Fairfield
873m (2865ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) |
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| 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 - Rydal Head - Great Rigg - Stone Arthur - Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5ml (15km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,682ft (1,122m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Mill Bridge - Little Tongue - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - Fairfield - Rydal Head - Great Rigg - Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) - Heron Pike - Alcock Tarn - Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,516ft (1,072m) |
| Time: | 7 hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Arnison Crag - Birks - St Sunday Crag - Deepdale Hause - Cofa Pike - Fairfield - Rydal Head - 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) |
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| Ascent: | 3,633ft (1,107m) |
| Time: | 7.75hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Ambleside - Rydal - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Rydal Head - 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) |
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| Ascent: | 3,984ft (1,214m) |
| Time: | 8½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Ambleside - Rydal - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) - Greenhead Gill Head - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Rydal Head - 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) |
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| Ascent: | 3,411ft (1,040m) |
| Time: | 8 hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Ambleside - Rydal - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Rydal Head - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - Little Hart Crag - Scandale Pass - Red Screes - Snarker Pike - Ambleside
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Fairfield
Nick Tippins walked up on July 2nd, 2025 [from/via/route] c247: The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside [with] Fran
Paul Roddam climbed it on September 14th, 2024 [from/via/route] From Ambleside [with] Bri and Barber [weather] Wet
Chris Mcmanus bagged it on July 30th, 2024 [from/via/route] Circular route Hartsopp above How Hart Crag Fairfield St Sunday Birks Arnison [with] Joanne & Julie [weather] Sunny
Kate Peacock hiked it on May 18th, 2024 [from/via/route] Helen & Amber walked to this one with me. Anti-clockwise. Great walk. Busy due to events but people were friendly [with] Me & Skye [weather] Sunny with a nice breeze - Sunburnt as the breeze made me think it wasn't as hot
Christine Shepherd summited on May 15th, 2005 [from/via/route] Patterdale Reached this summit again on 19.6.22 when I did the Fairfield Horseshoe for the sixth time. [with] Rebecca [weather] Hot & sunny - I also reached this summit twice with friends in 2009; once using walk c230 The Scandale Beck Horizon & once using Walk c247 'The Fairfield Horseshoe'. I then did this last walk again by myself on 26.3.12 & 25.3.18. The Scandale Beck walk was rather eventful as I tripped & broke three ribs just after leaving the summit; a painful walk down to Ambleside!
Melfyn Parry conquered it on November 21st, 2023 [from/via/route] Followed route C247 - walked out of Ambleside on the A591 & just after Scandale Bridge we crossed the road to follow the lane into the Rydal Hall estate, went passed the cafe & the Hall & then turned right to pass Rydal Mount. Here we veered left to take the stone steps path to the top of Nab Scar, again following a well defined path we were soon on Heron Pike. Continuing along the path with a slight detour to ascend Heron Pike north top. Continuing on to Great Rigg & onwards to Fairfield. We stopped here for lunch & the clouds lifted to give great views over towards Helvellyn & Sunday Crag. After pausing to take some photos we retraced our steps for a few metres before heading left to follow the ridge line to ascend Hart Crag, then Dove Crag & then High Pike. The undulating ridge takes you through some quite boggy areas & on to Low Pike & then down to High Sweden Bridge (a fascinating old bridge). All that was left to do from here was to follow the trail downwards in to Ambleside returning to the village by the Salutation Hotel. [with] DS [weather] Visibility was very good below 800m. By lunchtime the cloud had lifted even more to give clear views of the whole horseshoe. A dry day with sunny intervals, quite cold above 600m but very pleasant below this level. - Doing the walk in a clockwise direction as per C247 is best as the ascent anticlockwise would be much more of a cardio vascular workout.
David Higginbottom scaled on February 8th, 2023 [from/via/route] Route 247 [with] Carolyn [weather] Very poor
James Hughes walked up on June 26th, 2023 [from/via/route] Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Cragg, Dove Cragg, High Pike, Low Pike [with] Solo [weather] Four seasons in a day. Unsettled with showers at times, cold & misty around Fairfield, improved on descent into Ambleside. - Chatted with Andrew from Littleborough. Outraged by parking cost & then toilet fee. Pint at Golden Rule (Robinsons Cumbria Way) at end.
Rob Prikanowski climbed it on June 21st, 2023 [from/via/route] c247 [weather] Cloudy but dry, strong wind, top in the mist.
