The 214 fells described in Alfred Wainwright's seven Pictorial Guides, hand-written and hand-drawn between 1955 and 1966 — far more than a list. Each book is a work of art, every page individually penned, with meticulous route diagrams, ridge drawings and summit panoramas. Wainwright divided the District into seven natural regions — the Eastern, Far Eastern, Central, Southern, Northern, North Western and Western Fells — and gave each its own volume. His choice of 214 “separate fells” has become the definitive Lakeland round, and “doing the Wainwrights” is now one of the most popular long-term challenges in British hillwalking: many walkers take years over it, logging their completion with the Wainwright Society. The guides remain in print, carefully revised, and still lead walkers up the same paths more than half a century on.