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Cat BellsThe classic first fell, and its 451-meter summit earns the reputation with a ridge-top view over Derwentwater. The usual route from Hawes End is about 4 miles up and back; allow around 3 hours.
Know what is coming: the climb starts steeply, and near the top there is some scrambling over rocks,…0 - 2
Loughrigg FellThe gentlest way to learn what a fell feels like. From the White Moss parking lot, which has restrooms, a route of about 2.5 miles climbs well-maintained gravel paths with stepped sections past rocky outcrops and small tarns to a 335-meter top. Allow around 2 hours.
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Hallin FellThe best effort-to-view ratio on this list. Park in the small free area opposite St Peter's Church in Martindale, follow a wide grassy path through a break in the field wall, and the 388-meter summit is roughly a mile away; the whole outing takes about an hour.
Ullswater lies spread out beneath…0 - 4
LatriggTwo very different walks reach the same 368-meter top above Keswick. The short one starts from the parking lot at the head of Gale Road: about 1 km each way on compacted stone, with a steep pull of roughly 150 meters at a 1-in-7 gradient before the view of Derwentwater and Borrowdale opens up. Few…0 - 5
Orrest HeadSmall hill, enormous story. This low top above Windermere is where Alfred Wainwright, on his first trip to the Lake District, was stopped in his tracks by the view; he later called it "a moment of magic." A plaque at the very top, made in his distinctive style, remembers him. The panorama still…0 - 6
Gummer's HowThe southern Lakes' quick win. From the Forestry Commission parking lot, cross the road, go through the gate signed for Gummers How, and a round trip of about 1.5 miles starts as a woodland walk across a brook, then climbs a fairly strenuous slope that the Fix the Fells path team has formed into…0 - 7
Binsey, CumbriaThe quiet one, on the northern edge of the Lake District, with one of the widest summit views on this list: most of the western fells one way, the Solway Firth and southern Scotland the other, and the Isle of Man on a clear day.
From the small roadside pull-off at the start, a grassy path rises…0 - 8
Sale FellAt 359 meters, one of the smallest fells in the Lake District, and one of the easiest to get right. The roadside parking is reached along a narrow lane from the Pheasant Inn, just off the A66 by Bassenthwaite, and a signposted footpath leads on to a route of about 2 miles that is fairly…0 - 9
Dodd (Lake District)The forest fell, and the best choice here for anyone nervous about navigation. Dodd rises from Dodd Wood beside Bassenthwaite Lake, and a waymarked trail climbs from the Forestry Commission's paid parking lot, between the restrooms and the café, through woodland and onto well-made tracks to a…0 - 10
Walla CragKeswick's cliff-top balcony. A 4-mile loop from the National Trust's Great Wood parking lot, free for members, climbs Cat Gill, follows the top of Falcon Crag and returns beneath the crags, with outstanding views over Derwentwater and north to Bassenthwaite Lake. Allow 3 to 4 hours.
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