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Peak Bagging The Lake District Central Fells

The Lake District Central Fells are enclosed by:

  • Keswick to the North
  • Derwent Water and Borrowdale to the West
  • The Langdale Valley to the South
  • Thirlmere, Grasmere and Ambleside to the East

 

The Central Fells is the subject of Book Three: A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells by A. Wainwright. This book has a Blue Cover and an illustration of the summit of Helm Crag on the cover.

The area includes: Rydal Water, Grasmere, Great Langdale and Thirlmere as well as the peaks of High Raise, The Langdale Pikes, Helm Crag, Ulscarf, Ashness Fell and Loughrigg Fell.

If you are not sure which area is which and how they relate to each other, see our Interactive Map of the Peak Bagging Areas of the Lake District

To see interactive maps and list of walks in this area see Walks in the Lake District Central Fells.

New Icon Make sure you check out our Unique Interactive Walk Planning Map of the Lake District
(If you have not seen this, take a look, it's fantastic . . .)

 

The Mountains, Peaks, Tops and Hills of The Central Fells

There are 35 'tops' to walk up, bag and conquer, the highest point is High Raise (Langdale) and the area includes:

The summit of High Raise (Langdale)

The summit of High Raise (Langdale)

Photo: Hugh Turner

27 Wainwright Icon Wainwrights
4 Mountain Icon Mountains (aka Hewitts)
6 Dewey Icon Deweys
9 Nuttall Icon Nuttalls
0 Wainwright Outlying Fell Icon Wainwright Outlying Fells
3 Marilyn Icon Marilyns
4 Bridget Icon Hills (aka Bridgets) and
4 Trig Point Icon Mountains, Tops, Peaks or Hills
with a Trig Point on or near the top

 

See these 35 Mountains, Peaks, Tops and Hills:

Downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Maps: (2)

# This Peak Baggers' Map will prove incredibly useful if you need to know what's classified as what when you are up in the mountains and cannot get a phone signal.

 


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