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Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Banna Fell

Banna Fell (455 m / 1,493 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Western tops.

455 m
Height
+14
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455 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+14 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast

Modelled guidance for the 455 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Sat 12 Sep): 15° to 8°C, gusts to 46 mph, 27.6 mm of rain forecast.

Sat 12 Sep
🌧️
15° / 8°
💨 46 mph
🌧 27.6 mm (100%)
Sun 13 Sep
☁️
14° / 10°
💨 11 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (6%)
Mon 14 Sep
🌦️
16° / 13°
💨 40 mph
🌧 5.7 mm (100%)
Tue 15 Sep
🌧️
15° / 10°
💨 40 mph
🌧 16.0 mm (98%)
Wed 16 Sep
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12° / 9°
💨 31 mph
🌧 8.9 mm (70%)
Thu 17 Sep
🌧️
11° / 9°
💨 36 mph
🌧 22.5 mm (100%)
Fri 18 Sep
🌧️
12° / 9°
💨 36 mph
🌧 11.4 mm (92%)

Forecast snapshot from 12 Sep 2026, 18:50 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 455 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

Banna Fell at a glance

Banna Fell

Banna Fell (455 m / 1,493 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Western tops. The name comes from fell (Old Norse fjall, a mountain or hill). It also features on the Synge list. Its nearest tops are Floutern Cop (0.6 km E); Herdus (1.1 km S); Gavel Fell (1.1 km N) — it's usually taken in on a round of these neighbours. It's a worthwhile objective for anyone working through the Birkett list, or as a short extension to a bigger day on the higher neighbouring fells.

Getting there

🅿️ Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid)
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: £2 for 1 hour; £3.50 for 2 hours; £5 for 4 hours; £8 all day (Forestry England charges, per notice on NT Ennerdale page) (NT, checked Aug 2026).
🅿️ Kelton Fell (layby)
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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Right now on the summit

🌧️ 15°low 8°C
Gusts46 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data

Birkett
Synge
455 m
Height
1,493 ft
In feet
NY 1158 1740
Grid ref

The short answers

Is Banna Fell a Wainwright?

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

Where do you park for Banna Fell?

The nearest car park we hold is Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid), about 2.2 km from the summit in a straight line. We only look within 2.5 km, measured straight-line: over longer distances a road may cross a pass and the drive bears no relation to the line.

Routes up Banna Fell

No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:

Parking & buses for Banna Fell

Best parking to hike Banna Fell

Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).

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: £2 for 1 hour; £3.50 for 2 hours; £5 for 4 hours; £8 all day (Forestry England charges, per notice on NT Ennerdale page) (NT, checked Aug 2026).
Directions Something changed here?
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).
Directions Something changed here?
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).
Directions Something changed here?
Grike car park (free) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Grike (1.4 km), Crag Fell (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Directions Something changed here?
Bleach Green, Ennerdale (free) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
At the western end of Ennerdale Water, for the lakeshore path. Fees: Free (not National Trust), per NT Ennerdale page (NT, checked Aug 2026). UU Ennerdale page states it has 'no plans to close or introduce car parking charges at any of the United Utilities car parks in the Ennerdale valley' - i.e. no charge currently applies (United Utilities, checked Aug 2026).
Directions Something changed here?

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

Tip: pan and zoom the interactive map at the top of this page to spot other potential parking near your route.

Vehicles are left entirely at their owner’s risk. We list places people park; we cannot vouch for any of them. Judge it on the day: take valuables with you, leave nothing on show, and if a spot feels wrong when you get there, park somewhere else.

Getting to Banna Fell by bus

The nearest bus stop we hold is the 77 at Buttermere, outside Court Hotel, 8.9 km of walking from the start — not realistically reachable without a car. It is a seasonal service too: 1 November 2026 is its last day of the year (confirmed with the operator, 29 August 2026).

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Hazards on Banna Fell

No hazard card for this fell. The usual open-fell rules apply: check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected.

Map & nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

Nearest parking: Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid), about 2.2 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Banna Fell (within 3 km)

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits — detour to them on this walk and they are pure profit. Distances are straight-line; allow extra for terrain.

0.6 km EFloutern Cop451 m · Western
1.1 km SHerdus562 m · Western
1.6 km NNEGavel Fell - High Nook (Gavel Fell North Top)488 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, with a last stretch of open ground (about 15 m of ascent, up to ~22°). 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; Copernicus GLO-30. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 144 fells.

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