Angeline Grieveson bagged it on February 19th, 2023 [with] Dotty
Sarah Moore hiked it on December 5th, 2022 [from/via/route] c247 / The Fairfield Horseshoe (from Ambleside) [with] On my own [weather] Beautiful start with a cold edge... turning to icy cold with sleet & minimal visibility between Great Rigg - Fairfield - Hart Crag. - This one scared me. The realisation that if I slipped up at Fairfield then I don't know that I could have waited an hour plus for mountain rescue was very scary. Used the GPS & was proud of myself but major "eeek"
Martyn Atherton summited on September 18th, 2022 [from/via/route] C235 Arniston Crag, Birks, St Sunday Crag, Fairfield, Hart Crag & Hartsop Above How [with] Paul Atherton [weather] Misty, rain & Sunny - Loved the route 6 hrs 50 minutes
Shirley Philips has conquered it [from/via/route] Ambleside
Tony Halliday scaled on May 28th, 2022 [from/via/route] Circular walk starting at rydal taking in nab scar heron pike rydal fell great rigg Fairfield hart crag dove crag high pike & low pike known as the fairfield circular or round [with] My boarder terrier jimmy boo and George also my wife sal [weather] The weather was warm start dry sunny no wind but cooler on the summit some clouds - A tough circular roughly 11 miles great views over rydal water & Windermere & surrounding fells a brutal start of 3.5 hours of climbing & equally as brutal 3.5 hours of going down ended with a nice couple of pints & the sun came out in all its glory in the beer garden
Ian Ashton walked up on January 15th, 2022 [with] Solo
Geoff Hand climbed it on November 23rd, 2021 [from/via/route] c266 From Seat Sandal down to Grisedale Hause & upto Fairfield. Was in a Spectre for a couple of minutes but didn't have time to photograph it. [with] Alone with Tess [weather] cloud coming & going. - Set out from Grasmere & headed for Low Mill Bridge. Followed Tongue Gill then cut across to Seat Sandal. Scurried down to Grisedale Hause & then up to Fairfield where the clouds came in. S to Great Rigg & SW to Stone Arthur. From there back to Grasmere.
Pete George bagged it on November 12th, 2021 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Roco [weather] In the cloud & freezing
Carl Tillotson hiked it on August 26th, 2021 [from/via/route] Route 266 [with] June [weather] Sunny, very wind at top of Seat Sandal & Fairfield
Andrew Flynn summited on August 14th, 2021 [from/via/route] Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Nicola [weather] Sunny
Paul Ward conquered it on April 26th, 2016 [from/via/route] Started from Wild Campsite near Hartsop [with] Jamie
Jeremy Torrance scaled on July 27th, 2013 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Duncan
Martin Woods walked up on June 6th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Patterdale - Birks to Fairfield round to Hellvelyn & down to Glenridding [with] Ackers and Crush [weather] Sun, 22 deegrees v.little breeze
John Hanlon climbed it on September 18th, 2020 [from/via/route] Rothay Hotel (BadgerBar) [with] solo [weather] Sunny - Wainwright 4of8 on the Fairfield Horseshoe route
Tony Kenny bagged it on August 20th, 2011 [with] Kitty
Phil Higgins hiked it on June 10th, 2018 [from/via/route] Nab Scar (clockwise) [with] Steve Brown [weather] Mixed! - Running Fairfield Horseshoe. 10.49 miles distance. 2:24.
John Bryers summited on July 8th, 2020 [from/via/route] Used route C226.pdf. Parked on Dunmail Raise lower layby & walked down road to Mill Bridge. Due to erosion sign posts took me on the higher route on the Coast to Coast path, thus missing turn at the 2 footbridges. Walked direct to Grisedale Hause & turned left up to top of Seat Sandal. Back to Grisedale Hause & up zig-zag path to summit of Fairfield. Did not find trig point even with good visibility - Has it been removed? UPDATE: Apparently its a plate on the ground! [with] With Mya my faithful 13 year old Patterdale Terrier. [weather] Cloudy with some sun. Cooler on the tops. - Lots of walkers on a Wednesday due to covid-19 still about. Layby before Travellers Rest full!
