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Birkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Dodd (Buttermere)

The east top of Starling Dodd at 590m (1,936ft) is a subsidiary summit on the eastern ridge of Starling Dodd above Ennerdale, giving views of the Ennerdale valley and the high fells above.

641 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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641 mBirkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit)+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 641 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 14° to 13°C, gusts to 34 mph, 2.2 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
14° / 13°
💨 34 mph
🌧 2.2 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 11°
💨 26 mph
🌧 10.9 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
12° / 4°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.9 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 2°
💨 22 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 5°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
15° / 5°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
15° / 5°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.4 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 641 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

Dodd (Buttermere)

The east top of Starling Dodd at 590m (1,936ft) is a subsidiary summit on the eastern ridge of Starling Dodd above Ennerdale, giving views of the Ennerdale valley and the high fells above. A Birkett top on the ridge connecting Starling Dodd to the Great Borne ridge. Part of the circuit of the northern Buttermere-Ennerdale fells.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
Nuttall
641 m
Height
2,103 ft
In feet
NY 1638 1575
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Buttermere village (NT, paid), about 1.7 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Dodd (Buttermere) (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 SEHigh Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile)806 m · Western
1.5 km WLittle Dodd (Ennerdale)590 m · Western
2.5 km NWScale Knott338 m · Western
2.6 km ENEHigh Snockrigg526 m · North Western

Best parking to hike Dodd (Buttermere)

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

Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 1.7 km from summit (straight line)
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts.
Directions
🚺 Buttermere village (132m) — Accessible☕ Syke Farm Tea Room☕ Croft House Farm Café🍺 The Buttermere Court Hotel
Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere (paid) — 3.2 km from summit (straight line)
Farm car park at the foot of Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike and the High Stile ridge.
Directions

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.

Buses to Dodd (Buttermere) 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.

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

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