A. Wainwright (1907–1991)

Author of A Coast to Coast Walk: A Pictorial Guide

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About the Author

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This author is Alfred Wainwright, almost always identified as A. Wainwright, the British author of walking guidebooks and sketchbooks of Great Britain. If the author of your book is not this person, please re-enter the full name in the author box instead of the surname and first initial only. Then your book will show up on the correct author page. Thank you for your help.

Image credit: Photo by Julian Thurgood, Visit Cumbria

Series

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Second Edition

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells Walkers Edition

Wainwright Maps of the Lakeland Fells

Lakeland Sketchbook

Scottish mountain drawings

Lakeland mountain drawings

Works by A. Wainwright

Popular Recent

A Coast to Coast Walk: A Pictorial Guide (1973) 134 copies, 2 reviews

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 4: The Southern Fells (1960) 124 copies

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 1: The Eastern Fells (1955) 124 copies, 1 review

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 7: The Western Fells (1966) 121 copies

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 3: The Central Fells (1958) 120 copies

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 5: The Northern Fells (1962) 101 copies

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 6: The North Western Fells (1964) 96 copies, 2 reviews

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 2: The Far Eastern Fells (1957) 95 copies

Fellwalking with Wainwright: 18 of the Author's Favourite Walks in Lakeland (1984) 77 copies

Wainwright in Scotland (1988) 69 copies

Pennine Way Companion (1976) 66 copies, 1 review

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland (1974) 55 copies

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (Boxed Set) (2003) 53 copies

Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk (1987) 51 copies

A Pennine Journey: The Story of a Long Walk in 1938 (1986) 40 copies, 1 review

Wainwright on the Pennine Way (1985) 38 copies, 1 review

Wainwright's Favourite Lakeland Mountains (1991) 36 copies

Walks in limestone country (1970) — Illustrator — 35 copies, 1 review

Lakeland Fells, Second Edition, Book 4: The Southern Fells (2007) 32 copies

Wainwright in the Limestone Dales (1991) 31 copies

Memoirs of a Fellwanderer (1993) 31 copies, 1 review

The Best of Wainwright (2004) 30 copies

Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland (1992) 29 copies, 1 review

Lakeland Fells, Second Edition, Book 3: The Central Fells (2006) 29 copies

Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes (1989) 26 copies

Walks on the Howgill Fells and Adjoining Fells (1972) — Illustrator — 26 copies

Lakeland Fells, Second Edition, Book 1: The Eastern Fells (2005) 26 copies

The Complete Pictorial Guides by Alfred Wainwright (2008) 21 copies

Coast to Coast with Wainwright (2009) 20 copies

Lakeland Fells, Second Edition, Book 6: The North Western Fells (2008) 19 copies

Lakeland Fells, Second Edition, Book 7: The Western Fells (2009) 17 copies

Fellwanderer; the story behind the guidebooks (1966) 17 copies, 1 review

Lakeland Fells, Second Edition, Book 5: The Northern Fells (2008) 17 copies, 1 review

A Lakeland Sketchbook (1969) 14 copies

A Walker's Notebook (2007) 14 copies

Walks from Ratty: Some of the Walks that can be Enjoyed by using the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (1986) 12 copies

Ex-Fellwanderer: A Thanksgiving (1987) 11 copies

A Fourth Lakeland Sketchbook (2006) 11 copies

Wainwright's Tour in the Lake District (1993) 10 copies

The Wainwright Memorial Walk (1998) 10 copies, 1 review

The Wainwright Letters (2011) 10 copies

The Hunting of Wilberforce Pike (1970) — Illustrator — 9 copies

Wainwright's Walking Guides to the Lake District Book 4: The Southern Fells (Walkers Edition) (2017) 9 copies

Old Roads of Eastern Lakeland (1985) 9 copies

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, Second Edition (2011) 8 copies

Wainwright's Lakeland (1994) 8 copies

Wainwright's Walking Guides to the Lake District Book 1: The Eastern Fells (Walkers Edition) (2015) 8 copies

Scratch & Co.: The Great Cat Expedition (1968) — Illustrator — 8 copies

Wainwright Maps of the Lakeland Fells: Map 4, The Southern Fells (1996) 7 copies

Wainwright's Walking Guides to the Lake District Book 3: The Central Fells (Walkers Edition) (2016) 7 copies

