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Birkett — Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Green Side (White Stones - Green Side)

Green Side at 794m (2,605ft) is a high Birkett top on the ridge above Glenridding in the Eastern Fells, part of the broad plateau between Sticks Pass and the Helvellyn range.

794 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

794 mBirkett — Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)+7 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 794 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 14° to 12°C, gusts to 39 mph, 5.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
14° / 12°
💨 39 mph
🌧 5.7 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 10°
💨 34 mph
🌧 5.8 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 4°
💨 29 mph
🌧 1.0 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 2°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
13° / 5°
💨 12 mph
🌧 5.1 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
14° / 3°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
14° / 5°
💨 15 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 794 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

Green Side (White Stones - Green Side)

Green Side at 794m (2,605ft) is a high Birkett top on the ridge above Glenridding in the Eastern Fells, part of the broad plateau between Sticks Pass and the Helvellyn range. The summit, also known as White Stones, gives fine views across Ullswater and towards the Pennines. Part of the high ground normally traversed on routes between Sticks Pass and Raise.

Routes up Green Side (White Stones - Green Side)

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

Hart Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, Watson's Dodd and more
24.4 km · ~6.2 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
Nuttall
794 m
Height
2,605 ft
In feet
NY 3527 1875
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Legburthwaite (United Utilities, small), about 3.3 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Green Side (White Stones - Green Side) (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.

1.6 km NEBirkett Fell725 m · Eastern
2.3 km NWLittle Dodd (St John's Common)785 m · Eastern
2.3 km ESEHeron Pike (Glenridding)612 m · Eastern
2.3 km NRanderside729 m · Eastern
2.6 km ENEBrown Hills551 m · Eastern
2.7 km WSWBrown Crag610 m · Eastern
2.8 km ENESwineside Knott553 m · Eastern

Routes over Green Side (White Stones - Green Side)

Hart Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, Watson's Dodd and moreRevised
24.44 km · ~816 m ascent · loop · ~6–8 h
Summits: Hart SideGreen Side (White Stones - Green Side)Stybarrow DoddRaiseWatson's DoddGreat DoddLittle Dodd (St John's Common)Clough Head

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Best parking to hike Green Side (White Stones - Green Side)

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

Legburthwaite (United Utilities, small) — 3.3 km from summit (straight line)
St John's in the Vale — Sticks Pass side, High Rigg, Raven Crag.
Directions
🚺 Legburthwaite Car Park (155m) — Free
Glenridding (paid) — 3.9 km from summit (straight line)
Main Helvellyn-from-the-east base: Striding Edge, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor; also Sheffield Pike, Glenridding Dodd.
Directions
🚺 Glenridding Village Car Park (103m)🚺 Public toilets (165m)☕ Let It Brew☕ Fairlight Cafe & Restaurant☕ Fellbites🍺 Travellers Rest🏪 Catstycam.com

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 Green Side (White Stones - Green Side) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.
Stagecoach 508 “Ullswater Bus”
Penrith – Pooley Bridge – Aira Force – Glenridding – Patterdale (summer services continue over Kirkstone Pass to Troutbeck and Windermere)
Catch it from: Penrith · Windermere (summer only)
The key route from Penrith for the Eastern and Far Eastern fells: Helvellyn from Glenridding, Place Fell, the Hartsop fells. The summer Kirkstone extension drops you at the pass for Red Screes and Caudale Moor.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

My hikes over Green Side (White Stones - Green Side) (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

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Other fells near Green Side (White Stones - Green Side)

Maps & guidebooks for Green Side (White Stones - Green Side)

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