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Birkett — Northern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Eycott Hill

Eycott Hill (345 m / 1,132 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Northern tops.

345 m
Height
+1
Bonus Birkett
See routes & download GPX →

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345 mBirkett — Northern (not a Wainwright summit)+1 bonus Birkett within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 345 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 18° to 15°C, gusts to 32 mph, 5.4 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
18° / 15°
💨 32 mph
🌧 5.4 mm (61%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
18° / 13°
💨 25 mph
🌧 5.4 mm (71%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
16° / 9°
💨 30 mph
🌧 0.7 mm (76%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
17° / 6°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (76%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
16° / 7°
💨 13 mph
🌧 3.0 mm (55%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌤️
18° / 6°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (28%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
17° / 8°
💨 15 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (22%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 345 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

Eycott Hill

Eycott Hill (345 m / 1,132 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Northern tops. It rises the Mungrisdale. The name comes from hill (Old English hyll, a hill). It also features on the Synge list. Its nearest tops are Little Eycott Hill (0.6 km N); Souther Fell (3.2 km W); The Tongue (3.9 km W) — it's usually taken in on a round of these neighbours. It's a worthwhile objective for anyone working through the Birkett list, or as a short extension to a bigger day on the higher neighbouring fells.

Routes up Eycott Hill

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

Eycott Hills
11 km · ~2.2 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
345 m
Height
1,132 ft
In feet
NY 3864 2947
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Mungrisdale village hall (donation), about 2.3 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Eycott Hill (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.

0.6 km NNWLittle Eycott Hill332 m · Northern

Routes over Eycott Hill

Eycott HillsPlanned
11.04 km · ~0 m ascent · loop · ~2–3 h
Summits: Eycott HillLittle Eycott Hill

⬇️ 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 Eycott Hill

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

Mungrisdale village hall (donation) — 2.3 km from summit (straight line)
For Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags, Souther Fell and The Tongue.
Directions
Mosedale / Bowscale (verge) — 3.3 km from summit (straight line)
Verge parking for Carrock Fell and the back o' Skiddaw fells via the Caldew valley.
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 Eycott Hill from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

No regular bus serves the start points for this fell — this is one for the car (or a long approach from the nearest served valley). The nearest hubs are Penrith (X4/X5 & 508), Ambleside and Windermere (555, 505, 516).

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

Other fells near Eycott Hill

Maps & guidebooks for Eycott Hill

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