Andy Buxton conquered it on September 27th, 1997 [from/via/route] From Ambleside as start of Fairfield Horseshoe (Low Pike, High Pike, Dove Crag, Hart Crag, Fairfield, Great Rigg, Heron Pike, Nab Scar) [with] Dan [weather] Cool, clear day, but windy. - Enjoyable route
Jon Bowskill scaled on April 4th, 2020 [from/via/route] From Braeside Saturday went anti clockwise, sunny day but windy with some old snow on summits just under 7 hours with no stops. Long route from Fairfield peak to Rydal. longer than expected. Need to try clockside.. [with] On my own [weather] Warm & sunny - Try clockwise from Rydal
Kevin Foster walked up on October 21st, 2019 [from/via/route] Great Rigg. [with] Henry. [weather] Sunny with broken high cloud. - What can you say about this Lakeland horseshoe classic that hasn't been said before? Delightful approach, relatively easy climbing, great views in all directions. The perfect Lakeland round with the added bonus of bagging Little Hart Crag & Red Screes at the end which were off piste of the regular route.
Andrew Johnson climbed it on October 14th, 2019 [from/via/route] Rydal [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy
Richard Marchant bagged it on July 29th, 2010 [from/via/route] This route taken was the Heart of the Lakes Rydal Round Fell Race route as I took part in the said named fell race that day starting from the Ambleside Lakeland Sports Show & finishing back there. [with] On my own but with a number of other fell runners taking part in the Heart of the Lakes Rydal Round Fell Race from Ambleside Lakeland Sport Show. [weather] Sunny day with white fluffy clouds, nice cool breeze. - First time for me to do a big fell race in the Lakes.
Joe Mccusker hiked it on July 13th, 2019 [from/via/route] Rydal [with] Paula, Alfie and Lily. [weather] Sunny - Tough coming down
John Tippins summited 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 & chilly on top. Walking in cloud most of the day - poor visibility. - Did it again on 26.10.2108 (c266 go4awalk.com)
Alan Jolly conquered it on May 10th, 2019 [from/via/route] From Ambleside as part of Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Denis Jolly [weather] Sunny on the way out & sleet & rain on the way back
Liz Sheerin scaled on June 24th, 2016 [from/via/route] Ambleside - Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Neil
John Almond walked up 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 climbed it 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 & Striding Edge which we'd walked the previous September
Simon Myerscough bagged it on October 6th, 2007 [from/via/route] C230 [with] Alan Glasgow & Andy Gill (Shaun's Ambleside weekend) [weather] Sunny & warm
Simon Boddy hiked it on October 9th, 2017 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] My girlfriend [weather] Windy, light rain & low cloud
Graham Coules summited on September 16th, 2017 [from/via/route] Fairfield Horseshoe [weather] Warm & sunny.
Anjanee Neat conquered it 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 scaled on March 26th, 2017 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Jack, Harry [weather] Sunny with snow on ground
Iain Jones walked up on July 16th, 2013 [from/via/route] The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside - 05 August 2017 - The Wainwright 60 - Day 3 (Helvellyn)
Beth Webster climbed it on June 19th, 2014 [with] Hannah phillips
Simon Wilde bagged it on June 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] J illingworth [weather] Sunny
Chris Sheard hiked it on April 9th, 2000 [from/via/route] On the Horseshoe [with] George Baz & Margaret [weather] Cold - Dull cold but clear enough for good views
Nick Dobson summited on April 20th, 2017 [from/via/route] Brothers Water doing the Dovedale round but adding on Fairfield from Hart Crag [with] Margaret & Ralph [weather] Overcast cloudy with mist on the tops - When approached from Hart Crag top was visible, but disappeared when we got there so no good views.
Wayne Baxter conquered it on May 24th, 2013 [from/via/route] Fairfield horse shoe clockwise [with] Sue [weather] Great sunny
Tracey Cowell scaled on January 28th, 2017 [with] Andrew Foster & Billy, Shane Woods, Richard Jennings, Jaclyn Simpson, Ed, Stephen Laidlaw, Corey and Paul Harrison, Jamie and David Cushley [weather] Rain & Snow on tops
Emily Sharratt walked up on July 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] Part of the Fairfield Horseshoe [with] James [weather] Bright sunshine. Lovely breeze.
