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Fairfield

Overview

Height:	2,863 Feet - 873 Metres
Grid Ref:	NY 358 117
Area:	Eastern
Group:	C/FAR
Ordnance Survey:	OL5
Wainwright Guidebook:	One
	The whole mass constitutes a single geographical unit and the main summit Is Fairfield, a grand mountain with grand satellites in support. No group of fells in the district exhibits a more striking contrast on appearance when surveyed from opposite sides than this lofty Fairfield group.

Map and Photo Gallery

Cofa Pike, Fairfield and Gawk Cove from Deepdale Hause.

Fairfield from Grisedale Hause.

Link Hause.

Green How End, Cofa Pike and Deepdale Hause from Deepdale.

Fairfield, Great Rigg and Seat Sandale seen over Grisedale Tarn.

The Step, Fairfield.

Fairfield from Great Rigg.

Looking east over a cloud inversion from Fairfield summit.

There are 25 walks to choose from including Fairfield

Boxing Day on Fairfield

		26th December 2023
ASCENT:		2,694 Feet - 821 Metres
MILES:		6.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		3, Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield
AVERAGE PACE:		A591 - Greenhead Gill - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Grisedale Hause - Hause Gap - Hause Moss - Tongue Gill - A591

Fairfield & Seat Sandal from Grasmere

		17th June 2023
ASCENT:		3,176 Feet - 968 Metres
MILES:		6.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Seat Sandal
AVERAGE PACE:		A591 - Greenhead Gill - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Grisedale Hause - Seat Sandal - Seat Sandal South Ridge - Tongue Gill - Mill Bridge - A591

Fairfield via The Step

		13th October 2022
ASCENT:		3,015 Feet - 919 Metres
MILES:		8
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Fairfield - St Sunday Crag
ROUTE:		Deepdale Bridge – Wallend – Deepdale – Mossydale – Link Cove – The Step – Link Hause - Fairfield – Cofa Pike – Deepdale Hause - St Sunday Crag - Gavel Pike - Lord's Seat - Coldcove Gill - Deepdale - Deepdale Bridge

Fairfield & Seat Sandal from Grasmere

		2nd October 2022
ASCENT:		3,176 Feet - 968 Metres
MILES:		6.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Seat Sandal
ROUTE:		A591 - Greenhead Gill - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Grisedale Hause - Seat Sandal - Seat Sandal South Ridge - Tongue Gill - Mill Bridge - A591

The Fairfield Horseshoe

		17th April 2022
ASCENT:		3,356 Feet - 1,024 Metres
MILES:		10
WAINWRIGHTS:		8, Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike - Low Pike
ROUTE:		Pelter Bridge - A591 - Rydal Mount - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Rydal Fell - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Link Hause - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike - Low Pike - Low Sweden Bridge - Rydal Park - Rydal Mount - A591 - Pelter Bridge

Fairfield & Seat Sandal from Grasmere

		10th October 2021
ASCENT:		3,176 Feet - 968 Metres
MILES:		6.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Seat Sandal
ROUTE:		A591 - Greenhead Gill - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Grisedale Hause - Seat Sandal - Seat Sandal South Ridge - Tongue Gill - Mill Bridge - A591

Almost Fairfield from Grasmere

		10th October 2020
ASCENT:		2,947 Feet - 899 Metres
MILES:		6.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Stone Arthur - Great Rigg
ROUTE:		A591 - Michael's Nook - Greenhead Gill - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield (almost) - Great Rigg - Grains Gill - Rowantree Gill - Alcock Tarn - Michael's Nook - A591

The Deepdale Horseshoe

		1st August 2020
ASCENT:		3,267 Feet - 997 Metres
MILES:		7.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Hartsop above Howe - Hart Crag - Fairfield - St Sunday Crag
ROUTE:		Deepdale Bridge - Gale Crag - Hartsop above Howe - Hart Crag - Link Hause - Fairfield - Cofa Pike - St Sunday Crag - Gavel Pike - Lords Seat - Deepdale - Deepdale Bridge

