Robinson is a fell in the English Lake District, its southern slopes descending to Buttermere, while its northern side is set in the Newlands Valley.

The North Western Fells occupy the area between the rivers Derwent and Cocker, a broadly oval swathe of hilly country, elongated on a north–south axis.

The principal ridge in this group of fells runs east from Buttermere, climbing over Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head.

The top and bottom sections are quite steep but the slope levels out at 1,500 feet (460 m) to accommodate Buttermere Moss, in Wainwright's words “ a wide marshy depression from which water cannot escape except by being carried away in the boots of pedestrians.”[1] At the head of the lower slope is the subsidiary top of High Snockrigg (1,725 feet; 526 m), a fine viewpoint for the Buttermere valley.

This side of the fell presents a long and mainly featureless slope, although near the summit are the Hackney Holes, curious rocky depressions of uncertain origin (but see Geology section).

This valley runs north east, flanked by parallel ridges descending from Robinson and Hindscarth, its stream being named Scope Beck.

Robinson's north east ridge is rough and craggy towards the top before levelling out onto the grassy spur of High Snab Bank.

), where most of the Buttermere-Gatesgarthdale trough wall has deformed and bulged downslope, leaving open trenches (the Holes) or, across the Little Dale col, a chevron pattern of short steep scarps; midslope, there are bold antiscarps (uphill-facing scarplets), a classic indicator.

[4] Littledale Edge marks the beheading of the original dale by the more vigorous Buttermere valley, fed by ice escaping through Honister Pass from Borrowdale.

Another route from Buttermere begins further south at Hassness, working around Goat Crag to join the main path above the moss.

Access can also be gained from the Honister Pass road, from a point near the first bridge over the beck at about 500 ft. From here a direct line northward will bring the walker to Littledale Edge.