Complete Bibliography
Guidebooks
A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
- Book 1: The Eastern Fells (1955)
- Book 2: The Far Eastern Fells (1957)
- Book 3: The Central Fells (1958)
- Book 4: The Southern Fells (1960)
- Book 5: The Northern Fells (1962)
- Book 6: The North Western Fells (1964)
- Book 7: The Western Fells (1966)
- Pennine Way Companion (1968)
- Walks in Limestone Country (1970)
- Walks on the Howgill Fells (1972)
- A Coast to Coast Walk (1973)
- The Outlying Fells of Lakeland (1974)
- Walks from Ratty (1978)
- Old Roads of Eastern Lakeland (1985)
Books of drawings
- A Lakeland Sketchbook (1969)
- A Second Lakeland Sketchbook (1970)
- A Third Lakeland Sketchbook (1971)
- A Fourth Lakeland Sketchbook (1972)
- A Fifth Lakeland Sketchbook (1973)
- Westmorland Heritage (1974)
- Scottish Mountain Drawings (6 vols, 1974–1978)
- A Dales Sketchbook (1976)
- Kendal in the 19th Century (1977)
- A Second Dales Sketchbook (1978)
- A Furness Sketchbook (1978)
- A Second Furness Sketchbook (1979)
- Three Westmorland Rivers (1979)
- A Lune Sketchbook (1980)
- A Ribble Sketchbook (1980)
- An Eden Sketchbook (1980)
- Lakeland Mountain Drawings (5 vols, 1980–1984)
- A Bowland Sketchbook (1981)
- Welsh Mountain Drawings (1981)
- A Wyre Sketchbook (1982)
- A North Wales Sketchbook (1982)
- A South Wales Sketchbook (1983)
- A Peak District Sketchbook (1984)
Autobiographical works
- Fellwanderer: The Story Behind the Guidebooks (1966)
- Ex-Fellwanderer (1987)
- A Pennine Journey: The Story of a Long Walk in 1938 (1987)
- Memoirs of a Fellwanderer (1993)
Colour illustrated books
- Fellwalking with Wainwright (1984), with Derry Brabbs
- Wainwright on the Pennine Way (1985), with Derry Brabbs
- Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk (1987), with Derry Brabbs
- Wainwright in Scotland (1988), with Derry Brabbs
- Wainwright in the Lakeland Mountain Passes (1989), with Derry Brabbs
- Wainwright in the Limestone Dales (1991), with Ed Gelgard
- Wainwright's Favourite Lakeland Mountains (1991), with Derry Brabbs
- Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland (1992), with Derry Brabbs
- Wainwright's tour in the Lake District (1993), with Ed Gelgard
Other books
- Fellwalking with a Camera (1988)
Other works
- Map of Westmorland (1974)
- Antiquarian Map of Cumbria (1980)
