⛰️ Bannerdale Crags

📖 Key Information

Bannerdale Crags at 683m (2,240ft) stands above the remote Bannerdale valley between Mungrisdale and the Helvellyn range, its summit crags giving a dramatic and largely unvisited view of the eastern Northern Fells. Wainwright noted the deep, wild valley of Bannerdale below the crags as one of the loneliest corries in Lakeland. The ascent from Mungrisdale is short but rough on the final section. Combined naturally with Bowscale Fell for a fine circuit above Mungrisdale. A rewarding fell for those who seek solitude.

🎯 Bonus Birketts 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.

🦶 My hikes over Bannerdale Crags (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

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

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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Other fells in this region

• Bakestall
• Binsey
• Blencathra - Hallsfell Top
• Bowscale Fell
• Brae Fell
• Carl Side
• Carrock Fell
• Dodd (Skiddaw)
• Great Calva
• Great Cockup
• Great Sca Fell
• High Pike (Caldbeck)
• Knott
• Latrigg
• Ling Fell
• Long Side
• Longlands Fell
• Lonscale Fell
• Meal Fell
• Mungrisdale Common
• Sale Fell
• Skiddaw
• Skiddaw Little Man
• Souther Fell
• Ullock Pike