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Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Fox Haw

Fox Haw (385 m / 1,263 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Southern tops.

385 m
Height
+1
Bonus Birkett
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385 mBirkett — Southern (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 385 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 31 mph, 1.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
18° / 15°
💨 31 mph
🌧 1.7 mm (90%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
17° / 13°
💨 23 mph
🌧 2.0 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 9°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.8 mm (70%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 4°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (73%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.3 mm (47%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
17° / 10°
💨 20 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
18° / 8°
💨 15 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (17%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 385 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

Fox Haw

Fox Haw (385 m / 1,263 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Southern tops. It rises the upper Duddon valley. The name is not securely explained, though it is likely Old Norse or Old English in origin, like most fells hereabouts. It also features on the Synge list. Its nearest tops are Brock Barrow (0.7 km NW); Raven's Crag (nameless (Stickle Pike - Raven's Crag)) (0.7 km S); Caw (1.1 km NE) — 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.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
385 m
Height
1,263 ft
In feet
SD 2235 9365
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Seathwaite, Duddon Valley (roadside), about 3.6 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Fox Haw (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 NNWBrock Barrow343 m · Southern

Terrain & access

A near-path top (about 385 m): a mapped path comes within about 98 m of the summit, with a last stretch of open ground (about 13 m of ascent, up to ~20°). The summit is on CRoW open access land.

Computed from open data, not walked — pathless ground needs confident navigation, and mapped paths, barriers and access boundaries can be incomplete. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass); Natural England CRoW Access Land; DoBIH; Copernicus GLO-30. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 145 fells.

Best parking to hike Fox Haw

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

Seathwaite, Duddon Valley (roadside) — 3.6 km from summit (straight line)
Limited roadside parking near the Newfield Inn for the Dunnerdale fells and Walna Scar side.
Directions
Devoke Water turning, Birker Fell road (verge) — 6.6 km from summit (straight line)
Rough free parking by the bridleway to Devoke Water for the Birker Fell group.
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 Fox Haw 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 Fox Haw

Maps & guidebooks for Fox Haw

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