⛰️ Buckbarrow

📖 Key Information

Buckbarrow at 423m (1,388ft) is a craggy little summit above Wastwater, its western crags giving a dramatic profile from the road below and excellent views of the lake from the summit. Wainwright described the view of Wastwater from Buckbarrow as one of the finest low-level lake views in western Lakeland. The ascent from Nether Wasdale is short and entertaining on rocky terrain. A perfect short fell walk for visitors to the Wastwater area.

🎯 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.

🦶 My hikes over Buckbarrow (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

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

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

No regular bus serves the start points for this fell — this is one for the car (or a long approach from the nearest served valley). The nearest hubs are Penrith (X4/X5 & 508), Ambleside and Windermere (555, 505, 516).

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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• Burnbank Fell
• Caw Fell
• Crag Fell
• Fleetwith Pike
• Great Borne
• Great Gable
• Green Gable
• Grey Knotts
• Grike
• Haycock
• Haystacks (Buttermere)
• Hen Comb
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• High Stile
• Illgill Head
• Kirk Fell
• Lank Rigg
• Mellbreak (Mellbreak South Top)
• Middle Fell
• Pillar
• Red Pike (Buttermere)
• Red Pike (Wasdale)
• Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell)
• Seatallan
• Starling Dodd
• Steeple
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