The six regions
Six mountain regions hold everything on the British side of this site. The high points run from Kinder Scout at 636m to Ben Nevis at 1,345m, and a day out in one is not a day out in the other.
The Alps have a section of their own.
The Lake District
Scafell Pike, 978 m
England's highest ground, and the 214 fells Wainwright described.
- 2,629 to stay
- 19 bases
- 25 walks
- 6 viewpoints
- 3 adventure
- 4 trips
Eryri (Snowdonia)
Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), 1085 m
The highest mountains south of the Highlands, with Cardigan Bay along their western edge.
- 1,516 to stay
- 12 bases
- 22 walks
- 4 viewpoints
- 3 adventure
- 3 trips
The Peak District
Kinder Scout, 636 m
Gritstone edges and limestone dales, within an hour's travel of a third of England and Wales.
- 1,063 to stay
- 10 bases
- 14 walks
- 5 viewpoints
- 2 adventure
- 3 trips
The Yorkshire Dales
Whernside, 736 m
Limestone scars, the Three Peaks and the long green dales between them.
- 701 to stay
- 10 bases
- 12 walks
- 2 viewpoints
Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)
Pen y Fan, 886 m
Red sandstone escarpments, the highest ground in South Wales, and the waterfalls below them.
- 427 to stay
- 6 bases
- 8 walks
Scotland
Ben Nevis, 1345 m
Britain's biggest mountains, and the only ones that keep snow into summer.
- 1,992 to stay
- 19 bases
- 42 walks
- 5 viewpoints
- 4 adventure
- 4 trips