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.
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 (Fri 11 Sep): 16° to 8°C, gusts to 17 mph, 0.7 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 11 Sep 2026, 08:30 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.
Bigland Barrow at a glance
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Bigland Barrow a Wainwright?
Bigland Barrow is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides.
Where do you park for Bigland Barrow?
The nearest car park we hold is Bigland Barrow, west (layby), about 1.0 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Bigland Barrow car park, 1.3 km out. 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 Bigland Barrow
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Gummer's How & Birch Fell — starts 4.5 km away
Parking & buses for Bigland Barrow
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).
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 Bigland Barrow by bus
The X6 stops at Haverthwaite, opposite Railway Crossroads, 700 m from the nearest parking for this fell. We haven’t mapped a route up it, so we can’t tell you the walk from there to the start. Last bus: Monday to Friday 23:53 towards Ulverston (X6); Saturday 23:53 towards Ulverston (X6); Sunday 23:43 towards Ulverston (6). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 7 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Bigland Barrow
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
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Bigland Barrow, west (layby), about 1.0 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.