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Birker Fell - White How

Short entry: no route or hazard notes for this fell yet.

Nearest route starts ↓
444 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Birker Fell - White How at 444m (1,456ft) is a Birkett top on the Birker Fell moors above the Duddon valley, 1.0 km south-south-east of Green Crag and 1.4 km south-south-east of Crook Crag. We hold no route over it yet.

Summit conditions on Birker Fell - White How

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 12° to 7°C, gusts to 43 mph, 2.2 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

The forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses

Tongue House (layby)
2.6 km from summit (straight line)
Hesk Fell (verge)
2.7 km from summit (straight line)

Parking & buses ↓

Routes near Birker Fell - White How

No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest route starts we publish, in a straight line from the summit:

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 444 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Tue 27 Oct
12° / 7°
43 mph
2.2 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
10° / 8°
39 mph
5.2 mm (100%)
Thu 29 Oct
10° / 8°
20 mph
0.5 mm (25%)
Fri 30 Oct
9° / 6°
24 mph
0.0 mm (15%)
Sat 31 Oct
8° / 4°
3 mph
0.0 mm (10%)
Sun 1 Nov
9° / 2°
15 mph
0.3 mm (6%)
Mon 2 Nov
7° / 0°
8 mph
0.0 mm (2%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 20:59 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses for Birker Fell - White How

Parking

Tongue House (layby) — 2.6 km from summit (straight line)
0.7 km from the 'Birketts by Dunnerdale Fells' route start. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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Hesk Fell (verge) — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)
1.4 km from Hesk Fell.
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Seathwaite church, Duddon Valley (layby) — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)
Beside the valley road in Seathwaite, by Holy Trinity church. The 'Birketts by Dunnerdale Fells' route passes it; its start is 1.1 km on foot.
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2 more places to park near Birker Fell - White How
Seathwaite Parish Hall, Duddon Valley (paid) — 2.8 km from summit (straight line)
The Seathwaite parish hall car park, beside the parish room in the hamlet. The 'Birketts by Dunnerdale Fells' route passes it; its start is 1.2 km on foot. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
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Informal pull-in on the Birker Fell road (roadside gravel patches only) — 2.8 km from summit (straight line)
Community walk pages start here for 'Green Crag from the Birker Fell road' (community walk listings). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
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Positions are approximate.

Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.

Buses

The nearest bus stop we hold is the 505 at Coniston, outside The Ruskin Centre, 8.7 km of walking from the nearest parking for this fell — no bus route we hold serves it.

Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat

Hazards on Birker Fell - White How

We have not written a hazard card for this fell yet, and that is not a sign that it is low-hazard. Check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected. The National Park Authority’s What to pack page, AdventureSmart’s hill walking kit list and Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s safety page are linked from our what to carry guide.

If you need Mountain Rescue

Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.

Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.

If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.

From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (opens in new tab) (read 26 October 2026).

Map & nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).

Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.

Birketts within 3 km of Birker Fell - White How

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.

1.1 km WNWBroad Crag - Birker Fell372 m · Southern
1.4 km NNWCrook Crag469 m · Southern
1.7 km NNWGreat Whinscale427 m · Southern
1.9 km WBirker Fell - Great Crag333 m · Southern
2.5 km NNWKepple Crag328 m · Southern

About Birker Fell - White How

Classifications & hill data

Is Birker Fell - White How a Wainwright?

Birker Fell - White How is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.

Selected lists

444 m
Height
1,456 ft
In feet
SD 2049 9745
Grid ref

This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.

Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →

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