The Lake District

Buttermere and Haystacks from the lake shore

Those of you who have been following my Wainwrights in Colour project will know that over the past few years I have extensively covered all of the 214 Lakeland Fells listed by Alfred Wainwright on my walks as well as other locations in the Lake District. Many of those Lakeland routes have never been published but here is where to find them in the future. Details will include route maps and information about parking, refreshments etc. Of course it will take some time to upload the backlog of walks but hopefully you will find the wait worthwhile. The Lake District is sectioned off into seven regions as delineated by Wainwright in his Pictorial Guides. I have recently added the eighth region, that of the Outlying Fells. In the map below I have roughly followed his method to partition off this huge area into workable regions.

Direct links to each region: The Eastern Fells, The Far Eastern Fells, The Central Fells, The Southern Fells, The Northern Fells, The North Western Fells, The Western Fells and The Outlying Fells.

On Location Lake District

A list of recent posts to Andy Beck's Lake District On Location section of his website. Each region has it's own individual section in the drop down menu.
LocationdateRegionwalk or location
A circuit of Buttermere26th March 2025WesternwalkThe shore of Buttermere Lake with Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks in the distance
Watch Hill (Setmurthy Common) 11th April 2022Outlying FellsWalkWatch Hill Outlying fell, Setmurthy Common, Outlying fells
Irton Pike16th August 2021Outlying FellswalkHarter Fell from Irton Fell
Sallows and Sour Howes22nd April 2021Far EasternwalkWindermere view from Sour Howes
Sharp Edge and Mungrisdale Common15th April 2021NorthernwalkFoule Crag Blencathra, Northern Lakeland fells, Wainwright fell Blencathra
Gummer's How22nd May 2020Outlying Fellswalk
The Loweswater Fells10th October 2018Westernwalk (YT Film)
Knipescar Common3rd September 2018Outlying FellswalkKnipe Scar
Hull How from Low Tilberthwaite9th August 2018SouthernwalkHull How (Great Intake)
Red Screes via Kilnshaw Chimney12th May 2016EasternwalkRed Screes, Kirkstone Pass Wainwright fell
Coledale in Winter15th January 2016North WesternWalkForce Crag mine building
Arnison Crag ascent4th December 2015EasternwalkUllswater from near Oxford Crag
Latrigg above the layers2nd November 2015NorthernPhotographic locationGreat Dodd sunrise
A Cracking day on Yoke13th October 2015Far Easternwalk
An Alpine Adventure9th July 2015North WesternWalkHobcarton Crag from above
Blencathra's Best13th May 2015Northern WalkHall's Fell ridge Blencathra
Haystacks a classic route16th October 2014Westernwalk (YT Film)
Sale Fell and Ling Fell in one29th February 2012North WesternwalkLing Fell from Sale Fell. Wainwright Sale fell
An Easedale Circuit1st February 2012CentralwalkMiniature Pool Blea Rigg. Wainwright's miniature pool.
Castle Crag- Easy route19th September 2010North WesternWalkCastle Crag war memorial, Borrowdale
A Langdale Classic3rd October 2008Southern walkGreat Slab Bow Fell with Langdale Pikes beyond
A Circuit of Easedale14th September 2008CentralwalkHelm Crag summit with Steel Fell. Wainwright fells
A Wasdale Circular2nd July 2006Westernwalk

Andy Beck is the artist behind the unique Wainwrights in Colour project. A challenge to paint every single sketch from the seven Pictorial Guides to the Lake District as featured by Wainwright. This undertaking took ten years to complete and the resulting book won not only the TGO Magazine Outdoor Book of the Year but also the BBC Countryfile Magazine Book of the year.

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