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This section is the Lake District National Park and areas close by. This effectively means the area west of the M6 from about Kendal to Carlisle and stretching to the Cumbrian Coast. Many of the highest feels are now posted. The highest fell not yet posted is Glaramara. There are many lower fells posted.
In 2024, it was decided to finish the "Wainwirights" and other notable hills as well as repeating those routes enjoyed before the advent of digital cameras. This project is now under way and should be completed by mid-2025 at the latest. In due course, attention will be given to the Outlying Fells based on Wainwrights book. Fells still left to climb, or to be repeated, will be listed under each section. As some of the already posted walks may be too long and/or too strenuous for some, these will gradually be described in shorter, less strenuous forms leaving readers with a choice of how to tackle those walks.
Some of the routes posted include outlying fells so these will be moved to the Outlying Fells section and this sentence will be modified when that process is complete. Any routes which include both "full" Wainwrights and Outlying Fells will be posted in the main sections with a note and link in the Outlying Fells section. Any routes which do not include fells mentioned in Wainwright's books but still lie within or very close to the Lake District will be found in the Others section. Knockmurton is in this section.
Much of the interest in the Lakeland Fells comes as a result of the books lovingly written by Alfred Wainwight, often referred to as AW. With their growing popularity, books by different authors have appeared. Some are now appearing which describe how to climb all the Wainwights (Fells in the seven original Wainwright guides) in as few walks as possible. I doubt if AW would agree with this approach as his approach was to enjoy the Lakeland Fells, to savour them and have memorable days on them, not to rush round and finish them in as short a time as possible without having time to properly appreciate them.