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Complete Lakeland Fells · Bill Birkett, 1994

The Birketts.

Bill Birkett set out to catalogue every distinct Lakeland top of at least 1,000 feet (305 m) lying within the National Park boundary — 541 fells in all, the most exhaustive of the popular Lakeland lists. Where Wainwright was selective, Birkett is comprehensive: his round takes in every named knott, crag and subsidiary summit the bigger lists pass by, from the great peaks down to obscure tops few walkers ever name. First published by Collins Willow in 1994 as Complete Lakeland Fells, the book sets out over 120 classic walks linking the tops, and the full round — now affectionately called “doing the Birketts” — has become the natural, and far longer, next step for walkers who have completed the 214.

537
Lakeland, of 541 in Britain
978 m
highest · Scafell Pike
1994
first published
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Complete Lakeland Fells by Bill Birkett

Bill Birkett set out to catalogue every distinct Lakeland top of at least 1,000 feet (305 m) lying within the National Park boundary — 541 fells in all, the most exhaustive of the popular Lakeland lists. Where Wainwright was selective, Birkett is comprehensive: his round takes in every named knott, crag and subsidiary summit the bigger lists pass by, from the great peaks down to obscure tops few walkers ever name. First published by Collins Willow in 1994 as Complete Lakeland Fells, the book sets out over 120 classic walks linking the tops, and the full round — now affectionately called “doing the Birketts” — has become the natural, and far longer, next step for walkers who have completed the 214.

About the author

Bill Birkett is one of Britain's leading mountain writers and photographers and a lifelong climber, with more than thirty books on the Lakes to his name. He belongs to a celebrated Lakeland climbing dynasty: his father, Jim Birkett, was among the finest rock climbers of his generation, and the family has shaped Lakeland climbing across three generations from their home in Little Langdale.

