Gummer's How
Gummers How at 321m (1,053ft) is a small, rocky summit above the southern end of Windermere, giving one of the finest aerial views of the lake in the whole district.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 321 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Fri 11 Sep): 15° to 9°C, gusts to 17 mph, 1.2 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 11 Sep 2026, 08:30 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 321 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Gummer's How at a glance
Gummer's How
Routes up Gummer's How
Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Gummer's How a Wainwright?
Gummer's How is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides. It is also on the Birkett list, the Synge list and the Marilyn list.
Where do you park for Gummer's How?
The nearest car park we hold is Gummer's How car park (free), about 0.9 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Birch Fell car park, 0.9 km out. We only look within 2.5 km, measured straight-line: over longer distances a road may cross a pass and the drive bears no relation to the line.
How hard is Gummer's How?
The shortest way up we hold is Gummer's How & Birch Fell — 4.8 km, 179 m of ascent, about 1.2 hours. On our scale its hardest axis is navigation — Hard.
All axes: navigation: Hard · steepness: Hard · terrain: Moderate · exposure: Easy · length: Easy.
Parking & buses for Gummer's How
Best parking to hike Gummer's How
Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).
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.
Vehicles are left entirely at their owner’s risk. We list places people park; we cannot vouch for any of them. Judge it on the day: take valuables with you, leave nothing on show, and if a spot feels wrong when you get there, park somewhere else.
Getting to Gummer's How by bus
The 6 stops at Fell Foot, at Gummers How. From there it is 1.2 km and 193 m of ascent to the start of Gummer's How & Birch Fell — a walk in before the walk. Last bus: Monday to Friday 23:36 towards Ulverston (6); Saturday 23:36 towards Ulverston (6); Sunday 23:38 towards Ulverston (6). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 7 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Gummer's How
No hazard card for this fell. The usual open-fell rules apply: check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected.
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Gummer's How car park (free), about 0.9 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Gummer's How (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.
Routes over Gummer's How
✎️ Planned route — drawn but not personally walked or checked yet.
A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass. How to use this guide.