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Gavel Fell - High Nook (Gavel Fell North Top)

488 m · Birkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses and live summit weather.

488 m
Height
+16
Bonus Birketts
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488 mBirkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit)+16 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 488 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 14°C, gusts to 33 mph, 1.9 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
15° / 14°
💨 33 mph
🌧 1.9 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
15° / 12°
💨 27 mph
🌧 13.2 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 5°
💨 28 mph
🌧 2.8 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 3°
💨 22 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 15 mph
🌧 1.2 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌤️
16° / 5°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 5°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 488 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
Getting there
🅿️ Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free)
Small free car park for Mellbreak, Hen Comb and the Loweswater fells.
🅿️ Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid)
Forestry England car park at the end of the Ennerdale valley road, on the lake's north shore (OS NY 110 154; parking charges apply since 2023) — Great Borne, Starling Dodd, and the long walk-ins to Pillar and Steeple.

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌦️ 15°low 14°C
Gusts33 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
488 m
Height
1,601 ft
In feet
NY 1203 1891
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free), about 2.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Gavel Fell - High Nook (Gavel Fell North Top) (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.

1.0 km WHigh Pen475 m · North Western
1.2 km ENELittle Dodd (Loweswater)362 m · North Western
1.4 km NNWCarling Knott544 m · North Western
1.6 km SFloutern Cop451 m · Western
1.6 km SSWBanna Fell455 m · Western
1.6 km WLow Pen435 m · North Western
1.7 km NLoweswater End - Carling Knott519 m · Western
1.8 km NWSharp Knott482 m · North Western
2.0 km WSWGodworth365 m · Western
2.3 km ENEMellbreak North Top509 m · North Western
2.5 km WMurton Fell (Knock Murton)446 m · North Western
2.6 km SHerdus562 m · Western
2.7 km WSWKelton Fell311 m · Western
2.7 km WNWHigh Hows (Lamplugh)313 m · Western
2.8 km NWOwsen Fell409 m · Western
2.9 km SSEGale Fell518 m · Western

Best parking to hike Gavel Fell - High Nook (Gavel Fell North Top)

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

Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free) — 2.5 km from summit (straight line)
Small free car park for Mellbreak, Hen Comb and the Loweswater fells.
Directions
Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
Forestry England car park at the end of the Ennerdale valley road, on the lake's north shore (OS NY 110 154; parking charges apply since 2023) — Great Borne, Starling Dodd, and the long walk-ins to Pillar and Steeple.
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 Gavel Fell - High Nook (Gavel Fell North Top) 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.

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