Twelve Favourite Mountains (2007) 7 copies

Wainwright's TV Walks (2007) 6 copies

Wainwright Maps of the Lakeland Fells: Map 3, The Central Fells (2000) 6 copies

Wainwright's Walking Guides to the Lake District Book 2: The Far Eastern Fells (Walkers Edition) (2015) 6 copies

Wainwright Maps of the Lakeland Fells: Map 7, The Western Fells (1998) 6 copies

A Fifth Lakeland Sketchbook (2006) 5 copies

The Walker's Log Book, Volume Two (1993) 5 copies

Wainwright's Coast To Coast Walk (2017) 5 copies

Wainwright Maps of the Lakeland Fells: Map 6, The North Western Fells (1996) 5 copies

Wainwright's TV Walks Second Edition (2010) 5 copies

Wainwright: The Podcasts: Eight Lakeland Walks with Wainwright (Wainwright Podcasts) (2008) 5 copies

A Second Lakeland Sketchbook (2004) 5 copies

Scottish Mountain Drawings: The Western Highlands (2006) 5 copies

Wainwright Maps of the Lakeland Fells: Map 2, The Far Eastern Fells (1997) 4 copies

Wainwright Maps of the Lakeland Fells: Map 5, The Northern Fells (1999) 4 copies

Scottish Mountain Drawings, Volume 1: The Northern Highlands (1991) 4 copies

An Eden Sketchbook (Wainwright) (1991) 4 copies

Favourite Mountain Walks (2007) 4 copies

Westmorland Heritage (1988) 4 copies

The Walker's Log Book, Volume One (1993) 4 copies

A Third Lakeland Sketchbook (1971) 4 copies

Wainwright Maps of the Lakeland Fells: Map 1, The Eastern Fells (1997) 4 copies

Scottish Mountain Drawings, Volume 6: The Islands (2006) 3 copies

Wainwright's Walking Guides to the Lake District Book 7: The Western Fells (Walkers Edition) (2020) 3 copies

Wainwright's Walking Guides to the Lake District Book 5: The Northern Fells (Walkers Edition) (2018) 3 copies

For Those Who Love the Hills: Quotations from Wainwright's "Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells" (1994) 3 copies

Lakeland Mountain Drawings. Volume One / 1 2 copies

Ribble Sketchbook (1980) 2 copies

A Dales Sketchbook 2 copies

A Furness Sketchbook (1978) 2 copies

Wainwright's Walking Guides to the Lake District Book 6: The North Western Fells (Walkers Edition) (2019) 2 copies

Walks in Limestone Country, second edition (2014) 2 copies

A South Wales Sketchbook (1983) 2 copies

Fell Walking with a Camera (1988) 2 copies

Lakeland Fells, Second Edition, Box Set (2011) 2 copies

A Wyre Sketchbook 1 copy

Wainwright Pictorial Guides To The Lakeland Fells (2023) 1 copy

A Second Dales Sketchbook 1 copy, 1 review

Long Distance Walker's Notebook (Wainwright) (2011) 1 copy

Wainwright in Lakeland (1985) 1 copy

A. Wainwright diary 2019 (2018) 1 copy

Scottish mountain drawings, volume Four: the Central Highlands (1977) 1 copy

A. Wainwright Desk Diary 2018 (2017) 1 copy

A second Furness sketchbook 1 copy

Scottish Mountain Drawings: The Eastern Highlands (1978) 1 copy

Scottish mountain drawings (1974) 1 copy

Scottish mountain drawings, volume two, the North-Western Highlands (1975) 1 copy

A. Wainwright Diary 2008 (2007) 1 copy

The Wainwright Notebook 1 copy

Welsh Mountain Drawings [Mountain Drawing Series Number Two] (1981) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Wainwright, Alfred
Birthdate: 1907-01-17
Date of death: 1991-01-20
Burial location: Haystacks, Lake District, England, UK
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Places of residence: Kendal, Cumbria, England, UK
Occupations: fell walker
guidebook writer
illustrator
accountant
Awards and honors: MBE
Disambiguation notice: This author is Alfred Wainwright, almost always identified as A. Wainwright, the British author of walking guidebooks and sketchbooks of Great Britain. If the author of your book is not this person, please re-enter the full name in the author box instead of the surname and first initial only. Then your book will show up on the correct author page. Thank you for your help.

Members

Reviews

Fellwanderer. The story behind the guidebooks.… by Alfred Wainwright

A wonderful book for looking at, reading, and remembering.; and beautifully illustrated by the author's characteristic drawings, which to me, give a clearer idea of the nature of the fells than any photograph.

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