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Fairfield
873m (2865ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Fairfield is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL5 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 90 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Fairfield is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,116ft (950m) | |
| Time: | 6 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Grasmere, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Mill Bridge, Little Tongue, Seat Sandal, Grisedale Tarn, Fairfield, Great Rigg, Stone Arthur, Grasmere.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5ml (15km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,682ft (1,122m) | |
| Time: | 7.25hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Grasmere, Mill Bridge, Little Tongue, Seat Sandal, Grisedale Tarn, Fairfield, Great Rigg, Heron Pike (North Top), Heron Pike, Alcock Tarn, Grasmere.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,516ft (1,072m) | |
| Time: | 7 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Patterdale, Arnison Crag, Birks, St Sunday Crag, Deepdale Hause, Cofa Pike, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Blake Brow, Hartsop Above How, Hoggill Brow, Gale Crag, Bleaberry Knott, Cockley How, Bridgend, Patterdale.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11ml (17.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,633ft (1,107m) | |
| Time: | 7.75hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Ambleside, Rydal, Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Rydal Fell, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike (Scandale), High Sweden Bridge, High Sweden Coppice, Ambleside.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.25ml (19.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,984ft (1,214m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Ambleside, Rydal, Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Rydal Fell, Greenhead Gill Head, Stone Arthur, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike (Scandale), High Sweden Bridge, High Sweden Coppice, Ambleside.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (20km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,411ft (1,040m) | |
| Time: | 8 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Ambleside, Rydal, Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Rydal Fell, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, Little Hart Crag, Scandale Pass, Red Screes, Snarker Pike, Ambleside.
Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Fairfield
Liz Sheerin walked up Fairfield on June 24th, 2016 [from/via/route] Ambleside - Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Neil
John Tippins climbed Fairfield on October 25th, 2018 [from/via/route] Started from Patterdale car park. Walk c235 from go4awalk.com [with] Solo [weather] Windy with very low cloud and chilly on top. Walking in cloud most of the day - poor visibility. - Did it again on 26.10.2108 (c266 go4awalk.com)
John Almond bagged Fairfield on July 5th, 2018 [from/via/route] c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Great Rigg - FAIRFIELD - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike - Low Pike - Wainwright 138 [weather] Hot, cloudy at times. - Stayed on the ridge from Low Pike, missing out High Sweden Bridge
Lucy Perchard hiked Fairfield on May 17th, 2018 [from/via/route] Done as part of the Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Tony [weather] Lovely but very windy - Great views over to Helvellyn and Striding Edge which we'd walked the previous September
Simon Myerscough summited Fairfield on October 6th, 2007 [from/via/route] C230 [with] Alan Glasgow & Andy Gill (Shaun's Ambleside weekend) [weather] Sunny & warm
Simon Boddy conquered Fairfield on October 9th, 2017 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] My girlfriend [weather] Windy, light rain and low cloud
Graham Coules scaled Fairfield on September 16th, 2017 [from/via/route] Fairfield Horseshoe [weather] Warm and sunny.
Anjanee Neat walked up Fairfield on August 19th, 2017 [from/via/route] The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside [with] Husband and walking group, the Lake District walkers [weather] Cloudy, sunny, windy - Total number of people 6, inc guide
Andrew Peate climbed Fairfield on March 26th, 2017 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Jack, Harry [weather] Sunny with snow on ground
Iain Jones bagged Fairfield on July 16th, 2013 [from/via/route] The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside - 05 August 2017 - The Wainwright 60 - Day 3 (Helvellyn)
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Fairfield
The summit cairn on Fairfield with Windermere in the distance
Photo: Christine Shepherd (512)
Seat Sandel (left) Grisedale Hause & Fairfield (right) from near Goody Bridge on the outskirts of Grasmere
Seat Sandal (left) Grisedale Hause, Fairfield (centre) and Great Rigg above The Pass of Dunmail Raise from the top of High Raven Crag
Rydal Head with Fairfield (left) and Hart Crag (right) from Great Rigg
Photo: Christine Shepherd (112)
Fairfield summit cairn with Windermere in the distance
Photo: Christine Shepherd (113)
The Central Fells and Seat Sandal (right) from the summit of Fairfield
Photo: Christine Shepherd (114)
Fellow go4awalkers Chris and Alan on Fairfield summit
Photo: Christine Shepherd (115)
The Fairfield Horseshoe from the summit of Fairfield with Dove Crag (left), Rydal Beck, Ambleside, Windermere, Nab Scar and Heron Pike (prominent right)
Photo: Christine Shepherd (116)
Windermere from Low Pike (Scandale) on the way back down from completing The Fairfield Horseshoe
Photo: Christine Shepherd (118)
Steve Taylor and Ian Matthews Golledge looking back over Ambleside & Lake Windermere as we ascended Nab scar and on up to Fairfield
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