⛰️ Burnbank Fell

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

475 mWainwright — Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+13 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Burnbank Fell at 475m (1,558ft) is a heathery moorland summit above Loweswater giving fine views of the lake below and the Grasmoor massif above. A Birkett fell on the lower western slopes above Loweswater. The ascent from Loweswater is pleasant and gives steadily improving lake views throughout.

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.

0.9 km SSWSharp Knott482 m · North Western
0.9 km WOwsen Fell409 m · Western
1.0 km SECarling Knott544 m · North Western
1.1 km ESELoweswater End - Carling Knott519 m · Western
1.6 km WSWHigh Hows (Lamplugh)313 m · Western
2.1 km SHigh Pen475 m · North Western
2.1 km SSWLow Pen435 m · North Western
2.3 km SSEGavel Fell - High Nook (Gavel Fell North Top)488 m · North Western
2.4 km SWMurton Fell (Knock Murton)446 m · North Western
2.5 km NEDarling Fell392 m · Western
2.8 km SELittle Dodd (Loweswater)362 m · North Western
2.8 km SSWGodworth365 m · Western
2.9 km ENELoweswater Fell (Low Fell South Top)417 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Burnbank Fell (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free) — 1.6 km from summit (straight line)
Small free car park for Mellbreak, Hen Comb and the Loweswater fells.
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Lanthwaite Green (NT) — 4.0 km from summit (straight line)
At the foot of Grasmoor and Whiteside, Crummock Water.
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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

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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