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Bleaberry Fell - the large circular stone shelter on the summit, with the ridges of the north-western fells hazy in the distance

Bleaberry Fell

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590 mWainwright — Central Fells+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km Care needed in cloud

Bleaberry Fell at 590m (1,936ft) is a broad, heathery summit above the east side of Derwent Water, giving one of the finest aerial views of the lake in the whole district.

Summit conditions on Bleaberry Fell

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 12° to 6°C, gusts to 52 mph, 11.2 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Against our lines, Tuesday 27 October: wind, cold and cloud from the Met Office UKV 2 km model (daylight hours, as in the verdict above); rain from the summit line’s forecast (the whole day). A tile is large when this top is past its line.

Wind on the top

Past the line

51 mph, our estimate for the open top in the worst daylight hour

The Met Office 2 km model’s gust of 45 mph times our exposure factor of 1.13. The summit line above gives Open-Meteo’s highest gust for the whole day, 52 mph, before any exposure factor.

The line Our line: 25 mph, where our wind Scale begins its 25–35 band: “balance affected; buffeting on exposed ground”. MWIS (opens in new tab) describes what wind does to a walker across a range rather than at a line: from about 20–25 mph it starts to affect your balance.

Estimated: it is not calibrated against summit readings, and the two forecasts can disagree by more than a band.

Rain, and the becks

Past the line

11.2 mm of rain over the whole day, midnight to midnight

The same figure as the summit line above and the 7-day forecast.

The line Our line: 6 mm in the day, where our scorer counts a day as soaking. We read rainfall, never river levels: becks in spate.

Open-Meteo’s forecast. It says nothing about rain already in the ground.

Also checked cold: feels like 3 °C, no ice or snow forecast; cloud: a clear-top reading of 36 out of 100, over our in-cloud line of 20. Under a line is not the same as fine: it means only that these figures are under the lines we use.

Not in these tiles Lightning, river levels, snow or ice already lying, and the ground under your feet. A tile cannot see them, so an empty space here never means they are absent.

Snow figures with a second opinion: Powered by Met Office data

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

Wainwrights are scored for walking conditions each morning from the Met Office’s UK forecast model, read for each summit through Open-Meteo; 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)

Routes up Bleaberry Fell

Choose the way up before the car park: these two routes start from two places, and the last two rows give the parking and bus at each route’s own start. Full maps further down.

ComparedWalla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove and Armboth FellWalla Crag and Bleaberry Fell from Keswick
Starts fromAshness Gate Car ParkKeswick town centre
Distance and climb17.02 km, 812 m of climb12.53 km, 658 m of climb
Time, fast to steady~4¾–6½ h~3½–5 h
ScramblingNot mentioned in the route’s notesIt is a viewpoint, not a scramble — stay back from the edge.
ExposureEasyModerate
NavigationModerateModerate
Steepest stretchDescent of about 26% at 11.7 km (Hard)Climb of about 32% at 3.4 km (Hard)
After the summitOver High Seat, Armboth Fell (Birkett) and High ToveNo further tops
Walked or plannedWalked by Lee, August 2025Planned: drawn, not yet walked
Car park at the startWalla Crag car park (free)Keswick, Central Car Park (paid)
Bus to the start78 at the start555 at the start

Times run from fast to steady pace (Naismith’s rule). Scrambling quotes each route’s own notes; “not mentioned” means they do not say, not that the ground has none. Each route’s page has its map, stages and GPX.

Distance, climb and the steepest stretch are measured from each route’s GPX track; the other grades are set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap, and each route page says which. How we check →

How hard is Bleaberry Fell, and how long does it take?

Moderate — from Keswick via Walla Crag it's a steady half-day, about 3–4 hours there and back, with no scrambling. Our walked circuit continues along the full ridge to Armboth Fell — 17 km and a proper day — but Walla Crag and Bleaberry alone make the ideal shorter round.

How we check →

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 590 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Tue 27 Oct
12° / 6°
52 mph
11.2 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
10° / 6°
36 mph
8.7 mm (100%)
Thu 29 Oct
9° / 7°
28 mph
0.1 mm (33%)
Fri 30 Oct
9° / 6°
29 mph
0.0 mm (23%)
Sat 31 Oct
10° / 0°
8 mph
0.3 mm (18%)
Sun 1 Nov
8° / 0°
8 mph
0.0 mm (10%)
Mon 2 Nov
7° / 0°
17 mph
0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 08:13 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses for Bleaberry Fell

Parking

Where do you park for Bleaberry Fell?

