Fairfield
873m (2865ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Walk c266 Seat Sandal and Fairfield from Grasmere
Fabulous views - classic Lakeland
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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 - Rydal Head - Great Rigg - Stone Arthur - Grasmere
Walk c358 Seat Sandal, Fairfield and Heron Pike from Grasmere
Fabulous views - classic Lakeland
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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 - Rydal Head - Great Rigg - Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) - Heron Pike - Alcock Tarn - Grasmere
Walk c235 The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale
Quieter alternative to crowded Helvellyn
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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 - Rydal Head - Hart Crag - Blake Brow - Hartsop Above How - Hoggill Brow - Gale Crag - Bleaberry Knott - Cockley How - Bridgend - Patterdale
Walk c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside
A classic lakeland horseshoe walk
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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 (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
Walk c389 Great Rigg, Fairfield and Hart Crag from Ambleside
A variation on a classic route
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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 (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
Walk c230 The Scandale Beck Horizon from Ambleside
Fabulous high level route
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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 (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
Angeline Grieveson walked up Fairfield on February 19th, 2023 [with] Dotty
Sarah Moore climbed Fairfield 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 bagged Fairfield 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
Christine Shepherd hiked Fairfield on May 15th, 2005 [from/via/route] Patterdale Reached this summit again on 19.6.22 when I did the Fairfield Horseshoe for the fifth 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!
Shirley Philips has summited Fairfield [from/via/route] Ambleside
Tony Halliday conquered Fairfield 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 scaled Fairfield on January 15th, 2022 [with] Solo
Geoff Hand walked up Fairfield 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 climbed Fairfield on November 12th, 2021 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Roco [weather] In the cloud & freezing
Carl Tillotson bagged Fairfield on August 26th, 2021 [from/via/route] Route 266 [with] June [weather] Sunny, very wind at top of Seat Sandal & Fairfield
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of 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
My wife just below High Pike (Scandale) during a temperature inversion on the Fairfield Horseshoe
Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield dominate the skyline beyond Brothers Water
Rays of sun shining through the clouds over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
Easedale Tarn and High Raise (Langdale) with Bow Fell (Bowfell), Gunson Knott, Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Crinkle Crags (South Top) beyond from Fairfield
Steel Fell, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag below Seat Sandal (with Helvellyn and Fairfield in mist beyond) from Tarn Crag summit cairn
Grisedale Tarn, St Sunday Crag and the shoulder of Fairfield from Seat Sandal
The Fairfield Horseshoe from the summit of Fairfield with Dove Crag (left), Rydal Beck, Ambleside, Windermere, Nab Scar and Heron Pike (prominent right)
*Hayeswater with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Ridges beyond from High Street
Chelmsford YHA members on Fairfield looking to Helvellyn, Striding Edge and Catstycam
Heron Pike, Heron Pike (North Top), Great Rigg, Rydal Head and Fairfield from Hart Crag
*Lakeland panorama featuring a snow-topped Helvellyn (centre left) and Fairfield (centre right) from above Grasmere
Storms developing over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) from Brownend Plantation, Grisedale
St Sunday Crag (left), Fairfield (right) and Grisedale Hause from Seat Sandal
The Helvellyn Ridge featuring Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge from Fairfield
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
Windermere from Low Pike (Scandale) on the way back down from completing The Fairfield Horseshoe
Storms brewing over St Sunday Crag (far left), Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
*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
Rydal Head with Fairfield (left) and Hart Crag (right) from Great Rigg
Rydal Water (centre) with Lake Windermere (top left) and Grasmere (right) from Nab Scar on The Fairfield Horeshoe
Clouds rolling in over Fairfield (left), Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike from Helvellyn
Seat Sandel (left) Grisedale Hause & Fairfield (right) from near Goody Bridge on the outskirts of Grasmere
The Helevllyn 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
Looking into the Fairfield Horseshoe from the old intake below the summit of Latterbarrow
Cofa Pike and Fairfield from High Crag (Helvellyn) with Red Screes in the distance
*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)
The Central Fells and Seat Sandal (right) from the summit of Fairfield
Ruthwaite Lodge (Climbing Hut), upper Grisedale with Fairfield in the background
Seat Sandal (left) Grisedale Hause, Fairfield (centre) and Great Rigg above The Pass of Dunmail Raise from the top of High Raven Crag
Steve Taylor and Ian Matthews Golledge looking back over Ambleside & Lake Windermere as we ascended Nab scar and on up to Fairfield
Looking up Grisedale to St Sunday Crag & Fairfield (left), Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike, High Crag (Helvellyn) & Nethermost Pike from below Hole-in-the-Wall
Grisedale Tarn in the snow with St Sunday Crag (centre left) and Fairfield (right)
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