The Lake District - The Far Eastern Fells

The Far Eastern Fells of Lakeland rise to the east of Kirkstone Pass and the Patterdale valley. To the north and south, they run down into low country, and eastwards they merge into the high ground of the Pennines. Many of the heights are relatively inaccessible and lonely, but the scenery here and the excellence of the walks rank, in Wainwright’s view, with the Lake District's best.

“Geographically, this area is a high plateau bounded by the deep trenches of Ullswater and the Patterdale valley on the west and Haweswater and the Mardale valley on the east... The top of the plateau is a vast wilderness of peat and heather, but its flanks break down in splendid crags and deep valleys that are among the finest in the district.” — Wainwright 1957, Book Two: The Far Eastern Fells

The outer boundary of Wainwright’s Lakeland Fells is the Head of Ullswater and Haweswater in the northeast and Longsleddale Valley Church to the southeast. This area then extends across to Ambleside’s Wansfell in the South West.

The Far Eastern Fells

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