Start from Keswick itself (any town car park) or the Great Wood National Trust car park under Walla Crag on the Borrowdale road. From either, the way goes over Walla Crag — the approach views back over Derwentwater are half the walk.

Route starts first, then the car parks nearest the summit, which are not always a way up.

Walla Crag car park (free) — at the start of Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove and Armboth Fell
Walking base for Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat and Armboth Fell (Birkett) — the 'Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove and Armboth Fell' route starts 4 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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Keswick, Central Car Park (paid) — 0.1 km from the start of Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell from Keswick (straight line)
The main town car park — hub for the Northern and North Western fells. Fees: up to 2h £3.80; up to 3h £6.50; up to 6h £9.00; up to 12h £11.40; overnight (7pm-7am) £1.10. MiPermit location 712222. Discounted worker permits £82/12mo, £41/6mo (Cumberland council, checked August 2026). Open Monday to Sunday (page states no hour restrictions) (Cumberland council, checked August 2026).
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Ashness Bridge, south (verge) — 1.6 km from summit (straight line)
A one-car verge on the road up to Watendlath, 77 m south of the Ashness Bridge car park (Lee's Street View pin). The 'Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove and Armboth Fell' route passes about 5 m away; it starts at Ashness Gate on the B5289, 0.8 km on foot, the nearest route start.
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3 more places to park near Bleaberry Fell
Ashness Bridge (NT, paid) — 1.6 km from summit (straight line)
The National Trust's Ashness Bridge car park, on the road up to Watendlath, 80 m from Ashness Bridge. The 'Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove and Armboth Fell' route passes about 20 m away; it starts at Ashness Gate on the B5289, 0.8 km on foot, the nearest route start. Added from the 5 August 2026 OSM candidate review. Fees: £7 up to 2 hours; £8 up to 4 hours; £9.50 all day. Free for NT members (checked August 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked August 2026). JustPark location 80518 (National Trust, checked August 2026).
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Surprise View (NT) — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)
The National Trust's car park at Surprise View, on the road up to Watendlath. The 'Watendlath & the packhorse bridge' route and the 'Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove and Armboth Fell' route pass within 10 m; the nearest start on foot is Ashness Gate on the B5289, 1.5 km (the Walla Crag round), and the Watendlath walk starts on the B5289 by the Lodore Falls Hotel, 1.9 km. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked August 2026). £7 up to 2 hours; £8 up to 4 hours; £9.50 all day. Free for NT members (checked August 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked August 2026). JustPark location 80521 (National Trust, checked August 2026).
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High Rigg South Top (verge) — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)
1.1 km from High Rigg High Rigg South Top.
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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 509, 555, X4 and X5 stop at Keswick Park Hotel (opposite), a 250 m walk from the start of Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell from Keswick — a route we rate Hard overall (hardest: steepness). Last bus: Monday to Friday 21:16 towards Keswick (555); Saturday 21:16 towards Keswick (555); Sunday 19:07 towards Keswick (555). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 8 September 2026; that timetable runs to 1 November 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

Stagecoach 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

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

Hazards on Bleaberry Fell

Hazard & Incident Information for Bleaberry Fell

Checked by Lee McCoy, . Draws on published material from Keswick Mountain Rescue Team. Editorial background, not a live callout feed.

Hazard: Moderate

A rough, heathery top above Keswick and Derwentwater, easily reached from Walla Crag but boggier and less distinct than it looks. The ridge on toward High Seat is reckoned the wettest ridge walk in the Lakes, the path is faint over rough ground, and there are steep pulls and a steep descent toward the lake. Navigation in cloud is the main hazard. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team covers this ground.

  • Boggy, indistinct ground & navigation: The path is faint across rough, very boggy ground, especially the notoriously wet ridge toward High Seat. In mist it's easy to lose the line — keep to the west of the fence as a handrail and navigate by compass.
  • Steep pulls & steep descent to Derwentwater: There's a short steep final pull to the summit, and the descent toward the lake (over Dodd) is steep. Take care with footing on the steep, sometimes greasy ground, particularly coming down.
  • Exposure & winter on rough ground: Open and shelterless, the rough boggy ground becomes slippery in rain and treacherous in snow or ice. Save the wettest sections for drier spells and carry full kit in winter.
Who should attempt this fell: Bleaberry Fell is an easy add-on from Walla Crag, but the rough, boggy ground and faint paths make navigation the real challenge — use the fence as a handrail and a compass in cloud, and take the steep sections carefully. The ridge to High Seat is best left for dry spells, and it's exposed, slippery ground in winter.

