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Bill Birkett - an authority on his native Lakeland Fells

Guided walks and photography courses in the Lake District with prizewinning and best selling photographic book author Bill Birkett. His numerous books include A Year In The Life of the Langdale Valley, A Year in the Life of Buttermere, Scafell - Portrait of a Mountain.

The 1,000ft plus tops listed by Bill in Complete Lakeland Fells are now widely known as The Birkett’s.

Buy signed copies of Bill Birkett's "Walk the Lakes" books here

Walk the Lakes

Since 2009 BB Publishing has been releasing the Walk the Lakes with Bill Birkett series of invaluable guides to the Lakes. Starting with the popular Walk the Langdales published in 2009, 2011 & 2012, Walk Ambleside, Rydal and Grasmere published in 2010, Walk Windermere and Hawkshead in 2012, followed by Walk Borrowdale and Keswick in 2013.

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Welcome 

I live amongst the fells in the English Lake District. What I get excited about is out there every time I look outside my bedroom window each morning. 

©Bill Birkett Millbeck Farm, Great Langdale beneath Langdale PikesI love the natural landscape, wild places and in particular the mountains. To be amongst them, climb them, walk them, listen to them, with the free wind on my face and the sun on my back, to photograph and write about them is all I ever wanted. 
So my photography and my writing is all about a passion, a life long love affair, with the hills. Everything I’ve done comes from that. 
This website is designed to show you something of my work, tell you what’s going on in my life, and share a little of the passion with you. 


"True Stories of the Fells" - Dave & Bill Birkett Talk

An entertaining, illustrated and characteristically chatty evening covering the Birkett family’s (4 generations) involvement with the crags, climbing, walking and living in the Lakeland Fells.

Tuesday 5th February 2013
Talk starts: 8.00pm – doors open 7.30pm – bar available 
Venue: The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Tickets: £10 from Kirkgate Box Office 01900 826448 

Keswick Mountaineering Club 
Supporting Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team

Affiliated to the BMC Hon. Patron: Sir Chris Bonington CVO CBE DL

 

Live Webcam

See how Little Langdale looks live via the Three Shires Inn Webcam.

 

New books in the Walk the Lakes series -


Writing and photography

Every month, Bill writes and photographs the walking section for Cumbria Life Magazine.
He continues to write numerous articles and supplies photos for:

Cumbria Magazine, CNN Traveller, Climber, Climb, On the Edge, High, Kendal Book Festival, Kendal Mountaineering Library Collection and more.