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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

Bigland Barrow

Bigland Barrow at 193m (633ft) is the highest point of the low forested ridge above Bigland Tarn near Haverthwaite in the South Lakeland fells.

193 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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193 mOutlying Fell — South Lakelandsummit is not a Birkett top+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 193 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 19° to 16°C, gusts to 24 mph, 1.0 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
19° / 16°
💨 24 mph
🌧 1.0 mm (82%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
19° / 14°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.7 mm (89%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
16° / 9°
💨 27 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (73%)
Fri 31 Jul
☁️
18° / 5°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (65%)
Sat 1 Aug
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17° / 8°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.4 mm (41%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
20° / 10°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (27%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
20° / 10°
💨 12 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (16%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 193 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

About the walk

Key information

Bigland Barrow

Bigland Barrow at 193m (633ft) is the highest point of the low forested ridge above Bigland Tarn near Haverthwaite in the South Lakeland fells. A Birkett top giving views over the Leven estuary and the Kent estuary towards Morecambe Bay, with the higher Lakeland fells as a backdrop to the north. A pleasant and undemanding walk through mixed woodland.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
193 m
Height
633 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Gummer's How car park (free), about 4.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Bigland Barrow (within 3 km)

No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.

Best parking to hike Bigland Barrow

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

Gummer's How car park (free) — 4.4 km from summit (straight line)
Short, family-grade climb of Gummer's How above Windermere's foot.
Directions
Crab Haws car park, Bethecar Moor (free) — 7.5 km from summit (straight line)
Small, free car park about 0.8 miles N of High Nibthwaite (OS SD 296 909; what3words ///fault.swordfish.insect). The hidden entrance is immediately after a field on the right. The natural start for the quiet Bethecar Moor / Blawith Birketts (Low & High Light Haw, Arnsbarrow Hill), with a path up through the woods. High Nibthwaite's own roadside laybys are very limited, so use Crab Haws to avoid blocking farm access.
Directions

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.

Buses to Bigland Barrow from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach X6
Kendal – Levens – Grange-over-Sands – Ulverston – Barrow (A590 corridor)
Catch it from: Kendal/Windermere (change at Kendal)
Year-round. Handy for the South Lakeland outliers: Whitbarrow (Mill Side area), Gummer's How (Newby Bridge) and Hampsfell (Grange-over-Sands, which also has trains).

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

Other fells near Bigland Barrow

Maps & guidebooks for Bigland Barrow

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