What to watch for: Navigation errors on the faint, boggy ridge in cloud · Slips on the steep summit pull and steep descent to the lake · Floundering in the very wet ground toward High Seat · Slippery conditions in rain, snow or ice

Local Mountain Rescue: Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (opens in new tab)

Safety: Always check current conditions, carry proper navigation equipment, and seek qualified instruction before heading onto the fells. In an emergency, call 999, ask for Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Report incorrect information (opens in new tab)

Navigating in cloud

Care needed

Of the three things our terrain model measures, the highest reading here is the amount of near-level ground around the summit. Take care in poor visibility — carry map and compass, and know how to use them.

In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.

How Bleaberry Fell compares with all 214: the Clag Index (experimental).

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, GPX and 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 Bleaberry Fell

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

1.6 km ESECastle Crag (Shoulthwaite)404 m · Central
1.7 km EThe Benn (Sippling Crag)446 m · Central
2.9 km NEHigh Rigg (High Rigg South Top)343 m · Central
2.9 km ESEGreat How (Thirlmere)333 m · Central

Routes over Bleaberry Fell

Summits: Walla CragBleaberry Fell

Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked

Warnings: Walla Crag’s summit edge is unfenced and drops steeply to Derwentwater. It is a viewpoint, not a scramble — stay back from the edge. The col between the two fells holds water. Expect bog, and boots rather than trainers.

Route guide: Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell from Keswick →

Download GPX Walked by Lee, August 2025

Warnings: High Seat: Rough, knolly and exceptionally wet, with a faint path and many 'wet places'. In mist it's easy to drift off line over featureless ground. Take a compass bearing, use the fence line where present, and don't rely on a trodden path. Walla Crag: The summit edge is a steep, unfenced drop to Derwentwater — easy to get too close for a photo, and dangerous with children, dogs or in wind. Keep back from the lip; if you'd rather stay away from it, keep to the side of the wall away from the lake (the east side), which is a useful handrail in mist.

From the hazard notes for Walla Crag · High Seat, each with its sources.

Route guide: Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove and Armboth Fell →

Every line here is a guide, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate for yourself and carry a map and compass. How to use this guide.

On the hill: terrain and water on Bleaberry Fell

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell from Keswick route:

possible water source (opens in new tab) (121 m off the line) shelter (opens in new tab) (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 3 m off the line) toilets (opens in new tab) (122 m off the line) toilets (opens in new tab) (123 m off the line) Keswick Park Hotel (opens in new tab) (143 m from the start, straight line) Daleview Hotel (opens in new tab) (196 m from the start, straight line) The Daleview Hotel (opens in new tab) (203 m from the start, straight line) Greta Bank (opens in new tab) (248 m from the start, straight line) Keswick YHA (opens in new tab) (200 m from the start, straight line)

On the Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove and Armboth Fell route:

shelter (opens in new tab) (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 2 m off the line) toilets (opens in new tab) (18 m off the line) Barrow Bay jetty (opens in new tab) (64 m from the start, straight line) Derwentwater Youth Hostel (S bound) (opens in new tab) (99 m from the start, straight line) Derwentwater Youth Hostel (N bound) (opens in new tab) (104 m from the start, straight line) Derwentwater Independent Hostel (opens in new tab) (316 m from the start, straight line)

Treat water from the fell before you drink it. A mapped point is not proof the water is drinkable, so carry your own or use a supply you know is safe. Never drink untreated from a beck, stream or tarn — even clear-looking hill water can carry giardia or cryptosporidium from livestock upstream and leave you seriously ill. Use a treatment method suited to what might be in the water, and follow the device’s own instructions. Boiling and ordinary filters do not make water with dissolved metals or chemicals safe: where that is possible, choose another source.

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

About Bleaberry Fell

Bleaberry Fell - the large circular stone shelter on the summit, with the ridges of the north-western fells hazy in the distance
© Lee McCoy

Wainwright praised the excellent view of Derwent Water from the summit — it spreads across the valley below with the Newlands fells behind in a composition of great beauty. The ascent from Keswick via Walla Crag is excellent, with the lake view improving at every step. Combined naturally with High Seat for a longer circuit above Derwent Water. Particularly fine in autumn light.