Louis Smith climbed it on December 17th, 2016 [weather] temperature inversion
Gillian Atkinson bagged it on October 6th, 2016 [from/via/route] from patterdale [with] hf holiday
Steve Cookson has hiked it [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Gillie, Girls, humpty [weather] fair
Mark Davidson summited on January 12th, 2001 [with] The old walking gang [weather] Nice winters' day with snow on the summits
Phillip Bulley conquered it on September 6th, 2016 [from/via/route] St Sunday Crag & Cofa Pike [with] Ruby [weather] Mist down & driving rain.
Andrew Joss scaled on September 2nd, 2016 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Barbara [weather] Rain & mist
Elaine Evans walked up on August 26th, 2016 [from/via/route] From lay-by at Bridge End to Hartsop above How, Hart Crag & on to Fairfield, return to Hart Crag then continued to Dove Crag & descended via steps near Priest's Hole to waterfalls of Dovedale Beck & returned to car via path alongside Brother's Water. [with] Sue and Christine [weather] Fine & sunny to start with but very windy, especially on the tops, became overcast on return route but stayed fine. - Testing day for me, first long walk in quite a while.
David Watson climbed it on June 18th, 2015 [from/via/route] Grasmere via Stone Arthur & Great Rigg [weather] Cloudy & cool. Mist, cloud & very windy at summit. - Second visit on 25th August 2015 with Tilda Watson.
John Walter bagged it on June 3rd, 2015 [with] Ramblers B+
Christine Flitcroft hiked it on April 9th, 2015 [from/via/route] Fairfield horseshoe [with] Sandra [weather] Sunny
Caroline Winter summited on June 25th, 2016 [from/via/route] Swan pub lay by on A591, Stone Arthur, Great Rigg, Fairfield, St Sunday, Grisedale Tarn, Seat Sandal, Great Tongue [with] Solo [weather] Sunny, humid, great views - Busy, as expected on peak. Dark clouds in West threatening rain!
Jon Mapp conquered it on June 18th, 2016 [from/via/route] c247 [with] Just Suzzanné and me [weather] Clear & fair, a little mist on the tops but pleasant walking weather, not too hot & no rain. - A long slog of a walk - Walking Nab Scar first, got the major climb out of the way.
Jan Dixon scaled on June 11th, 2016 [from/via/route] Ambleside...horseshoe [with] Clare Moncrief [weather] misty, humid
Stephen Handley walked up on May 18th, 2016 [from/via/route] Rydal car park [with] Friends [weather] Sunny
Elaine Grayson climbed it on September 4th, 2010 [from/via/route] From Grasmere via Grsdale Tarn - Done when doing Coast to Coast
Phill Brown bagged it on October 17th, 2003 [with] Anne [weather] Sunny
Richard Marshall hiked it on May 8th, 2016 [from/via/route] Fairfield horseshoe [with] Volkan and Bo [weather] Sunny
Richard Fulcher summited on September 5th, 2015 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Dave Jobling [weather] Blue sky with fluffy clouds, perfect! - Fairfield Horseshoe
Roddy Mcdougall conquered it on April 20th, 2016 [from/via/route] Ambleside [weather] Dry, bright,sunny
Colin Millar scaled on March 12th, 2016 [from/via/route] Ambleside (Farfield Horsedshoe - Clockwise from Ambleside) [weather] Not a very nice day really - foggy, damp & snow above 500m
Mark Luckett walked up on October 21st, 2015 [from/via/route] Walked via Stone Arthur, Great Rigg, Heron Pike, Nab Scar & added Fairfield as an after thought. [with] Susan Luckett [weather] Sunny & bright but cool - A long walk as we spoke to 2 gentlemen & suggested we walked an extra mile & complete Fairfield as part of our planned route.
Philip Layton climbed it on October 26th, 2015 [from/via/route] Patterdale (Deepdale horseshoe) [with] Karen, Ana, Josh [weather] Very good - 7.5 hours
Tony Rogerson bagged it on February 14th, 2010 [from/via/route] Grasmere Fairfield & Seat Sandal [with] John [weather] Low cloud - Snow & ice under foot
Chris Bailey hiked it on October 29th, 2014 [from/via/route] Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside [with] Luke
Christina Lander summited on August 7th, 2015 [from/via/route] Rydal - High Sweden Bridge - Low Pike - High Pike - Dove Crag - Hart Crag - Fairfield - Great Rigg Man - Heron Pike - Nab Scar - Rydal [with] Mick & Kath and Dick [weather] Really warm & sunny
Mark Price conquered it on July 25th, 2015 [from/via/route] Fairfield Horseshoe starting from Low Pike [weather] fair then sunny finish with strong breeze
Darren Sharp scaled on December 30th, 2014 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Gavin and russ [weather] Snowing on top
Paul Peppiate walked up on June 7th, 2015 [from/via/route] Rydal Hall [with] Ann [weather] Sunny with light showers - Great day out - first ridge walk with Ann
Paul Macey climbed it on June 21st, 2015 [from/via/route] C247 plus ridge route great Rigg stone arthur
Paul Glynn bagged it during May, 2014 [from/via/route] Grasmere & seat sandal [with] Wife [weather] Good
Andrew Wood has hiked it [from/via/route] C266 from Grasmere [with] Doug & Mel [weather] Warm at the bottom, very cloudy & cold on the top didn't even take a photo!
