good gusts 16 mph
Lank Rigg 541m Lake District C&W Good gusts 20 mph
Calf Crag 537m Lake District C&W Good gusts 15 mph
Great Mell Fell 537m Lake District E Good gusts 11 mph
Whin Rigg 537m Lake District C&W Good gusts 19 mph
Arthur's Pike 533m Lake District E Good gusts 14 mph
Great Cockup 526m Lake District N Good gusts 24 mph
Bonscale Pike 524m Lake District E Good gusts 12 mph
Gavel Fell 524m Lake District C&W Good gusts 15 mph
Crag Fell 523m Lake District C&W Good gusts 20 mph
Eagle Crag 523m Lake District C&W Good gusts 15 mph
Souther Fell 522m Lake District N Good gusts 13 mph
High Hartsop Dodd 519m Lake District E Good gusts 13 mph
Whinlatter 517m Lake District N —
Sallows 516m Lake District E —
High Tove 515m Lake District C&W —
Mellbreak 511m Lake District C&W —
Broom Fell 510m Lake District N —
Beda Fell 509m Lake District E Good gusts 15 mph
Low Pike 508m Lake District E —
Hen Comb 506m Lake District C&W —
Little Mell Fell 505m Lake District E Good gusts 11 mph
Stone Arthur 504m Lake District E —
Dodd 502m Lake District N Good gusts 22 mph
Grike 488m Lake District C&W Good gusts 20 mph
Baystones 487m Lake District E —
Longlands Fell 483m Lake District N —
Sour Howes 483m Lake District E Good gusts 20 mph
Gowbarrow Fell 481m Lake District E Good gusts 13 mph
Armboth Fell 475m Lake District C&W Good gusts 14 mph
Burnbank Fell 475m Lake District C&W —
Lingmoor Fell 470m Lake District C&W Good gusts 16 mph
Barf 469m Lake District N Good gusts 13 mph
Barrow 455m Lake District C&W —
Cat Bells 451m Lake District C&W Good gusts 16 mph
Nab Scar 450m Lake District E Good gusts 17 mph
Great Crag 449m Lake District C&W Good gusts 14 mph
Binsey 447m Lake District N Good gusts 21 mph
Glenridding Dodd 442m Lake District E Good gusts 19 mph
Arnison Crag 433m Lake District E Good gusts 12 mph
Steel Knotts 432m Lake District E Good gusts 14 mph
Buckbarrow 423m Lake District C&W —
Low Fell 423m Lake District C&W Good gusts 12 mph
Gibson Knott 420m Lake District C&W Good gusts 13 mph
Grange Fell 417m Lake District C&W —
Fellbarrow - Mosser Fell 416m Lake District C&W —
Helm Crag 405m Lake District C&W —
Silver How 394m Lake District C&W Good gusts 18 mph
Hallin Fell 388m Lake District E Good gusts 10 mph
Walla Crag 379m Lake District C&W Good gusts 17 mph
Ling Fell 374m Lake District N Good gusts 15 mph
Latrigg 369m Lake District N —
Troutbeck Tongue 364m Lake District E —
Sale Fell 359m Lake District N Good gusts 12 mph
High Rigg 356m Lake District E Good gusts 22 mph
Rannerdale Knotts 355m Lake District C&W Good gusts 19 mph
Loughrigg Fell 335m Lake District C&W —
Holme Fell 316m Lake District S Good gusts 13 mph