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For every Wainwright (and Outlying Fell), see which Birketts you can bag on the same walk — with maps, parking, buses and weather.

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Your friendly Lakeland fell guide

Find a walk that suits the weather.

A page for every Wainwright, Outlying Fell and Birkett: how hard it really is, where to park, the bus, and which other Birketts you can take in on the same walk. Free, always.

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“How hard is it, really?”
Straight answers on every fell — not “is it dangerous?” but “can I manage it?”
Everything you need
Maps, parking, buses and a 7-day summit forecast on every page.
Sourced & honest
Met Office, Ordnance Survey and Mountain Rescue — cited, not guessed.
Summit median
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right now on the tops
Median wind
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on the tops
Good today
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climbing verdict
Hazard notes
The most serious fells first
from Mountain Rescue reports

Weather on the tops, not whether a route suits you. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Perfect first fells

Gentle underfoot and big rewards; in clear weather the path is easy to follow.

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Catbells
First fell451 m · 2 hr round
Rannerdale Knotts
First fell355 m · 1.5 hr round
Loughrigg Fell
First fell335 m · 2 hr round
Latrigg
First fell369 m · 1.5 hr round

Challenging fells

Long days, real height, and weather that means it. Earn these ones.

Fells by difficulty →Good walks in poor weather →
Scafell Pike
Challenging fell978 m · 5.5 hr round
Helvellyn
Challenging fell950 m · 5 hr round
Blencathra
Challenging fell868 m · 4 hr round
Pavey Ark
Challenging fell702 m · 3 hr round

Four walks for October

Chosen for the light this month.

October on the fells →All walks →

Driest of these over the next 3 days: Catbells: the short way up, about 6.4 mm of rain against 10.3 mm. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Catbells: the short way up
Easy effort Hard: steepness5.67 km · 2.4 hr
Blencathra via Blease Fell
Moderate effort Hard: steepness and navigation11.88 km · 5 hr
Aira Force & Gowbarrow Fell
Easy effort Hard: steepness6.88 km · 2.6 hr
West of Grasmere
Hard effort Hard: distance15.44 km · 6 hr

Find your way in

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⛰️All 214 WainwrightsThe full round, sorted by bonus Birketts. 🚶RoutesHand-mapped walks with GPX to download. ◆CollectionsEasy & family walks, fells by bus, dog-friendly walks. ☁️ConditionsLive summit weather and today’s verdicts. 📍PlacesKeswick, Ambleside, Wasdale and more. 🏔Outlying FellsWainwright’s quieter companion round.
Guide · Walking in bad weather

Bad weather on the fells: go, go lower, or don’t go

Most bad-weather trouble on the fells isn’t bad luck — it’s a decision made too late. This guide puts the decision first: a simple, conservative scale that turns a forecast into a go, a go-lower or a no-go.

Read the guide →

Latest news

Live conditions →

Lakeland updates worth knowing before you head up — each one sourced and linked.

NEWSHelvellyn night-time airlift: a reminder as the clocks go backGrough reports a walker was airlifted from Helvellyn after being caught out by darkness. Clocks go back on Sunday, so sunset…GroughACCESSWest coast pylon re-cabling closures extended to April 2027Phased path closures around Bootle, Drigg, Muncaster, Waberthwaite and Whicham now run to 14 April 2027; park works should finish…Lake District National Park AuthorityACCESSGreat Langdale Beck bridge near Oak Howe: walkers onlyA sagging beam means the bridleway bridge is restricted to walkers until 18 December 2026, so riders and cyclists need another…Lake District National Park Authority

Updated 24 October 2026. Always check live conditions before you set off.

Latest changes

Full changelog →

What’s new on the site: notable additions, corrections and fixes, dated and linked to the page they change.

SMALLHow to call Mountain Rescue, on every fell pageEvery fell page now ends its Hazards section with how to call Mountain Rescue: dial 999 or 112, ask for the Police and…SMALLThe National Park's kit list, by its new nameThe National Park Authority replaced its walkers' checklist with a What to pack page. Our what to carry guide already…SMALLPlaces to stay, brought up to dateThe places-to-stay lists on walk, fell and village pages are refreshed. Stays we have checked since the lists were last…SMALLNational Park links that had movedThe National Park Authority moved its car parks and boating pages. Every link we make to them, on the parking pages and…SMALLSee the track you are ticking fells fromWhen you tick fells from GPX files on My progress, the page now draws each track with the summits it reached, numbered…

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171 of 214 Wainwrights by my own count, 171 matched to Strava tracks · last summit High Crag (Buttermere), · how these are counted

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