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Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Birk Fell Man - Birk Fell

Birk Fell Man at 528m (1,732ft) is the highest point of Birk Fell, a rocky ridge above the Tilberthwaite and Little Langdale valleys in the Southern Fells.

528 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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528 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+16 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 528 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 14°C, gusts to 37 mph, 3.8 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 14°
💨 37 mph
🌧 3.8 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
16° / 12°
💨 30 mph
🌧 2.9 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 7°
💨 28 mph
🌧 1.2 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 2°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 3°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.1 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
17° / 7°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 8°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 528 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

Birk Fell Man - Birk Fell

Birk Fell Man at 528m (1,732ft) is the highest point of Birk Fell, a rocky ridge above the Tilberthwaite and Little Langdale valleys in the Southern Fells. A Birkett top giving views of the rugged slate quarry landscape around Tilberthwaite and south to the Furness Fells. The rough, craggy character of the summit makes it more interesting than its modest height suggests.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
528 m
Height
1,732 ft
In feet
NY 2951 0169
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Tilberthwaite (free), about 1.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Birk Fell Man - Birk 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.

0.5 km ESEHawk Rigg441 m · Southern
0.5 km EHigh Fell (Hawk Rigg)428 m · Southern
0.6 km ESEHaystacks (Tilberthwaite)423 m · Southern
0.8 km SEBlake Rigg (Tilberthwaite)423 m · Southern
0.9 km ENEGreat Intake - Low Fell408 m · Southern
1.5 km SWBlack Sails745 m · Southern
2.0 km SSEBrackeny Crag364 m · Southern
2.4 km NNWBlake Rigg (Little Langdale)535 m · Southern
2.5 km WLittle Carrs692 m · Southern
2.5 km SSELow Wythow372 m · Southern
2.6 km WHell Gill Pike662 m · Southern
2.7 km SSEHigh Wythow410 m · Southern
2.7 km SKitty Crag435 m · Southern
2.7 km SLong Crag - Yewdale Fells421 m · Southern
2.7 km NWWrynose Fell - Long Crag547 m · Southern
2.8 km SWGreat How (Swirl Band)775 m · Southern

Best parking to hike Birk Fell Man - Birk Fell

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

Tilberthwaite (free) — 1.4 km from summit (straight line)
Quarry car park for Wetherlam and the Tilberthwaite fells.
Directions
Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge) — 1.9 km from summit (straight line)
High-level start for Pike o' Blisco, Cold Pike, Wet Side Edge and the Greenburn fells.
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 Birk Fell Man - Birk Fell from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

No regular bus serves the start points for this fell — this is one for the car (or a long approach from the nearest served valley). The nearest hubs are Penrith (X4/X5 & 508), Ambleside and Windermere (555, 505, 516).

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

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