Walking the Birketts, Over Seat Sandal to Fairfield

		14th October 2018
ASCENT:		2,862 Feet - 873 Metres
MILES:		6.2
BIRKETTS:		4, Seat Sandal - Fairfield - Great Rigg - Stone Arthur
ROUTE:		Mill Bridge - Tongue Gill - Seat Sandal South Ridge - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Hause - Fairfield - Great Rigg - Stone Arthur - Brackenwife Knotts - Tongue Gill - Mill Bridge

Walking the Birketts, Deepdale Horseshoe

		14th April 2018
ASCENT:		3,521 Feet - 1,073 Metres
MILES:		9.5
BIRKETTS:		9, Arnison Crag - Birks - Gavel Pike - St Sunday Crag - Cofa Pike - Fairfield - Hart Crag - Giil Crag (Hartsop above How) - Gale Crag
ROUTE:		Patterdale - Oxford Crag - Arnison Crag - Trough Head - Birks - Gavel Pike - St Sunday Crag - Deepdale Hause - Cofa Pike - Fairfield - Link Hause - Hart Crag - Giil Crag (Hartsop above How) - Gale Crag - Deepdale Bridge - Patterdale

Fairfield from Grasmere

		13th January 2018
ASCENT:		2,906 Feet - 886 Metres
MILES:		6.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		3, Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield
ROUTE:		A591 - Greenhead Gill - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Hause Gap - Tongue Gill - Mill Bridge - A591

Fairfield via Rydal Head

		28th May 2017
ASCENT:		3,763 Feet - 1,146Metres
MILES:		10.3
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Fairfield - Seat Sandal
ROUTE:		A591 - Grasmere - Rydal Coffin Route - Rydal - Rydal Valley - Rydal Beck - Rydal Head - Link Hause - Fairfield - Grisedale Hause - Seat Sandal - Seat Sandal South Ridge - Mill Bridge - A591

Fairfield via Deepdale and The Step

		15th April 2017
ASCENT:		3,627 Feet - 1,106 Metres
MILES:		10
WAINWRIGHTS:		3, Fairfield - St Sunday Crag - Birks
ROUTE:		Deepdale Bridge – Wallend – Deepdale – Mossydale – Link Cove – The Step – Link Hause - Fairfield – Cofa Pike – St Sunday Crag – Birks – Thornhow End – Patterdale – Rooking – Deepdale Bridge

Helvellyn to Stone Arthur

		3rd December 2016
ASCENT:		3,913 Feet - 1,192 Meters
MILES:		8.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		6, Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - Dollywagon Pike - Fairfield - Great Rigg - Stone Arthur
ROUTE:		Swirls - Browncove Crags - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag - Dollywagon Pike - Grisedale Tarn - Grisedale Hause - Fairfield - Great Rigg - Stone Arthur- Greenhead Gill - Michael's Nook - A591

Into the great wide open, Fairfield from Dunmail Raise

		30th October 2016
ASCENT:		3,404 - 1,038 Meters
MILES:		8.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Seat Sandal - Fairfield - Great Rigg - Stone Arthur
ROUTE:		Dunmail Raise - Seat Sandal - Grisdale Tarn - Grisdale Hause - Fairfield - Great Rigg - Stone Arthur - Greenhead Gill - Michael's Nook - A591 - Dunmail Raise

A Deepdale Horseshoe

		8th October 2016
ASCENT:		3,448 Feet - 1,051 Meters
MILES:		10.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		6, Arnison Crag - Birks - St Sunday Crag - Fairfield - Hart Crag - Hartsop above How
ROUTE:		Patterdale - Arnison Crag - Trough Head - Birks - St Sunday Crag - Deepdale Hause - Cofa Pike - Fairfield - Hart Crag - Hartsop Above How - Deepdale Bridge - A592 – Patterdale

Walking the Wainwrights in 30 Walks - Walk 3 The Fairfield Horseshoe

		14th February 2016
ASCENT:		4,436 Feet - 1'352 Meters
MILES:		13
WAINWRIGHTS:		9, Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike - Low Pike
ROUTE:		Pelter Bridge - A591 - Rydal Mount - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Greenhead Gill - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike - Low Pike - Low Sweden Copice - Rydal Park - Rydal Mount - A591 - Pelter Bridge

