⛰️ Black Fell

323 m · Wainwright — Southern Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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323 mWainwright — Southern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Black Fell at 323m (1,060ft) is a small, heathery summit above Tarn Hows, its top giving fine views of this most popular of Lakeland beauty spots. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide. The ascent from Tarn Hows is short and gives outstanding views of the tarn and the Langdale Pikes beyond. A perfect short walk above one of Lakeland's most beloved landscapes.

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Black Fell (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Elterwater (NT, paid) — 2.9 km from summit (straight line)
For Lingmoor Fell, Silver How and lower Langdale.
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Tilberthwaite (free) — 3.0 km from summit (straight line)
Quarry car park for Wetherlam and the Tilberthwaite fells.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 516 “Langdale Rambler”
Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Elterwater – New Dungeon Ghyll – Old Dungeon Ghyll
Catch it from: Ambleside · Windermere (change at Ambleside)
The Langdale bus — Pikes, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco all walkable from the Dungeon Ghyll stops. Seasonal frequency varies; check before relying on the last bus back.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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