⛰️ Graystones

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

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455 mBirkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit)+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Graystones at 456m (1,496ft) is a small, heathery fell above Lorton Vale, its summit giving pleasant views of Bassenthwaite Lake and the northern fells. Wainwright included it as the lowest of the Lord's Seat group. The ascent from Lorton or Whinlatter is short and easy. Often combined with Broom Fell as a gentle half-day outing. A quiet, accessible summit above the pastoral Lorton Vale.

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.

0.5 km WNWKirk Fell (Lorton)437 m · Western
2.2 km NNEBurthwaite Heights318 m · North Western
2.4 km SEWhinlatter Top525 m · North Western
2.5 km SSwinside509 m · North Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Graystones (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Whinlatter Visitor Centre (paid) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
Forest centre — Lord's Seat, Barf, Whinlatter fells, Grisedale Pike's back route.
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Braithwaite village (roadside/small areas) — 5.9 km from summit (straight line)
Start of the Coledale Horseshoe: Grisedale Pike, Causey Pike round.
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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.
Stagecoach X4 / X5
Penrith – Rheged – Threlkeld – Keswick – Braithwaite – Cockermouth – Workington
Catch it from: Penrith
Year-round, frequent. From Penrith this is your way into Keswick and the Northern fells — Threlkeld/Scales stops serve Blencathra directly, Braithwaite serves the Coledale 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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