⛰️ Causey Pike

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

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637 mWainwright — North Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+9 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Causey Pike at 637m (2,090ft) is one of the most attractive North Western summits — a pointed, rocky knob visible from across Derwent Water that Wainwright regarded as giving one of the finest low-level views of the lake. Its distinctive profile makes it instantly recognisable. The ascent from Stoneycroft via Rowling End is a classic route — steep but short, with outstanding views of Derwent Water improving rapidly. The starting point for the Coledale Horseshoe from the Newlands valley. The summit views north across Derwent Water to Skiddaw are magnificent.

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.

1.1 km ERowling End433 m · North Western
1.1 km NStile End447 m · North Western
2.4 km NKinn374 m · North Western
2.5 km SWIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western
2.6 km SSEScope End412 m · Western
2.6 km ESkelgill Bank338 m · Central
2.8 km WNWHobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head)738 m · North Western
2.8 km WEel Crag (Birkett)807 m · North Western
2.9 km SRed Knott452 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Causey Pike (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Little Town, Newlands (paid, small) — 1.7 km from summit (straight line)
Newlands valley — Catbells, Maiden Moor, Hindscarth, Robinson.
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Braithwaite village (roadside/small areas) — 3.1 km from summit (straight line)
Start of the Coledale Horseshoe: Grisedale Pike, Causey Pike round.
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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 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 X4 / X5
Penrith – Rheged – Threlkeld – Keswick – Braithwaite – Cockermouth – Workington
Catch it from: Penrith
Year-round, frequent. From Penrith this is your way into Keswick and the Northern fells — Threlkeld/Scales stops serve Blencathra directly, Braithwaite serves the Coledale fells.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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