⛰️ Castle How (Raw Pike)

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

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498 mBirkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit)+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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🎯 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 SESwinescar Pike411 m · Central
1.2 km ESELang How414 m · Central
2.4 km NWCodale Head732 m · Central
2.7 km SSWSide Pike362 m · Central
2.8 km WThorn Crag644 m · Central

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Castle How (Raw Pike) (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Stickle Ghyll / New Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 1.5 km from summit (straight line)
Direct start up Stickle Ghyll for the Langdale Pikes.
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Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
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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

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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