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606 m · Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Buck Pike (Mickleden)

606 m · Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses and live summit weather.

606 m
Height
+11
Bonus Birketts
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606 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+11 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast

Modelled guidance for the 606 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 13°C, gusts to 40 mph, 12.1 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
15° / 13°
💨 40 mph
🌧 12.1 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 11°
💨 32 mph
🌧 8.4 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 5°
💨 28 mph
🌧 1.3 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 2°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 4°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌫️
16° / 6°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 6°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 606 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast
Getting there
🅿️ Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
🅿️ Stickle Ghyll / New Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid)
Direct start up Stickle Ghyll for the Langdale Pikes.
🚌 Stagecoach 516 “Langdale Rambler”
Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Elterwater – New Dungeon Ghyll – Old Dungeon Ghyll

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌧️ 15°low 13°C
Gusts40 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
606 m
Height
1,988 ft
In feet
NY 2527 0775
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid), about 3.8 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Buck Pike (Mickleden) (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.

0.4 km NEBlack Crags (Mickleden)588 m · Southern
1.9 km SSEWhite Stones - The Band568 m · Southern
1.9 km WSWPike de Bield810 m · Southern
1.9 km NWHigh House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)683 m · Southern
2.2 km NNWRed Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara)720 m · Southern
2.4 km SShelter Crags815 m · Southern
2.5 km NNWLooking Steads (Glaramara)774 m · Southern
2.6 km SCrinkle Crags - Gunson Knott (Fifth Crinkle)822 m · Southern
2.7 km SCrinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle832 m · Southern
2.8 km ESEThorn Crag644 m · Central
3.0 km WIll Crag931 m · Southern

Terrain & access

A 606 m top with a mapped path to within about 30 m of the summit. There is steep ground (over 30°) on the direct line — pick your line with care. The summit is on CRoW open access land.

Computed from open data, not walked — pathless ground needs confident navigation, and mapped paths, barriers and access boundaries can be incomplete. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass); Natural England CRoW Access Land; DoBIH; Copernicus GLO-30. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 145 fells.

Best parking to hike Buck Pike (Mickleden)

Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).

Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 3.8 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (510m) — Free🚺 Public toilets (649m) — Free🍺 Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel🍺 Sticklebarn
Stickle Ghyll / New Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 4.1 km from summit (straight line)
Direct start up Stickle Ghyll for the Langdale Pikes.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (640m) — Free🚺 Public toilets (770m) — Free

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

Tip: pan and zoom the interactive map at the top of this page to spot other potential parking near your route.

Buses to Buck Pike (Mickleden) 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.

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