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852 mWainwright — North Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+10 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Grasmoor at 852m (2,795ft) is the highest and most massive of the North Western Fells, a great dome of a mountain above Crummock Water that Wainwright described as one of the finest viewpoints in the district — the panorama from Grasmoor's summit takes in the full sweep of the northern and western fells, with the two great lakes of Crummock Water and Buttermere gleaming in the valley far below. The steep south-east ridge from Lanthwaite Green is the classic ascent, offering dramatic views as height is gained. The ridge traverse to Eel Crag and Sail makes for one of the finest full-day circuits in the North Western group.

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.

1.1 km SSWLad Hows426 m · North Western

1.1 km SEThirdgill Head Man734 m · North Western

1.6 km ENEEel Crag (Birkett)807 m · North Western

1.7 km NWhiteside East Top (Whiteside) (Gasgale Crags)719 m · North Western

1.9 km NGasgale Crags703 m · North Western

1.9 km NESand Hill756 m · North Western

2.5 km NEHobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head)738 m · North Western

2.6 km NNELadyside Pike704 m · North Western

2.7 km ESEIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western

2.8 km NNWDodd (Lorton)454 m · North Western

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🦶 My hikes over Grasmoor (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Lanthwaite Green (NT) — 2.5 km from summit (straight line)

At the foot of Grasmoor and Whiteside, Crummock Water.

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Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 3.4 km from summit (straight line)

For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts.

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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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