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Banna Fell

Short entry: no route or hazard notes for this fell yet.

Nearest route starts ↓
455 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+14 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Banna Fell (455 m / 1,492 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), in the Western Fells. It also features on the Synge list.

Summit conditions on Banna Fell

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 12° to 7°C, gusts to 61 mph, 2.1 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

The forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses

Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid)
2.2 km from summit (straight line)
Kelton Fell (layby)
3.0 km from summit (straight line)

Parking & buses ↓

Routes near Banna Fell

No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest route starts we publish, in a straight line from the summit:

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 455 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Tue 27 Oct
12° / 7°
61 mph
2.1 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
10° / 7°
42 mph
4.4 mm (100%)
Thu 29 Oct
11° / 8°
23 mph
0.3 mm (67%)
Fri 30 Oct
10° / 7°
25 mph
0.0 mm (12%)
Sat 31 Oct
10° / 4°
8 mph
0.0 mm (8%)
Sun 1 Nov
9° / 1°
12 mph
1.2 mm (2%)
Mon 2 Nov
7° / -1°
7 mph
0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 20:59 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses for Banna Fell

Parking

Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid) — 2.2 km from summit (straight line)
Forestry England car park at the end of the Ennerdale valley road, on the lake's north shore (OS NY 110 154; parking charges apply since 2023) — Great Borne, Starling Dodd, and the long walk-ins to Pillar and Steeple. Fees (Forestry England, read 17 October 2026): up to 2 hours £3, up to 4 hours £6, all day £10; cards only, or RingGo within 48 hours; Blue Badge holders pay; free to Forestry England members; no overnight stays. The last 4 km of road to the car park is narrow and bendy, with few passing places, and there is no vehicle access beyond it.
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Kelton Fell (layby) — 3.0 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Kelton Fell (0.7 km), Murton Fell (Knock Murton) (1.2 km), Godworth (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
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Kelton Fell, west (layby) — 3.1 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Kelton Fell (0.8 km), Murton Fell (Knock Murton) (1.1 km), Godworth (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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1 more place to park near Banna Fell
Fell Dyke (LDNPA, free) — 3.9 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: High Hows (Lamplugh) (1.2 km), Murton Fell (Knock Murton) (1.2 km), Owsen Fell (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
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Positions are approximate.

Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.

Buses

The nearest bus stop we hold is the 77 and 77A stop at Buttermere, outside Court Hotel, 8.9 km of walking from the nearest parking for this fell — no bus route we hold serves it. It is a seasonal service too: 1 November 2026 is its last day of the year (confirmed with the operator, 29 August 2026); it returns on 22 March 2027.

Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat

Hazards on Banna Fell

We have not written a hazard card for this fell yet, and that is not a sign that it is low-hazard. Check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected. The National Park Authority’s What to pack page, AdventureSmart’s hill walking kit list and Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s safety page are linked from our what to carry guide.

If you need Mountain Rescue

Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.

Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.

If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.

From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (opens in new tab) (read 26 October 2026).

Map & nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).

Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.

Birketts within 3 km of Banna Fell

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.

0.6 km EFloutern Cop451 m · Western
1.1 km SHerdus562 m · Western
1.6 km SBrown How (Ennerdale)330 m · Western
1.6 km NNWHigh Pen475 m · Western
1.7 km WNWGodworth365 m · Western
1.9 km SBowness Knott333 m · Western
1.9 km NWLow Pen435 m · Western
2.1 km ESEGale Fell518 m · Western
2.3 km WNWKelton Fell311 m · Western
2.4 km NELittle Dodd (Loweswater)362 m · Western
2.7 km NWMurton Fell (Knock Murton)446 m · Western
2.8 km NNWSharp Knott482 m · Western
2.9 km NCarling Knott544 m · Western

On the hill: terrain and water on Banna Fell

Terrain & access

A near-path top (about 455 m): a mapped path comes within about 104 m of the summit. We have not checked a way from it to the top: the figures here are measured along a straight line on a terrain model, not a route. That line climbs about 15 m. The summit is on CRoW open access land.

Computed from open data, not walked — pathless ground needs confident navigation, and mapped paths, barriers and access boundaries can be incomplete. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass); Natural England CRoW Access Land; DoBIH v18.4 (CC BY 4.0); Copernicus GLO-30. CRoW access layer: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 144 fells.

About Banna Fell

Its nearest tops are Floutern Cop (0.6 km E); Herdus (1.1 km S); Gavel Fell (1.1 km N). It's a worthwhile objective for anyone working through the Birkett list.

Classifications & hill data

Is Banna Fell a Wainwright?

Banna Fell is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.

Selected lists

455 m
Height
1,492 ft
In feet
NY 1158 1740
Grid ref

This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.

Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →

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