Mr Davison summited on July 20th, 2014 [from/via/route] ambleside [with] jenny davison [weather] cloudy
Victoria Bates conquered it on February 25th, 2015 [from/via/route] C266 [with] Mark [weather] Snow,white-outs
Ian Woodford has scaled [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Alone [weather] Sunny - Actually climbed this by mistake by turning left too early looking for Helvelyn. Glad I did though
Kevin Parnham walked up on January 23rd, 2015 [from/via/route] From Great Rigg [with] Jo [weather] Extreme ly cold & windy & snowing - Severe conditions on sun it plateau,some navigation needed to find route to Hart Crag
Mike Jackson climbed it on November 14th, 2014 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Stevie Mac [weather] Awful - All went well up to Fairfield, planned to do the horseshoe, but took a wrong turn in the mist, ended up heading for Patterdale - but met some guys who pointed us in the wrong direction again, & descended on the same route we ascended, ah hum!!
David Preston bagged it on July 5th, 2014 [from/via/route] Fairfield from Ambleside via Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg part of the Fairfield horseshoe - Bright sunny day with good views
Simon Neilson-Clark hiked it on October 12th, 2014 [from/via/route] Horseshoe of Stone Arthur Great Rigg Fairfield & Dolly wagon Pike [with] Mrs H [weather] Sunny with cloud inversion - Strong pull up from Great Rigg but really steep decent One of the steeepest I have seen to a tarn
Andy Gibbs summited during September, 2010 [from/via/route] From Grasmere [with] Jake, Gav & Eddie [weather] Grim
Geoffrey Robertshaw conquered it on May 30th, 2014 [from/via/route] Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Elaine [weather] Nice
Mark Bradley scaled on July 7th, 2014 [from/via/route] Fairfield Horshoe Ambleside [with] Janet [weather] Fine, windy on top
Leon Harvey walked up on August 17th, 2014 [from/via/route] c247 Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Solo [weather] Strong winds & biting Rain covered in mist - Which Cairn is the summit (touch all :)
Andy James climbed it during October, 2012 [with] Suzie James
David Noble bagged it on May 9th, 2014 [from/via/route] Rydal [with] Chris [weather] Heavy rain & wind with cloud - Did again on the 20/06/14 sunny weather 3rd time on 10th July with Jack sunny & warm
Michael Vaughn hiked it on June 8th, 2014 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] alone [weather] clear
Bella Wella summited on June 1st, 2014 [with] Paul
Craig Steeland conquered it on May 16th, 2014 [from/via/route] Ambleside as part of Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Sue [weather] Partly sunny, dry & warm
Peter Pain scaled on May 3rd, 2014 [from/via/route] From Ambleside, Rudal Hall, Nab Scar onwards to Hart Crag, Dove Crag to Ambleside completing the Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Lynda Davidson [weather] 7 degrees, cloudy, wind picking up on top of ridge making it feel colder
Clive Ward walked up on May 3rd, 2014 [from/via/route] Road north of Grasmere. Then Seat Sandal, down to Hause before steep climb to Fairfield. [with] Hazel [weather] Cloudy. Cold at top. - We continued towards next peak in horseshoe & thought we got there. Checked when we got back & found we didn't actually do it!
