⛰️ Blea Rigg

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

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542 mWainwright — Central Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+7 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Blea Rigg at 541m (1,775ft) is a craggy, complex ridge above Easedale and Langdale, giving excellent views down into Great Langdale from its rocky summit. Wainwright described it as a fell of interesting character — the rocky, undulating ridge offering varied walking with fine views at every turn. The classic traverse from Grasmere via Easedale Tarn to Langdale and back by bus is one of the recommended Wainwright routes. The views of the Langdale Pikes from the descent are particularly striking.

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts 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.

0.7 km ESECastle How (Raw Pike)498 m · Central
1.6 km ESESwinescar Pike411 m · Central
1.8 km NWCodale Head732 m · Central
1.8 km ESELang How414 m · Central
2.3 km WSWThorn Crag644 m · Central
2.6 km SSWSide Pike362 m · Central
2.9 km NWLow White Stones731 m · Central

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Blea Rigg (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Stickle Ghyll / New Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 1.6 km from summit (straight line)
Direct start up Stickle Ghyll for the Langdale Pikes.
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Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 1.9 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
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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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