⛰️ Fleetwith Pike

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

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649 mWainwright — Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+2 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Fleetwith Pike at 648m (2,126ft) stands above Honister Pass, its northern face falling in the famous Honister Crags that Wainwright described as giving one of the most dramatic fell profiles in the Western Fells. The cross of white quartz on the northern face is a memorial to a Victorian climbing accident. The summit gives outstanding views of Buttermere, Crummock Water and the Grasmoor group from its elevated position. The ascent from Buttermere via the Honister path is excellent, with the lake views improving dramatically on the approach.

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.

0.7 km EHonister Crag (Black Star)634 m · Western
2.2 km WSWSeat561 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Fleetwith Pike (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere (paid) — 1.7 km from summit (straight line)
Farm car park at the foot of Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike and the High Stile ridge.
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Honister Pass (paid, slate mine) — 2.0 km from summit (straight line)
Pay & display at the top of the pass — Dale Head, Fleetwith Pike, Grey Knotts with minimal ascent.
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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.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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