My Strava hikes over Bleaberry Fell

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Data from Strava.

Classifications & hill data

Selected lists

590 m
Height
1,936 ft
In feet
NY 2857 1958
Grid ref

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

The summit is also a Birkett.

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 →

The view from Bleaberry Fell

The 360° skyline from Bleaberry Fell

A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.

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Computed 360-degree skyline from Bleaberry Fell36 labelled tops shown (6 distant behind the far-horizon toggle). Theoretical visibility in perfect clarity; computed from terrain, not photographed.eye levelNNEESESSWWNWScafell Pike · 14 kmSkiddaw · 10 kmHelvellyn Lower Man · 7 kmBowfell · 14 kmGreat Gable · 12 kmPillar · 14 kmCatstye Cam · 7 kmHigh Crag · 8 kmRaise · 6 kmBlencathra · 9 kmGreat Dodd · 6 kmStybarrow Dodd · 6 kmCrag Hill · 9 kmHigh Stile · 12 kmKirk Fell · 13 kmGrisedale Pike · 9 kmWatson's Dodd · 5 kmGreat Carrs · 19 kmGlaramara · 10 kmGreat Rigg · 12 kmSand Hill · 10 kmHigh Crag · 12 kmJenkin Hill · 8 kmLong Side · 10 kmCodale Head · 10 kmClough Head · 6 kmLonscale Fell · 8 kmKnott · 13 kmCalfhow Pike · 5 kmWhiteless Pike · 11 kmHigh Pike · 16 kmGreat Borne · 16 kmHeron Pike · 13 kmSteel Fell · 9 kmLord's Seat · 11 kmKnowe Crags · 8 kmNethermost Pike · 8 kmCrinkle Crags · 15 kmRed Pike · 15 kmSkiddaw Lesser Man · 8 kmLingmell · 14 kmWandope · 10 kmGrey Friar · 19 kmCarl Side · 9 kmRobinson · 9 kmUllscarf · 7 kmScales Fell · 10 kmHobcarton End · 10 kmWhinlatter Top · 10 kmSouther Fell · 12 kmDodd · 9 kmCriffel · 54 km · clear daysBanna Fell · 17 kmScar Crags · 8 kmStanding Crag · 6 kmBrown Crag · 5 kmWard's Stone · 68 km · clear daysWhite Stones · 14 kmBell Crags · 5 kmLining Crag · 8 kmThrelkeld Knotts · 6 kmBengairn · 62 km · clear daysGummer's How · 33 km · clear daysBarf · 10 kmThe Benn · 2 kmSale Fell · 14 kmHigh Rigg · 3 kmHigh Rigg · 3 kmGreat How · 3 kmSee Morris Hill · 70 km · clear daysMerrick · 108 km · a rare clear dayCairnsmore of Carsphairn · 104 km · a rare clear dayCairnsmore of Fleet · 92 km · a rare clear dayCairn Table · 119 km · a rare clear dayFair Snape Fell · 79 km · a rare clear dayBishop Forest Hill · 74 km · a rare clear day
The skyline as a list, by direction
  • North: Skiddaw Lesser Man (8 km), Skiddaw Little Man (8 km), Gategill Fell Top (8 km), Skiddaw South Top (9 km), Skiddaw Middle Top (10 km), Skiddaw (10 km), Skiddaw North Top (10 km)
  • North-east: Blencathra (9 km)
  • East: Great Dodd (6 km), Stybarrow Dodd (6 km), Raise (6 km)
  • South-east: White Side (6 km), Helvellyn Lower Man (7 km), Catstye Cam (7 km), Nethermost Pike (8 km), High Crag (8 km), Dollywaggon Pike (9 km)
  • South: Esk Pike (13 km), Bowfell (14 km), Shelter Crags (15 km), Crinkle Crags (15 km), Crinkle Crags (15 km), Crinkle Crags (15 km), Crinkle Crags (15 km), Crinkle Crags South Top (15 km)
  • South-west: Great Gable (12 km), Great End (13 km), Kirk Fell (13 km), Ill Crag (14 km), Pillar (14 km), Lingmell (14 km), Broad Crag (14 km), Scafell Pike (14 km), Red Pike (15 km), Scafell (15 km)
  • West: Grisedale Pike (9 km), Crag Hill (9 km), Eel Crag (10 km), High Stile (12 km), High Stile (13 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Merrick (108 km, Scotland), Cairnsmore of Carsphairn (104 km, Scotland), Cairnsmore of Fleet (92 km, Scotland), Corserine (104 km, Scotland), Lamachan Hill (103 km, Scotland), Cairn Table (119 km, Scotland), Cairnsmore [Black Craig of Dee] (90 km, Scotland), Millfore (98 km, Scotland).

Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills v18.4 (opens in new tab) (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.

Sunrise and sunset on Bleaberry Fell

Bleaberry Fell waits for the sun. Its longest wait of the modelled year falls on 1 December, when the sun is up for 22 minutes before it clears this skyline — first light 08:33 against an almanac sunrise of 08:11. You are standing in shadow while the valley below is already lit. The sun comes up to the south-east from here (132.9°), and the skyline on that bearing stands at 2.13°.

0°30°40°50°60°04:34
Midsummer. The filled shape is the skyline as seen from the summit; the line is the sun’s path. Where they meet is first light — everything left of that point is the wait.
Times for 2026, in Lakeland clock time (GMT in winter, BST in summer) — and model outputs rather than observations.
First lightAlmanac sunriseDifference
Midsummer04:34 BST ±5.0 min04:37-3 min
Equinox06:30 GMT ±5.0 min06:15+15 min
Midwinter08:54 GMT ±5.0 min08:33+21 min

A low, open northern horizon — the ground falls away northwards (mean 0.4°).

Last light — when the sun leaves Bleaberry Fell

The evening here runs close to the flat-horizon case. Even on its earliest evening of the modelled year (at midwinter) last light is only 7 minutes before almanac sunset, so the published sunset time is a fair guide on Bleaberry Fell.

The evening of the same three days. A negative difference means a ridge takes the sun before the valley loses it.
Last lightAlmanac sunsetDifference
Midsummer21:58 BST ±5.0 min21:53+5 min
Equinox18:20 GMT ±5.0 min18:26-6 min
Midwinter15:42 GMT ±5.0 min15:49-7 min

These are daylight figures, not a descent plan: the light goes on fading for a good while after the sun leaves, and going down in it is a decision about your own ground and party, not about this table.

What you can see from Bleaberry Fell

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.
86Wainwrights in view+6 marginal
109 kmFurthest sightlineMerrick · possible under favourable refraction
1Sea in viewSolway Firth

On the clearest days the view reaches across to Scotland.

Far horizons
  • Merrick ScotlandNW · 109 km clear
  • Criffel ScotlandNW · 54 km distant
  • Solway Firth bay/estuaryNNW · 43 km in view
All 86 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

How the view from Bleaberry Fell compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.

How the skyline, light and sightlines are computed

Computed, not photographed. First light is the first minute the sun’s upper limb clears this summit’s own skyline and last light the last minute it is still clear of it, both solved against the 360° horizon profile behind The View from Bleaberry Fell. Almanac sunrise and sunset are the flat-horizon convention. Every time carries a ± band from the 30 m elevation model — it smooths arêtes and cornices, so nothing here claims better than five minutes.

Sightlines from the Copernicus GLO-30 elevation model, which is a surface model: each 30 m cell holds the top of whatever stands there, trees and buildings included, rather than bare ground. Corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.

Places to stay near this fell

From Keswick: 10 places

Frequently asked questions about Bleaberry Fell

Is Bleaberry Fell a Wainwright?

Yes — 590 m (1,936 ft), in the Central Fells, the first proper summit on the long moorland ridge that runs south from Keswick towards High Seat and High Tove. Most people climb it from Keswick over Walla Crag, which is the best of it.

Is Bleaberry Fell boggy?

The climb to Bleaberry Fell itself is mostly fine on a pitched and improved path, but the ridge beyond it — towards High Seat and High Tove — is genuinely boggy, and after rain expect wet patches even on the main line. Lee walked this ground in July 2026: fine underfoot to the summit in a dry spell; gaiters territory beyond it in anything wetter.

Where do you park for Bleaberry Fell? Answered above: Parking for Bleaberry Fell.

Questions from Google’s “People also ask”. · Last updated 2026-07-20 · Suggest a question or correction (opens in new tab)

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