⛰️ Brandreth

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

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715 mWainwright — Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Brandreth at 715m (2,346ft) is a broad, grassy summit on the Gable ridge above Honister, giving excellent views of Great Gable and the Scafells from the north. Wainwright noted its pleasant, unhurried character and the fine views it gives south to the high fells. The ascent from Honister is straightforward, combined naturally with Grey Knotts for a short but rewarding Honister circuit. The views of the Gable massif from this northern ridge are very fine.

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.

2.0 km SWKirk Fell East Top (Kirk Fell North Top)787 m · Western
2.2 km NHonister Crag (Black Star)634 m · Western
2.5 km SSESeathwaite Fell (Great Slack - Seathwaite Fell)631 m · Southern
2.8 km WLooking Stead (Pillar)628 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Brandreth (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Honister Pass (paid, slate mine) — 2.0 km from summit (straight line)
Pay & display at the top of the pass — Dale Head, Fleetwith Pike, Grey Knotts with minimal ascent.
Directions ↗
Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (free verge) — 3.1 km from summit (straight line)
Free verge parking on the Seathwaite lane — the honeypot start for the Scafells, Great Gable and Glaramara. Arrive very early.
Directions ↗

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.
Stagecoach 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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