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Birkett — Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Cofa Pike

Cofa Pike at 823m (2,700ft) is a Birkett top forming the dramatic rocky summit on the ridge between Deepdale Hause and Fairfield in the Eastern Fells.

823 m
Height
+2
Bonus Birketts
See routes & download GPX →

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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

823 mBirkett — Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)+2 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast

Modelled guidance for the 823 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 14° to 12°C, gusts to 36 mph, 10.3 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
14° / 12°
💨 36 mph
🌧 10.3 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 10°
💨 32 mph
🌧 4.0 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
12° / 3°
💨 27 mph
🌧 1.0 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
13° / 1°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
13° / 2°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.0 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
14° / 3°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
14° / 4°
💨 12 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 823 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

About the walk

Key information

Cofa Pike

Cofa Pike at 823m (2,700ft) is a Birkett top forming the dramatic rocky summit on the ridge between Deepdale Hause and Fairfield in the Eastern Fells. The narrow, rocky crest gives the approach to Fairfield from St Sunday Crag its most exciting section. Views from the crest of the pike are excellent — down into Deepdale on one side and Grisedale on the other. An impressive high-level ridge point.

Routes up Cofa Pike

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

Cofra Pike Via Seat Sandal and Dollywaggon
9.2 km · ~3.7 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
823 m
Height
2,700 ft
In feet
NY 3586 1207
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

Nearest parking: Steel End, Thirlmere (paid), about 3.1 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Cofa Pike (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.

2.0 km NEGavel Pike784 m · Eastern
2.2 km NWHigh Crag (Grisedale)884 m · Eastern

Routes over Cofa Pike

Cofra Pike Via Seat Sandal and DollywaggonPlanned
9.19 km · ~1142 m ascent · loop · ~3.5–5 h
Summits: Seat SandalCofa PikeDollywaggon Pike

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

✎️ Planned route — drawn but not personally walked or checked yet.

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Best parking to hike Cofa Pike

Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).

Steel End, Thirlmere (paid) — 3.1 km from summit (straight line)
South end of Thirlmere for the Wythburn valley and Armboth fells.
Directions
🚺 Dob Gill Car Park (933m) — Free
Wythburn Church, Thirlmere (paid) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
Direct forest path up Helvellyn's south ridge (Comb Crags).
Directions
🚺 Dob Gill Car Park (931m) — Free

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

Tip: pan and zoom the interactive map at the top of this page to spot other potential parking near your route.

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Cofra Pike Via Seat Sandal and Dollywaggon route:

🛖 map (4 m)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

Buses to Cofa Pike from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.

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

My hikes over Cofa Pike (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Interactive route maps and photos load here for visitors with JavaScript. Data from Strava.

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Maps & guidebooks for Cofa Pike

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