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Adam Seat666 m Allen Crags785 mWainwright Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top)566 mWainwright Ard Crags581 mWainwright Armboth Fell (Birkett)479 m Arnison Crag433 mWainwright Arnsbarrow Hill322 m Arthur's Pike533 mWainwright Atkinson Pike (Foule Crag)845 m Bakestall674 mWainwright Bampton Fell (Bampton Common)489 m Banna Fell455 m Bannerdale Crags684 mWainwright Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag493 m Barf469 mWainwright Barrow455 mWainwright Base Brown646 mWainwright Beda Fell (Beda Head)509 mWainwright Bell Crags (Long Moss) (Blea Tarn Fell)559 m Bigert331 m Binsey447 mWainwright Birch Fell318 m Birk Fell (Bleaberry Knott - Birk Fell)512 m Birk Fell Man - Birk Fell528 m Birker Fell - Great Crag333 m Birker Fell - White How444 m Birkett Fell725 m Birkhouse Moor718 mWainwright Birks624 mWainwright Black Combe600 m Black Combe South Top588 m Black Crag828 m Black Crags (Mickleden)588 m Black Fell323 mWainwright Black Sails745 m Blake Fell573 mWainwright Blake Rigg (Little Langdale)535 m Blake Rigg (Tilberthwaite)423 m Blakeley Raise389 m Blea Rigg542 mWainwright Bleaberry Fell590 mWainwright Blencathra - Hallsfell Top868 mWainwright Boat How337 m Bonscale Pike524 mWainwright Border End522 m Bowfell903 mWainwright Bowness Knott333 m Bowscale Fell702 mWainwright Bracken How373 m Brackeny Crag364 m Brae Fell585 mWainwright Brandreth715 mWainwright Branstree712 mWainwright Branstree NE Top (Branstree East Top) (High Howes (Mardale))673 m Brim Fell796 mWainwright Broad Crag935 m Broad Crag - Birker Fell372 m Broad End832 m Brock Barrow343 m Brock Crags (Wainwright)561 mWainwright Broom Fell510 mWainwright Brown Crag610 m Brown Hills551 m Brown How (Ennerdale)330 m Brown Howe (Mardale)529 m Brown Pike682 m Brown Rigg462 m Brownthwaite Crag444 m Brunt Knott427 m Buck Barrow549 m Buck Pike (Mickleden)606 m Buck Pike - Seathwaite Fell744 m Buckbarrow423 mWainwright Burn Edge320 m Burn Moor543 m Burn Tod595 m Burnbank Fell475 mWainwright Burthwaite Heights318 m Calf Crag537 mWainwright Calfhow Pike660 m Capple Howe445 m Capplebarrow513 m Carl Side747 mWainwright Carling Knott544 m Carrock Fell662 mWainwright Carron Crag314 m Castle Crag (Mardale)395 m Castle Crag (Shoulthwaite)404 m Castle How (Raw Pike)498 m Castle Rock339 m Cat Bells (Catbells)451 mWainwright Catstye Cam890 mWainwright Caudale Moor - John Bell's Banner755 m Causey Pike637 mWainwright Caw529 m Caw Fell697 mWainwright Clough Head726 mWainwright Cocklaw Fell365 m Cockup505 m Codale Head732 m Cofa Pike823 m Cold Pike700 mWainwright Coldbarrow Fell - High Saddle675 m Combe Head735 m Common Fell552 m Coomb Height627 m Crag Fell523 mWainwright Crag Hill (Eel Crag)839 mWainwright Crinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle832 m Crinkle Crags - Gunson Knott (Fifth Crinkle)822 m Crinkle Crags - Long Top (Second Crinkle)859 mWainwright Crinkle Crags South Top (First Crinkle)834 m Crook Crag469 m Dale Head754 mWainwright Darling Fell392 m Dawsonground Crags397 m Demming Crag525 m Dodd (Buttermere)641 m Dodd (Lorton)454 m Dodd (Skiddaw)502 mWainwright Doddick Fell742 m Dollywaggon Pike858 mWainwright Dove Crag792 mWainwright Dovenest Top (Dovenest Crag) (Stonethwaite Fell)633 m Dow Crag778 mWainwright Eagle Crag523 mWainwright Eel Crag (Birkett)807 m Esk Pike885 mWainwright Eskdale Fell - Whinscales425 m Eycott Hill345 m Fairfield873 mWainwright Fellbarrow - Mosser Fell416 mWainwright Fisher Crag421 m Fleetwith Pike649 mWainwright Floutern Cop451 m Four Stones Hill415 m Fox Haw385 m Froswick720 mWainwright Frozen Fell625 m Gale Crag512 m Gale Fell518 m Gasgale Crags703 m