ALFRED WAINWRIGHT
The Man Who Mapped the Fells
Alfred Wainwright (1907–1991) was a British fellwalker, illustrator, and author best known for his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, a series of hand-drawn, hand-written guidebooks that have become legendary among hillwalkers.
He dedicated over a decade of his life meticulously documenting the 214 fells (hills and mountains) of the Lake District, each one carefully sketched, mapped, and described in his unmistakable
pen-and-ink style. These fells are now affectionately known as “The Wainwrights”, and for many, completing all 214 is a rite of passage and a deep personal journey through some of England’s most breathtaking landscapes.
But Wainwright’s relationship with the fells was never about completion or conquest. He walked to observe, to reflect, and to understand. In his book Fellwanderer, he distilled this way of moving through the landscape, attentive to solitude, stillness, and the subtle moods of the hills.
Fellwanderers is rooted in this same outlook. The name reflects a way of being in the Lake District. Wandering rather than striving, noticing rather than passing through. Each print is shaped by time spent in the landscape — watching light break over ridgelines, mist settle in valleys, and weather transform familiar ground into something momentarily unique.
These framed prints are not records of summits reached, but responses to place. They are made for those who feel the quiet pull of the fells, who find meaning in the spaces between the peaks, and who carry the landscape with them long after they’ve left it behind.