Our 2018 Challenege Book
"Fellwalking with a Camera at 30" is now available.
is now available. The book records members’ walks to
find the location of over 80 of AW’s drawings and
shows the original drawings by AW and the
corresponding views captured by the Challengers. There
is a limited edition of 200 copies only. Click
here for more details.
The 2019 Wainwright Society
calendar has sold out - Thanks go to everyone
who purchased calendars and a substantial sum has been
raised for the Great North Air Ambulance. Final
details of the amount raised will be posted in 2019.
It is anticipated that the 2020 calendar will go on
sale in July 2019.
The 2019 Challenge - On the
Lakeland Mountain Passes - This coming year is
the 30th anniversary of the publication of Wainwright
on the Lakeland Mountain Passes and the Society
is celebrating this event by asking members to walk
through (or to) the mountain passes and hauses
featured in Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain
Passesmore...
The
Society's main beneficiary for 2019 - The
Wainwright Society is delighted to announce that the Blencathra
Centre will be the main beneficiary of funds
raised by the Society in 2019 more...
Special Offer
for Members to use the Bowderstone Bothy - The
Society has arranged for members to be able to stay in
two bunk house type properties run by the Lake
District Calvert Trust, one of which is the
Bowderstone Bothy which we helped fund the cost of
refurbishing as our main beneficiary in 2016 more...
Off-roading
in Little Langdale - The Society’s letter
written to the Lake District NPA about off-roading by
recreational vehicles in Little Langdale more...
2018
Annual General Meeting - Thirty-four members
attended the fifteenth Annual General Meeting of The
Wainwright Society on Saturday 17 March 2018. Read
here.
2017 Challenge Book -
Our 2017 Challenge Book ‘The Far Eastern Fells
Anniversary Challenge’ is now available. The book
includes walks undertaken by members as part of the
Challenge to over 75 locations and includes members’
photographs and walk reports. This is a limited
edition of 200 copies only. Click
here for more details.
The
Society’s main beneficiary for 2018 - The
Wainwright Society is delighted to announce that the Great
North Air Ambulance Service will be the main
beneficiary of funds raised by the Society in 2018 more...
The 2018 Challenge:
Fellwalking with a Camera at 30 - This coming
year is the 30th anniversary of the publication of
Fellwalking with a Camera and the Society is
celebrating this event by asking members to go for a
walk that includes the viewpoint for one of AW’s
sketches more...
Kirby
Moor Wind Farm - The Society’s response to the
proposed time extension for the Kirby Moor Wind Farm
can be read here
The
Lakeland Book of the Year 2017 – The Society is
delighted to report that Encounters with Wainwright
was placed in Runner-up position in this prestigious
book prize more…
Completers Certificates
are now available to members who have
undertaken the walks in AW’s Walks in Limestone
Country, Walks on the Howgill Fells or
have completed the Coast to Coast Walk. These are in
addition to the existing certificates for those who
have completed the 214 fells or have climbed the fells
in The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Also
available are badges for 214 and Outlying Fells
Completers. Before applying for these certificates or
badges, members must have submitted their completion
details for inclusion on the respective Completion
Register(s). Click
here for full information.