⛰️ Dodd (Skiddaw)

502 m · Wainwright — Northern Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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502 mWainwright — Northern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Dodd at 502m (1,647ft) is the prominent wooded cone above Bassenthwaite Lake, its open summit — above the Dodd Wood forest — giving one of the finest aerial views of Bassenthwaite Lake in the whole district. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide, noting the excellent lake view and the pleasant forest approaches. The ascent through Dodd Wood from the Mirehouse car park is popular with families and makes for an excellent short outing. The views of Skiddaw towering above and Bassenthwaite below are outstanding.

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.

2.0 km NESkiddaw South Top926 m · Northern
2.2 km NESkiddaw Middle Top929 m · Northern
2.4 km ESkiddaw Lesser Man824 m · Northern
3.0 km EJenkin Hill735 m · Northern
3.0 km NNEBroad End832 m · Northern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Dodd (Skiddaw) (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Dodd Wood (paid) — 1.2 km from summit (straight line)
Forestry car park for Dodd, Carl Side and the Ullock Pike ridge onto Skiddaw.
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Braithwaite village (roadside/small areas) — 3.9 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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