Les Wrightson climbed it on April 19th, 2014 [from/via/route] patterdale [with] tan [weather] good sunny
David Fearn bagged it on April 7th, 2014 [from/via/route] From Ambleside via Rydall Hall, Nab Scar, Heron Pike & Great Rigg as part of the Fairfield Horseshoe (Walk c247) [with] Alone [weather] Rain & low cloud
Lee Maddison hiked it on February 23rd, 2014 [with] Walked with my son
Derek Parkin summited on September 22nd, 2012 [with] lynn parkin
Chris Parris conquered it on March 15th, 2014 [from/via/route] Red Screes, Dove Crag, Hart Crag, return to Grasmere via Great Rigg [with] Andy C, Neil D and Tony R [weather] Cloudy on the tops & ver windy
Steve Frank scaled on April 27th, 2008 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Jackie Frank [weather] Misty
David Baines walked up on June 13th, 2013 [from/via/route] From lay-by near Swan Hotel Grasmere - Heron Pike - Great Rigg. [with] Alone [weather] Bright calm day - The descent from Fairfield summit to Grisedale Hause I found unpleasant. Very steep on lots of loose scree, hard on the knees.
Darren Wilson climbed it on February 23rd, 2013 [from/via/route] Rydal, Heron Pike, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Cragg, Dove Cragg, High Pike & Low Pike [with] Mike Wilson [weather] Windy, snow blizzards wery harsh!
Marcus Bradshaw has bagged it [from/via/route] Fairfield Horseshoe . Started from Ambleside [with] Marcus [weather] Beautiful sunshine at the start of the walk. unfortunately when we reached Fairfield the mist came in so visibility was poor. - The summit was quite confusing but found it in the end with the help of my new wainwright book. Beautiful walk. Apparently it was the chattiest I had ever been lol.
Lee Senior hiked it on October 12th, 2013 [from/via/route] As part of the Fairfield horsehoe -clockwise [with] Andy B [weather] low cloud & strong easterly wind on summit but clear views up to Great Rigg & beyond Dove Crag - We did the route in 7.75 hours
Tim Buckley summited on July 12th, 2010 [from/via/route] Following the Fairfield Horseshoe, completed Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg. Started from Ambleside 8.00am. Completed the walk by 3.00pm - 11 miles [with] Esther and Naomi. [weather] Warm, dry but overcaste - the views were good. - Arrived at the Fairfiled summit at 11.42am - had an early lunch. The top is a large desolate flat plateau. Views of the Hellvelyn range were impressive.
Joanne Mcgawley conquered it on August 16th, 2013 [from/via/route] Ambleside ~ Nab Scar ~ Herons Pike ~ RydaL Fell ~ Great Rigg ~ Fairfield ~ Hart Crag ~ Dove Crah ~ High Pike ~ Low Pike ~ Ambleside [with] Rich [weather] Muggy then windy on tops - 12.06 miles
Ann Davis scaled on July 15th, 2013 [from/via/route] from ambleside via rydal [weather] very hot & sunny ;-)
Angela O'neill walked up on July 3rd, 2013 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] John [weather] Dry & Warm - With Broken Right Hand
John Nicholson climbed it on July 30th, 2010 [from/via/route] Walk C247 - reversed. Ambleside to Low pike first [with] Chris & Bernie [weather] Heavy rain - comming horizontal. Very windy, hill fog. - Never saw any of the views due to fog. Bernie had a miserable time due to poor new boots & waterproof jacket that wasn't !!
James Guest bagged it on June 1st, 2013 [from/via/route] c266 Seat Sandal & Fairfield from Grasmere. Grasmere, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Mill Bridge, Little Tongue, Seat Sandal, Grisedale Tarn, Fairfield, Great Rigg, Stone Arthur, Grasmere [with] Alone [weather] Sunny, Light Winds
Tony Aspden hiked it on June 21st, 2012 [from/via/route] Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Andy [weather] Sunny
Harry Meijer summited on April 19th, 2013 [from/via/route] Fairfield from Patterdale [with] The Lake District Walker
Andrew Martin conquered it on May 6th, 2013 [from/via/route] ambleside [with] myself [weather] sunny below 2000ft thick cloud above
Denis Hoyle scaled on May 5th, 2013 [from/via/route] c247 Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside. [with] Sharon [weather] Wet & mist. - Poor visability.
Christine Knowles walked up on May 2nd, 2013 [from/via/route] Ambleside, Low Pike & High Pike etc. (Fairfield horseshoe) [with] Graham [weather] Beautiful weather. Top quite busy.