The Harry Griffin 2,000 footers Walk 17 -The Fairfield Horseshoe

		20th June 2015
ASCENT:		3,558 Feet - 1,085 Metres
MILES:		11.3
SUMMITS OVER 2,000 Ft:		10, Dove Crag - Hart Crag - Fairfield - Great Rigg - Rydal Fell (NY 356 095) - Rydal Fell (NY 356 093) Rydal Fell (NY 356 092) - Rydal Fell (NY 356 091) - Erne Crag - Heron Pike
ROUTE:		Miller Bridge – Rothay Park – Ambleside – Nook Lane - Nook End Farm - Low Sweden Bridge - Low Pike - High Pike – Dove Crag – Hart Crag – Link Hause – Fairfield – Great Rigg – Heron Pike – Erne Crag - Nab Scar – Rydal Hall – Rydal Park – Scandale Bridge – Ambleside – Miller Bridge

An alternative Fairfield Horseshoe

		29th November 2014
ASCENT:		4,500 Feet – 1,372 Meters
MILES:		13.8
WAINWRIGHTS:		8, Red Screes – Little Hart Crag – Dove Crag – Hart Crag – Fairfield – Great Rigg – Heron Pike – Nab Scar
ROUTE:		Miller Bridge – Rothay Park – Ambleside – Kirkstone Road – Snarker Pike – Red Screes – Scandale Pass – Little Hart Crag – Bakestones Moss – Dove Crag – Hart Crag – Link Hause – Fairfield – Great Rigg – Heron Pike – Nab Scar – Rydal Hall – Rydal Park – Scandale Bridge – Ambleside – Miller Bridge

A Grisedale Horseshoe via Striding Edge

		13th September 2013
ASCENT:		4,934 Feet – 1,540 Meters
MILES:		11.8
WAINWRIGHTS:		8, Helvellyn – Nethermost Pike – Dollywagon Pike – Seat Sandal – Fairfield – St Sunday Crag – Birks – Arnison Crag
ROUTE:		Patterdale – Grisedale – Striding Edge – Helvellyn – Nethermost Pike – High Crag – Dollywagon Pike – Grisedale Tarn – Seat Sandal – Grisedale Hause – Fairfield – Cofa Pike – Deepdale Hause – St Sunday Crag – Birks – Trough Head – Arnison Crag – Oxford Crag – Patterdale

Fairfield to Nab Scar via Little Tongue Gill

		16th February 2014
ASCENT:		2,683 Feet, 818 Meters
MILES:		7.8
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Fairfield – Great Rigg – Heron Pike – Nab Scar
ROUTE:		A591 – Mill Bridge – Little Tongue Gill – Hause Riggs – Hause Moss – Grisedale Hause – Fairfield – Great Rigg – Heron Pike – Nab Scar – Alcock Tarn – Forest Side Plantation – Michaels Nook – A591 – Mill Bridge

The Deepdale Horseshoe

		8th September 2013
ASCENT:		3,450 Ft, 1,052 Meters
MILES:		10.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		5, Birks – St Sunday Crag – Fairfield – Hart Crag – Hartsop Above How
ROUTE:		Bridgend – A592 – Glenamara Park – Thornhow End – Birks – St Sunday Crag – Deepdale Hause – Cofa Pike – Fairfield – Link Hause – Hart Crag – Hartsop Above How – Gale Crag – Bridgend

The Fairfield Horseshoe

		28th May 2011
ASCENT:		3,420 Feet
MILES:		9
WAINWRIGHTS:		8, Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike (Scandale) & Low Pike
ROUTE:

St Sunday Crag

		18th April 2010
ASCENT:		873 Mtrs 2,863 Ft
MILES:		9.9
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Seat Sandal, Fairfield, St Sunday Crag, Birks
ROUTE:

Fairfield

		17th January 2009
ASCENT:		873 Mtrs 2863 ft
MILES:		xxx
WAINWRIGHTS:		3 Stone Arthur,Great Rigg,Fairfield
ROUTE:		xxxx