⛰️ Grisedale Pike

790 m · Wainwright — North Western Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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790 mWainwright — North Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+13 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Grisedale Pike at 791m (2,595ft) is the most conspicuous of the North Western Fells, a fine, sharp pyramid above Braithwaite that Wainwright described as the dominant feature of the Coledale skyline. Its steep north-west ridge above Braithwaite is one of the most popular ascents in the district — straightforward, direct and rewarded with excellent views of the Skiddaw massif across Bassenthwaite Lake and south to the Helvellyn range. The horseshoe taking in Hopegill Head, Eel Crag and Sail is one of the great Lakeland circuits.

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.

0.7 km SWHobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head)738 m · North Western
1.0 km NNWHobcarton End634 m · North Western
1.3 km WSWSand Hill756 m · North Western
1.4 km WLadyside Pike704 m · North Western
2.0 km WGasgale Crags703 m · North Western
2.0 km SSWEel Crag (Birkett)807 m · North Western
2.2 km ENEKinn374 m · North Western
2.3 km ESEStile End447 m · North Western
2.4 km WSWWhiteside East Top (Whiteside) (Gasgale Crags)719 m · North Western
2.4 km NWhinlatter Top525 m · North Western
2.6 km WNWSwinside509 m · North Western
2.9 km NNETarbarrel Moss493 m · North Western
3.0 km WDodd (Lorton)454 m · North Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Grisedale Pike (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Whinlatter Visitor Centre (paid) — 2.2 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) — 3.4 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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