Anthony Scott climbed it on September 29th, 2012 [from/via/route] ambleside [with] anthony scott [weather] windy
Steve Gilmore bagged it on March 8th, 2013 [from/via/route] Ambleside, Nab Scar, Great Rigg, Hart Cragg, High & Low Pike (walk c247) [with] Steve Taylor & Ian Matthews-Golledge [weather] On the lower levels it was cool & a little drizzle, getting windier & colder the higher we got. At the top it visibilty was probably about 50 yds or less, Snow on the ground.
Dale Verrall hiked it on October 27th, 2010 [from/via/route] Pater dale - Walk number C235 [weather] Fine with clear skies - Solo walk after a course
Raymond Barnett summited on February 6th, 2013 [from/via/route] ambleside [with] self [weather] cold snow & very very windy - wind blew me off my feet
Jonathan Chitty conquered it during September, 2005 [from/via/route] Rydal - Fairfield - Dove Crag - Rydal [with] Sue Chitty [weather] Windy, cold but sunny
Iain Taylor scaled on January 23rd, 2011 [from/via/route] Rydal (NY 36481 06207)
Paul Carmichael walked up on October 27th, 2012 [from/via/route] walk c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Solo [weather] Glorious, windy & cold
Robert Logan climbed it on September 8th, 2012 [from/via/route] Sykeside Campsite [with] Judith [weather] Low Cloud, drizzle. Brisk breeze on tops. Clearing later to bright sunshine.
Bay Wan has bagged it [from/via/route] Start from Patterdale, via St Sunday Crag & down through Hart Crag [with] Cocoa Pops (the dog) [weather] Sunny, warm, calm & clear
Dave Eyes hiked it on August 23rd, 2010 [from/via/route] Walk up from Swan Inn via Allcock tarn. [with] Christine Eyes [weather] Very cloudy on top. - Needed gps to find exit & then ended up in Ambleside rather than Rydal.
Charlie Housley summited on August 12th, 2012 [from/via/route] From Sweden Bridge as part of the Fairfield Horseshoe. [with] A bunch of geocachers and Wainwright baggers! [weather] Warm & sunny.
Stella Nuttall conquered it on May 25th, 2012 [from/via/route] see st sunday crag
Colin Pomfret scaled on August 24th, 1978 [from/via/route] Rydal & Nab Scar as part of The Fairfield Horseshoe [with] Self [weather] Dull & Misty but Sun later
Chris Bramley walked up on February 26th, 2012 [from/via/route] Fairfield Horsehoe [with] Janet [weather] Cloud - Long tired walk lost on the summit in mist
Deborah Allingham climbed it on March 24th, 2012 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] J [weather] Hot n sunny in March?!
Darren Mortimer bagged it on March 11th, 2012 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Sunny
Darren Gallagher hiked it on March 23rd, 2010 [from/via/route] c247
Andy Nicholls summited on August 31st, 2011 [from/via/route] Ambleside
Jason Aspinall, Stephen Byrne, Katherine Bonner, Andy Dickinson, Neil Smith, Dale Sexton, Patrick Rogozinski, Andrew Thornton, Kevin Whelan, Jonathan Bevan, Karen Lythgoe, Karen Roche, Wendy Sockett, Jim Derby, Jane Wilkinson, Angela Moroney, David Kelley, Adrian Roberts, Jenny Godfrey, Mr M A Blanchard, Simon Ellwood, Peter Walsh, Craig Lewis, Doug Jeffries, Jo Dixon, David Kelley, David Shaw, Amanda Hinds, David Laws, Claire Rigg, Carl Abbott, Edward Wells, Jill Dean, Karen Mountain, Peter O'sullivan, John Grimes, Daniel Cook, Dennis Brown, David Butterfield, Neil Bennett, Michael Nolan, Neil Heywood, Patricia Dilley, Simon Duerden, Colin Egan, Jonathan Tobin, Ian Thomas, Paul Booth, Andrew Buxton, Mark Smith, Peter Clark, Rod Cove, David Buttress, Linda Mckeogh, Trevor Williams, John Powell, Tracey Cordes, Martyn Howarth, Phyllis Mcgibbon, Louise Sandwith, John Buckley, G Philpott, Simon Vandersteen, Chris Pople, Carol Juden, Rob Gurney, Patrick Buckland, Robin Scott, Jeffrey Hall, Carole Walton, Wendy Sockett, Chris Turner, Paul Stevens, John Southward, Stephen Millington, Rob Barklamb, Paul Warren, Robin Blunden, Jeanette Coward, Jacqui Smith, Sam Mercer, Adam Shewry, Matthew Thomas, Ray O'hara, Steve Davenport, Libby Burns and Rebecca Hardy have all walked, climbed & bagged Fairfield.To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Fairfield
The Helvellyn Ridge featuring Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge from Fairfield
