⛰️ Codale Head

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

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732 mBirkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit)+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Codale Head at 730m (2,395ft) is the high moorland ridge between High Raise and Ullscarf, its broad top giving views across the Central Fells plateau. A Birkett top on the high ground above Codale Tarn. Most naturally part of the High Raise to Ullscarf traverse across the central plateau. Codale Tarn below is one of the quietest and most secluded tarns in the Central Fells.

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.

1.2 km NWLow White Stones731 m · Central
2.1 km SSWThorn Crag644 m · Central
2.2 km NNWLining Crag542 m · Central
2.4 km SECastle How (Raw Pike)498 m · Central

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Codale Head (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
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Stickle Ghyll / New Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 3.1 km from summit (straight line)
Direct start up Stickle Ghyll for 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.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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