"A. Wainwright" redirects here. For other people named A. Wainwright, see Wainwright (surname).
For the South African cricketer, see Alfred Wainwright (cricketer).
Alfred Wainwright
Born
(1907-01-17)17 January 1907 Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Died
20 January 1991(1991-01-20) (aged 84) Cumbria, England
Occupation
Accountant
walker
writer
illustrator
cartographer
Genre
Mountain topography
Alfred Wainwright MBE (17 January 1907 – 20 January 1991), who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright[1] or A.W., was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, published between 1955 and 1966 and consisting entirely of reproductions of his manuscript, has become the standard reference work to 214 of the fells of the English Lake District. Among his 40-odd other books is the first guide to the Coast to Coast Walk, a 182-mile (293-kilometre) long-distance footpath devised by Wainwright which remains popular today.
^"Alfred Wainwright: Grumpy, reclusive and eccentric". The Independent. 2 July 2005. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
AlfredWainwright MBE (17 January 1907 – 20 January 1991), who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright or A.W., was a British fellwalker, guidebook author...
Wainwrights are the 214 English peaks (known locally as fells) described in AlfredWainwright's seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–66)...
of Northern England, nominally 190-mile (306 km) long. Devised by AlfredWainwright, it passes through three contrasting national parks: the Lake District...
opposite side of Derwentwater. The Lake District writer and walker AlfredWainwright acknowledges the popularity of Cat Bells among fellwalkers of all...
of British guidebook writer AlfredWainwright. The prize was established by Frances Lincoln Publishers and The Wainwright Society, in association with...
popular of the Lake District fells for walkers. It is listed in AlfredWainwright's 'best half dozen' Lake District fells. The Southern Fells include...
Related article published on AlfredWainwright Books & Memorabilia The Pennine Way Pint Related article published on AlfredWainwright Books & Memorabilia...
North Yorkshire, England. The route is based on a walk taken by AlfredWainwright in 1938 and described by him in a book published in 1986. From Settle...
of the fell is also given as 'Catstycam', a spelling preferred by AlfredWainwright in his influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. A third...
often used as a synonym for "Duddon Valley", but people, including AlfredWainwright, prefer the name "Duddon Valley". He wrote in The Southern Fells,...
included in AlfredWainwright's influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet (300 m). Wainwright accorded Castle...
1974 book written by AlfredWainwright dealing with hills in and around the Lake District of England. It differs from Wainwright's Pictorial Guides in...
shape of the mountain when seen from the east. The guidebook author AlfredWainwright popularised using the older Cumbric name, which is now used almost...
before petering out at Broughton in Furness on the Duddon Estuary. AlfredWainwright in his influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells took only...
The most frequently encountered approach is that made popular by AlfredWainwright who published seven separate area guides to the Lakeland Fells. Bassenthwaite...
of England. St Bees is the start of the Wainwright Coast to Coast Walk, which was devised by AlfredWainwright in 1973. It is an 192-mile (309 km) unofficial...
Jesty (born 1942) is a British author and cartographer who revised AlfredWainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells to produce the second edition...
is to complete the walk in under 12 hours, though as AlfredWainwright says in his book Wainwright in the Limestone Dales, "Some participants have chosen...
Borrowdale, first ascending Green Gable before traversing Windy Gap. AlfredWainwright described the 'Gable Girdle', a circuit around the fell at mid height...
included in AlfredWainwright's list of Lakeland fells and many walkers feel compelled to climb it to complete their list of 'Wainwrights' even though...
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