*Lakeland panorama featuring a snow-topped Helvellyn (centre left) and Fairfield (centre right) from above Grasmere
The Central Fells and Seat Sandal (right) from the summit of Fairfield
Rays of sun shining through the clouds over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
Steel Fell, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag below Seat Sandal (with Helvellyn and Fairfield in mist beyond) from Tarn Crag summit cairn
Seat Sandel (left) Grisedale Hause & Fairfield (right) from near Goody Bridge on the outskirts of Grasmere
Rydal Head with Fairfield (left) and Hart Crag (right) from Great Rigg
Storms developing over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) from Brownend Plantation, Grisedale
Clouds rolling in over Fairfield (left), Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike from Helvellyn
My wife just below High Pike (Scandale) during a temperature inversion on the Fairfield Horseshoe
*Hayeswater with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Ridges beyond from High Street
Grisedale Tarn in the snow with St Sunday Crag (centre left) and Fairfield (right)
Helm Crag, Seat Sandal, Grisedale Hause, Fairfield, Great Rigg, Stone Arthur, Heron Crag, Nab Scar, Loughrigg and Grasmere above The Pass of Dunmail Raise from the top of High Raven Crag
Rydal Water (centre) with Lake Windermere (top left) and Grasmere (right) from Nab Scar on The Fairfield Horeshoe
St Sunday Crag (left), Fairfield (right) and Grisedale Hause from Seat Sandal
Cofa Pike and Fairfield from High Crag (Helvellyn) with Red Screes in the distance
Easedale Tarn and High Raise (Langdale) with Bow Fell (Bowfell), Gunson Knott, Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Crinkle Crags (South Top) beyond from Fairfield
Steve Taylor and Ian Matthews Golledge looking back over Ambleside & Lake Windermere as we ascended Nab scar and on up to Fairfield
*The Coniston Fells, The Langdale Pikes, High Raise, The Helvellyn Ridge, Fairfield, Seat Sandal, Great Rigg, Heron Pike and finally Loughrigg Fell from Lang How
Looking into the Fairfield Horseshoe from the old intake below the summit of Latterbarrow
*Codale Tarn (left) and Easedale Tarn from the Blea Rigg ridge with Helvellyn (left), Seat Sandal (centre) and Fairfield (right) on the horizon
Sunset on Helvellyn, Fairfield (centre) and Seat Sandal from High Seat (Ashness Fell)
Windermere from Low Pike (Scandale) on the way back down from completing The Fairfield Horseshoe
The Fairfield Horseshoe from the summit of Fairfield with Dove Crag (left), Rydal Beck, Ambleside, Windermere, Nab Scar and Heron Pike (prominent right)
Looking up Grisedale to St Sunday Crag & Fairfield (left), Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike, High Crag (Helvellyn) & Nethermost Pike from below Hole-in-the-Wall
The Helvellyn Ridge featuring: Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise (Helvellyn), White Side, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Dollywaggon Pike, St Sunday Crag, Fairfield, Great Rigg and Heron Pike with Steel Fell (mid distance) and Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag (foreground) from Brownrigg Moss
Chelmsford YHA members on Fairfield looking to Helvellyn, Striding Edge and Catstycam
*Little Langdale with the Langdale Pikes, Helvellyn and Fairfield beyond from Wetherlam
Dunmail Raise and Grasmere Village in the valley with Helvellyn (left), Fairfield (centre) and Seat Scandal, Great Rigg and Heron Pike beyond from Lang How
Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield dominate the skyline beyond Brothers Water
Ruthwaite Lodge (Climbing Hut), upper Grisedale with Fairfield in the background
Heron Pike, Heron Pike (North Top), Great Rigg, Rydal Head and Fairfield from Hart Crag
Seat Sandal (left) Grisedale Hause, Fairfield (centre) and Great Rigg above The Pass of Dunmail Raise from the top of High Raven Crag
Grisedale Tarn, St Sunday Crag and the shoulder of Fairfield from Seat Sandal
Storms brewing over St Sunday Crag (far left), Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
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