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Birkett — 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 — 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 (Sat 12 Sep): 14° to 7°C, gusts to 47 mph, 29.4 mm of rain forecast.

Sat 12 Sep
🌧️
14° / 7°
💨 47 mph
🌧 29.4 mm (100%)
Sun 13 Sep
☁️
13° / 8°
💨 10 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (6%)
Mon 14 Sep
🌦️
15° / 11°
💨 38 mph
🌧 6.5 mm (100%)
Tue 15 Sep
🌧️
14° / 9°
💨 38 mph
🌧 16.4 mm (98%)
Wed 16 Sep
🌧️
10° / 8°
💨 29 mph
🌧 7.4 mm (70%)
Thu 17 Sep
🌧️
10° / 8°
💨 35 mph
🌧 23.3 mm (100%)
Fri 18 Sep
🌧️
11° / 8°
💨 37 mph
🌧 13.4 mm (92%)

Forecast snapshot from 12 Sep 2026, 15:36 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.

Dodd (Buttermere) at a glance

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.

Routes up Dodd (Buttermere)

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

Classifications & hill data

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

The short answers

Is Dodd (Buttermere) a Wainwright?

Dodd (Buttermere) is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list, the Synge list and the Nuttall list.

Where do you park for Dodd (Buttermere)?

The nearest car park we hold is Buttermere village LDNP car park (east) (paid), about 1.5 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Buttermere (free), 1.7 km out. We only look within 2.5 km, measured straight-line: over longer distances a road may cross a pass and the drive bears no relation to the line.

How hard is Dodd (Buttermere)?

The shortest way up we hold is The Buttermere Ridge — 13.4 km, 975 m of ascent, about 4.3 hours. On our scale its hardest axis is steepness — Severe.

All axes: steepness: Severe · exposure: Severe · navigation: Hard · length: Moderate · terrain: Moderate.

Parking & buses for Dodd (Buttermere)

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 LDNP car park (east) (paid) — 1.5 km from summit (straight line)
The 'Buttermere lake circuit' route starts 49 m away. Also serves 'Crummock Water shore circuit'. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Toilets on site. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37311 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
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Buttermere (free) — 1.7 km from summit (straight line)
Walking base for Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile) and High Crag (Buttermere) — the 'High Stile, Seat via Buttermere' route starts 5 m away. Also serves 'Great Bourne & Starling Dodd'. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 1.7 km from summit (straight line)
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). £7 up to 2 hours; £8 up to 4 hours; £9.50 all day. Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
🕑 Typically full before 10:00 on fine weekends, Apr-Oct — Lee McCoy, local observation, 2026-08-09.
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If it is full: High Snockrigg (verge) (0.4 km, 28 m up); Car park for Rannerdale Knotts (2.1 km, 146 m up)
High Snockrigg (verge) — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)
1.0 km from High Snockrigg.
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Rannerdale Knotts, south (layby) — 2.0 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Rannerdale Knotts (0.5 km), Lad Hows (1.6 km), Whiteless Pike (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm.

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

Vehicles are left entirely at their owner’s risk. We list places people park; we cannot vouch for any of them. Judge it on the day: take valuables with you, leave nothing on show, and if a spot feels wrong when you get there, park somewhere else.

Getting to Dodd (Buttermere) by bus

The 77 stops at Buttermere, outside Court Hotel, 410 m from the start of The Buttermere Ridge. Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day, and it is not daily before then — a bus on 31 of the 56 days from 7 September. We don’t know when it returns. Confirmed with the operator, 29 August 2026. Last bus: Monday to Friday 19:23 towards Cockermouth (77A) and 18:20 towards Keswick (77); Saturday 19:23 towards Cockermouth (77A) and 18:20 towards Keswick (77); Sunday 18:20 towards Keswick (77). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 12 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

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 (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Hazards on Dodd (Buttermere)

No hazard card for this fell. The usual open-fell rules apply: check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected.

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Buttermere village LDNP car park (east) (paid), about 1.5 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)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

Routes over Dodd (Buttermere)

13.39 km · ~975 m ascent · loop · ~4–5.5 h

⬇️ 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. How to use this guide.

On the hill: terrain and water on Dodd (Buttermere)

Water & shelter on the way up

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

Other fells near Dodd (Buttermere)