⛰️ Great Crag (Stonethwaite)

449 m · Wainwright — Central Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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449 mWainwright — Central Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+9 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Great Crag at 449m (1,473ft) is a small, craggy summit above Watendlath, its rocky top giving fine views of the charming hamlet and tarn below and across to Glaramara and the Borrowdale fells. Wainwright noted the excellent view of Watendlath Tarn from the summit. The ascent from Watendlath is short and pleasant. A fine small fell for those visiting Watendlath, one of the most picturesque spots in Lakeland.

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.

1.9 km EWatendlath Fell (Long Moss)515 m · Central
2.0 km ENEShivery Knott491 m · Central
2.1 km ENEMiddle Crag484 m · Central
2.3 km SELow Saddle656 m · Central
2.3 km NNWKing's How - Grange Fell392 m · Central
2.6 km SEColdbarrow Fell - High Saddle675 m · Central
2.8 km EBell Crags (Long Moss) (Blea Tarn Fell)559 m · Central
3.0 km ENEArmboth Fell (Birkett)479 m · Central
3.0 km ESEStanding Crag611 m · Central

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Great Crag (Stonethwaite) (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Stonethwaite (roadside, limited) — 1.1 km from summit (straight line)
Small roadside area near the hamlet — Eagle Crag, Sergeant's Crag, Langstrath approaches.
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Rosthwaite (NT, paid) — 1.1 km from summit (straight line)
Village car park for the central Borrowdale fells and Watendlath ridge.
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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 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).
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.

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