Gategill Fell Top852 m Gavel Fell524 mWainwright Gavel Fell - High Nook (Gavel Fell North Top)488 m Gavel Pike784 m Gibson Knott420 mWainwright Glade How440 m Glaramara783 mWainwright Glede Howe476 m Glenridding Dodd442 mWainwright Goat Crag312 m Goat Scar626 m Godworth365 m Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit)481 mWainwright Gowk Hill471 m Grange Fell (Brund Fell)417 mWainwright Grasmoor852 mWainwright Gray Crag698 mWainwright Graystones455 m Great Bank329 m Great Borne616 mWainwright Great Calva691 mWainwright Great Carrs785 mWainwright Great Cockup526 mWainwright Great Crag (Stonethwaite)449 mWainwright Great Dodd857 mWainwright Great End910 mWainwright Great Gable899 mWainwright Great How (Swirl Band)775 m Great How (Thirlmere)333 m Great How - Eskdale Fell522 m Great Howe (Longsleddale)494 m Great Intake - Low Fell408 m Great Knott695 m Great Lingy Hill616 m Great Meldrum437 m Great Mell Fell537 mWainwright Great Paddy Crag532 m Great Rigg766 mWainwright Great Saddle Crag560 m Great Sca Fell651 mWainwright Great Stickle305 m Great Whinscale427 m Great Worm Crag427 m Great Yarlside591 m Green Crag489 mWainwright Green Gable800 mWainwright Green Hill - Gowbarrow Park439 m Green How - Aughertree Fell321 m Green Side (White Stones - Green Side)794 m Grey Crag (Sleddale Fell)638 mWainwright Grey Friar773 mWainwright Grey Knotts697 mWainwright Grike488 mWainwright Grisedale Pike790 mWainwright Gummer's How321 m Hallin Fell388 mWainwright Hard Knott550 mWainwright Hare Crag538 m Hare Shaw503 m Hare Stones627 m Harper Hills420 m Harrison Stickle735 mWainwright Harrop Pike637 m Hart Crag823 mWainwright Hart Side756 mWainwright Harter Fell (Eskdale)653 mWainwright Harter Fell (Mardale)779 mWainwright Hartsop Above How (Gill Crag - Hartsop Above How)586 mWainwright Hartsop Dodd619 mWainwright Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell385 m Hawk Rigg441 m Haycock797 mWainwright Haystacks (Buttermere)597 mWainwright Haystacks (Tilberthwaite)423 m Hell Gill Pike662 m Helm Crag405 mWainwright Helvellyn950 mWainwright Helvellyn Lower Man924 m Hen Comb506 mWainwright Herdus562 m Heron Pike (Glenridding)612 m Heron Pike (Rydal)612 mWainwright Heron Pike North Top (Rydal Fell)621 m Hesk Fell478 m Heughscar Hill375 m High Brow575 m High Crag (Buttermere)745 mWainwright High Crag (Grisedale)884 m High Crags (Newlands)529 m High Dodd501 m High Fell (Hawk Rigg)428 m High Gait Crags572 m High Hartsop Dodd519 mWainwright High House Bank495 m High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)683 m High Hows (Lamplugh)313 m High Pen475 m High Pike (Caldbeck)658 mWainwright High Pike (Scandale)657 mWainwright High Pike Haw354 m High Raise (High Street)804 mWainwright High Raise (High White Stones)762 mWainwright High Rigg (High Rigg South Top)343 m High Rigg (Naddle Fell)356 mWainwright High Scarth487 m High Seat609 mWainwright High Snockrigg526 m High Spy653 mWainwright High Stile806 mWainwright High Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile)806 m High Street828 mWainwright High Tove515 mWainwright High Wether Howe531 m High Wythow410 m Hindscarth727 mWainwright Hobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head)738 m Hobcarton End634 m Hollow Moor (Green Quarter Fell)426 m Holme Fell316 mWainwright Honister Crag (Black Star)634 m Hopegill Head770 mWainwright Horsehow Crags433 m Ill Bell757 mWainwright Ill Crag931 m Ill Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m Illgill Head609 mWainwright Iron Crag (Ennerdale Fell)640 m Irton Fell395 m Jenkin Hill735 m Kelton Fell311 m Kentmere Pike730 mWainwright Kepple Crag328 m Kidsty Pike781 mWainwright King's How - Grange Fell392 m