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Outlying Fell — West CumbriaAlso a Birkett

Great Stickle

Great Stickle at 369m (1,211ft) is a rocky fell above the Dunnerdale Fells area, its craggy top giving views across the Duddon valley to the Coniston Fells.

305 m
Height
+2
Bonus Birketts
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305 mOutlying Fell — West Cumbria✓ summit is also a Birkett+2 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 305 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 18° to 16°C, gusts to 34 mph, 1.9 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
18° / 16°
💨 34 mph
🌧 1.9 mm (90%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
17° / 13°
💨 27 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 9°
💨 29 mph
🌧 1.8 mm (70%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
16° / 3°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (73%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
17° / 7°
💨 16 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (47%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
19° / 9°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
18° / 8°
💨 15 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (17%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 305 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

About the walk

Key information

Great Stickle

Great Stickle at 369m (1,211ft) is a rocky fell above the Dunnerdale Fells area, its craggy top giving views across the Duddon valley to the Coniston Fells. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide. The views south to the Duddon estuary and west to the coast are good. Often combined with Stickle Pike for a short Dunnerdale circuit.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
West Cumbria
Birkett
Synge
305 m
Height
1,001 ft
In feet
SD 2117 9159
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Seathwaite, Duddon Valley (roadside), about 6.0 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Great Stickle (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.

2.4 km NNEFox Haw385 m · Southern
2.8 km NNEBrock Barrow343 m · Southern

Best parking to hike Great Stickle

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

Seathwaite, Duddon Valley (roadside) — 6.0 km from summit (straight line)
Limited roadside parking near the Newfield Inn for the Dunnerdale fells and Walna Scar side.
Directions
Devoke Water turning, Birker Fell road (verge) — 7.3 km from summit (straight line)
Rough free parking by the bridleway to Devoke Water for the Birker Fell group.
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 Great Stickle 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.

Other fells near Great Stickle

Maps & guidebooks for Great Stickle

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