This set of pages seeks to record the history of the Wainwrights Round. I very much welcome comments, corrections and additions. Please use the contact form or email me at peterwmcdonald <AT> gmail.com

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A pdf document of all the information on these pages is available here

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How did we get from Wainwrights' seven pictorial guides to the most testing endurance challenge in the Lake District? This section explains how the 214 Wainwrights fells became a continuous traverse - from the 1970s and 1980s to the current modern-day interest in the round

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Summary table of all attempts and records, and two summary charts. The first shows moving and rest time for the record holders; the second shows cumulative progress over the 214 fells​

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This page describes all the people who have attempted the continuous traverse with support, including the record-holders of Alan Heaton, Joss Naylor, Steve Birkinshaw, Paul Tierney, Sabrina Verjee and John Kelly

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This page describes all the people who have attempted the continuous traverse with different degrees of independence, including solo, self-supported and fully unsupported rounds