Kinmont Buck Barrow535 m Kinn374 m Kinniside375 m Kirk Fell802 mWainwright Kirk Fell (Lorton)437 m Kirk Fell East Top (Kirk Fell North Top)787 m Kitty Crag435 m Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar)341 m Knott710 mWainwright Knott Rigg556 mWainwright Knowe Crags (Blease Fell)804 m Lad Hows426 m Ladyside Pike704 m Lamb Pasture367 m Lang How414 m Lank Rigg541 mWainwright Latrigg369 mWainwright Latter Barrow354 m Ling Fell374 mWainwright Lingmell807 mWainwright Lingmell (Ennerdale)427 m Lingmoor Fell (Brown How)470 mWainwright Lining Crag542 m Little Calva642 m Little Carrs692 m Little Cockup399 m Little Dodd (Ennerdale)590 m Little Dodd (Loweswater)362 m Little Dodd (St John's Common)785 m Little Eycott Hill332 m Little Gowder Crag734 m Little Hart Crag (Little Hart Crag - West Top)637 mWainwright Little Harter Fell681 m Little Meldrum404 m Little Mell Fell505 mWainwright Little Sca Fell633 m Little Stand740 m Little Yarlside518 m Loadpot Hill672 mWainwright Loft Crag682 mWainwright Long Crag - Yewdale Fells421 m Long Side734 mWainwright Longlands Fell483 mWainwright Lonscale Fell715 mWainwright Lonscale Pike (Lonscale Fell East Top)703 m Looking Stead (Pillar)628 m Looking Steads (Glaramara)774 m Lord's Seat552 mWainwright Lord's Seat (Crookdale) (Lord's Seat - High House Fell)524 m Lothwaite345 m Loughrigg Fell335 mWainwright Low Birk Fell373 m Low Fell422 mWainwright Low How497 m Low Kop572 m Low Pen435 m Low Pike508 mWainwright Low Raise754 m Low Saddle656 m Low White Stones731 m Low Wythow372 m Loweswater End - Carling Knott519 m Loweswater Fell (Low Fell South Top)417 m Lowthwaite Fell509 m Maiden Moor575 mWainwright Mardale Ill Bell761 mWainwright Meal Fell549 mWainwright Mellbreak (Mellbreak South Top)511 mWainwright Mellbreak North Top509 m Middle Crag484 m Middle Dodd654 mWainwright Middle Fell582 mWainwright Miller Moss (Little Lingy Hill)610 m Miton Hill607 m Murton Fell (Knock Murton)446 m Nab Scar450 mWainwright Naddle High Forest (nameless (Naddle Horseshoe - 1))435 m Naddle Low Forest426 m Nethermost Pike891 mWainwright Orthwaite Bank348 m Outerside568 mWainwright Owsen Fell409 m Pavey Ark702 mWainwright Pen762 m Pike de Bield810 m Pike of Blisco703 mWainwright Pike of Stickle708 mWainwright Pikes469 m Pillar892 mWainwright Pillar Rock780 m Pinnacle Howe383 m Place Fell657 mWainwright Plough Fell448 m Ponsonby Fell315 m Powleys Hill465 m Raise883 mWainwright Rampsgill Head792 mWainwright Randerside729 m Rannerdale Knotts355 mWainwright Raven Crag461 mWainwright Raven's Crag (nameless (Stickle Pike - Raven's Crag))361 m Red Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara)720 m Red Crag711 m Red Knott452 m Red Pike (Buttermere)755 mWainwright Red Pike (Wasdale)826 mWainwright Red Screes779 mWainwright Rest Dodd696 mWainwright Rivings335 m Robin Hood492 m Robinson738 mWainwright Rossett Pike651 mWainwright Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)612 m Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot551 mWainwright Rough Crag (Birker Moor)319 m Rough Crag (Riggindale)628 m Round How387 m Round Knott603 m Rowling End433 m Sail773 mWainwright Sale Fell359 mWainwright Sale How666 m Sallows516 mWainwright Sand Hill756 m Scafell964 mWainwright Scafell Pike978 mWainwright Scale Knott338 m Scalebarrow Knott338 m Scales Fell682 m Scar Crags672 mWainwright Scar Lathing439 m Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell)841 mWainwright Scope End412 m Seat561 m Seat How (Birker Moor)311 m Seat How (Thornthwaite)495 m Seat Robert515 m Seat Sandal737 mWainwright Seatallan693 mWainwright Seathwaite Fell (Great Slack - Seathwaite Fell)631 m Seathwaite Fell (Wainwright summit)601 