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'''Orrest Head''' is a [[fell]] in the [[Lake District]] on the eastern shores of [[Lake Windermere]]. It is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells of the English Lake District - and the first fell he climbed. On the summit is a panorama naming the key visible fells which include the [[Old Man of Coniston]], [[Scafell Pike]] and [[Fairfield]].
'''Orrest Head''' is a [[fell]] in the [[Lake District]] on the eastern shores of [[Lake Windermere]]. It is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells of the English Lake District - and the first fell he climbed. On the summit is a panorama naming the key visible fells which include the [[Old Man of Coniston]], [[Scafell Pike]] and [[Fairfield (Lake District)|Fairfield]].


Orrest Head is typically climbed directly from Windermere near the station. Access is made via a road which reaches most of the way to the summit.
Orrest Head is typically climbed directly from Windermere near the station. Access is made via a road which reaches most of the way to the summit.

Revision as of 18:58, 13 August 2007

Orrest Head is a fell in the Lake District on the eastern shores of Lake Windermere. It is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells of the English Lake District - and the first fell he climbed. On the summit is a panorama naming the key visible fells which include the Old Man of Coniston, Scafell Pike and Fairfield.

Orrest Head is typically climbed directly from Windermere near the station. Access is made via a road which reaches most of the way to the summit.

View towards Lake Windermere from Orrest Head Summit - November 2006