Meaning & use
fellwalking
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Meaning
noununcountableBritish
The activity of walking in the hills or mountains, especially in northern England.
Grammar: Uncountable; used like 'hiking' or 'walking': 'Fellwalking is popular here.'
Patterns
- go fellwalking
- fellwalking in the Lake District
- a fellwalking holiday
Fellwalking is a popular pastime in the Lake District.
They spent the weekend fellwalking in the hills.
She bought a new pair of boots for fellwalking.
Common combinations
- go fellwalking
- We often go fellwalking on Sundays.
- fellwalking holiday
- They booked a fellwalking holiday in the Lakes.
- fellwalking guide
- He wrote a fellwalking guide for beginners.
- fellwalking boots
- You need good fellwalking boots for these paths.
Synonyms and how they differ
- hillwalking
- A more general term used across the UK; 'fellwalking' is specific to the fells of northern England.
- hiking
- The general word for long walks in the countryside; 'fellwalking' is a regional, more specialized term.
Word family
- fell noun
- A hill or mountain, especially in northern England.
- fellwalker noun
- A person who goes fellwalking.
Commonly confused: fellwalking or fell?
fellwalking vs fell
As a verb, 'fell' means to cut down a tree; as a noun, it means a hill. 'Fellwalking' comes from the noun.
Practice
Where would you most likely go fellwalking?
Choose one answer.
'Fellwalking' means walking in the fells (hills), especially in northern England, so the Lake District is the correct setting. The other options describe places without hills or fells.
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