mWainwright Selside Pike655 mWainwright Sergeant Man736 mWainwright Sergeant's Crag571 mWainwright Sharp Knott482 m Sheffield Pike676 mWainwright Shelter Crags815 m Shipman Knotts587 mWainwright Shivery Knott491 m Side Pike362 m Silver How394 mWainwright Silverybield Crag395 m Skelgill Bank338 m Skiddaw930 mWainwright Skiddaw Lesser Man824 m Skiddaw Little Man865 mWainwright Skiddaw Middle Top929 m Skiddaw South Top926 m Sleddale Pike506 m Sleet Fell378 m Slight Side762 mWainwright Smithy Fell392 m Sour Howes483 mWainwright Sourfoot Fell411 m Souther Fell522 mWainwright St Raven's Edge593 m St Sunday Crag841 mWainwright Stainton Pike498 m Standing Crag611 m Stang Hill (Arnsbarrow Hill South Top)316 m Starling Dodd633 mWainwright Steel Fell (Dead Pike - Steel Fell)553 mWainwright Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts)432 mWainwright Steeple819 mWainwright Stickle Pike375 m Stile End447 m Stone Arthur504 mWainwright Stone Pike322 m Stoneside Hill422 m Stonesty Pike765 m Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor)764 mWainwright Stoupdale Head472 m Stybarrow Dodd844 mWainwright Swainson Knott345 m Swarth Fell (Kinniside)335 m Swarth Fell (Ullswater)545 m Swinescar Pike411 m Swineside Knott553 m Swinklebank Crag (Ancrow Brow) (nameless (Bannisdale Horseshoe))554 m Swinside509 m Swirl How802 mWainwright Tarbarrel Moss493 m Tarn Crag (Easedale)549 mWainwright Tarn Crag (Sleddale)664 mWainwright Tarn Crags Top (Bowscale Fell East Top)665 m Tarn Hill313 m The Benn (Sippling Crag)446 m The Forest (Borrowdale Head) (nameless (Bannisdale Horseshoe))528 m The Knight552 m The Knott (High Street)739 mWainwright The Knott (Stainton Fell)331 m The Nab576 mWainwright The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man)802 mWainwright The Pike370 m The Tongue553 m Thirdgill Head Man734 m Thorn Crag644 m Thornthwaite Crag784 mWainwright Thornythwaite Fell574 m Threlkeld Knotts514 m Throstlehow Crag404 m Thunacar Knott723 mWainwright Todd Fell401 m Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)332 m Troutbeck Tongue364 mWainwright Ullister Hill525 m Ullock Pike690 mWainwright Ullscarf723 mWainwright Ulthwaite Rigg502 m Walla Crag379 mWainwright Wallow Crag (nameless (Naddle Horseshoe - 2))433 m Walna Scar621 m Wandope774 mWainwright Wansfell Pike484 m Wasdale Pike565 m Watches333 m Watendlath Fell (Long Moss)515 m Water Crag305 m Watermillock Fell (Little Mell Fell South Top)424 m Watson's Dodd789 mWainwright Wether Hill672 mWainwright Wetherlam763 mWainwright Whatshaw Common490 m Whin Crag (Eskdale)358 m Whin Rigg (Wasdale)537 mWainwright Whinlatter (Brown How - Whinlatter)517 mWainwright Whinlatter Top525 m White Combe417 m White Hall Knott311 m White Hause464 m White Howe (Bannisdale)530 m White Maiden613 m White Pike (Birkby Fell)442 m White Pike (Seathwaite)600 m White Side863 mWainwright White Stones - The Band568 m Whiteless Pike660 mWainwright Whiteside (Whiteside West Top)707 mWainwright Whiteside East Top (Whiteside) (Gasgale Crags)719 m Whiteside Pike397 m Whitfell573 m Whoap511 m Woodend Height489 m Wren Crag311 m Wrynose Fell - Long Crag547 m Wythburn Fell508 m Yew Bank499 m Yewbarrow629 mWainwright Yewbarrow North Top (Stirrup Crag)617 m Yoadcastle494 m Yoke707 mWainwright

This page lists the 537 fells on this list that have a guide on the site — not the full national list of 541. New to the lists? See how the fell lists differ.

Common questions

How many Birketts are there?
Around 541 across Britain; 537 of them lie in the Lake District and have a walking guide here.
Which is the highest?
Scafell Pike, at 978 m.
Who created the Birketts?
Bill Birkett, in Complete Lakeland Fells (1994).