⛰️ Harrison Stickle

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

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735 mWainwright — Central Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+8 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Harrison Stickle at 736m (2,415ft) is the highest and most prominent of the Langdale Pikes, a magnificent crag-crowned summit that dominates the head of Great Langdale and is one of the most recognisable profiles in English fell walking. Wainwright devoted many pages to the Pikes, capturing the excitement of their approach from the valley — the crags growing ever more impressive as the path from New Dungeon Ghyll steepens. The views from the summit across Langdale to the Coniston Fells and south to Windermere are superb. Pavey Ark and Pike of Stickle are natural partners on the classic Pikes circuit.

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.

0.3 km SWThorn Crag644 m · Central
1.8 km NNECodale Head732 m · Central
2.3 km SSESide Pike362 m · Central
2.5 km WSWWhite Stones - The Band568 m · Southern
2.6 km ECastle How (Raw Pike)498 m · Central
2.6 km NLow White Stones731 m · Central
2.7 km WNWBlack Crags (Mickleden)588 m · Southern
2.9 km WBuck Pike (Mickleden)606 m · Southern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Harrison Stickle (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 1.4 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
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Stickle Ghyll / New Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 2.3 km from summit (straight line)
Direct start up Stickle Ghyll for the Langdale Pikes.
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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 516 “Langdale Rambler”
Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Elterwater – New Dungeon Ghyll – Old Dungeon Ghyll
Catch it from: Ambleside · Windermere (change at Ambleside)
The Langdale bus — Pikes, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco all walkable from the Dungeon Ghyll stops. Seasonal frequency varies; check before relying on the last bus back.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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