476 mBirkett — Far Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)+1 bonus Birkett within 3 km
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🎯 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.
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🦶 My hikes over Glede Howe (Strava)
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🅿️ Potential parking
Wet Sleddale dam (free) — 0.6 km from summit (straight line)
For the quiet Shap-side fells: Seat Robert, Sleddale fells.
Directions ↗Shap village (free) — 5.2 km from summit (straight line)
For the Shap fells and Crosby Ravensworth commons.
Directions ↗Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.
🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere
Route 106
Penrith – Eamont Bridge – Askham – Shap – Kendal
Catch it from: Penrith
Monday–Saturday, infrequent — plan carefully. Useful for the Shap and Crosby Ravensworth outlying fells.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
🌦️ 7-day summit forecast
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