⛰️ Eagle Crag

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

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523 mWainwright — Central Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+9 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Eagle Crag at 520m (1,706ft) is a magnificent rocky buttress above Langstrath, its eastern face dropping in great crags to the valley below. Wainwright was clearly impressed by it, describing it as one of the finest craggy summits in Borrowdale — the cliff face visible from the valley gives little idea of the walker's route which approaches from the rear. The ascent from Stonethwaite is excellent, with the valley of Langstrath providing superb scenery throughout. The summit views across to Glaramara and High Raise 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.

1.2 km SELining Crag542 m · Central
1.6 km ENEColdbarrow Fell - High Saddle675 m · Central
1.7 km NELow Saddle656 m · Central
2.0 km WRosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)612 m · Southern
2.0 km WSWDovenest Top (Dovenest Crag) (Stonethwaite Fell)633 m · Southern
2.2 km SSELow White Stones731 m · Central
2.4 km ENEStanding Crag611 m · Central
2.8 km WSWCombe Head735 m · Southern
3.0 km WThornythwaite Fell574 m · Southern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Eagle Crag (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Stonethwaite (roadside, limited) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
Small roadside area near the hamlet — Eagle Crag, Sergeant's Crag, Langstrath approaches.
Directions ↗
Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (free verge) — 3.0 km from summit (straight line)
Free verge parking on the Seathwaite lane — the honeypot start for the Scafells, Great Gable and Glaramara. Arrive very early.
Directions ↗

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

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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