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637 m · Birkett — Far Eastern (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

Harrop Pike - a tall column-like cairn on a rocky outcrop, rough moorland rolling to hazy fells under grey cloud
Birkett — Far Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Harrop Pike

Harrop Pike at 637m (2,090ft) is a Birkett top on the high moorland east of Haweswater in the Far Eastern Fells, its grassy summit giving wide views across the limestone plateau and east to the Pennines.

637 m
Height
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637 mBirkett — Far Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)+3 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 637 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 13°C, gusts to 38 mph, 15.1 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
15° / 13°
💨 38 mph
🌧 15.1 mm (98%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
15° / 12°
💨 31 mph
🌧 2.0 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 5°
💨 28 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (63%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 2°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (82%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 3°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.3 mm (31%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
16° / 4°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (25%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 6°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (24%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 637 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

About the walk

Key information

Harrop Pike

Harrop Pike - a tall column-like cairn on a rocky outcrop, rough moorland rolling to hazy fells under grey cloud
© Lee McCoy

Harrop Pike at 637m (2,090ft) is a Birkett top on the high moorland east of Haweswater in the Far Eastern Fells, its grassy summit giving wide views across the limestone plateau and east to the Pennines. Part of the remote fell country above Longsleddale. A quiet, seldom-visited summit.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
Nuttall
637 m
Height
2,090 ft
In feet
NY 5006 0779
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Sadgill, Longsleddale (free, limited), about 2.9 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Harrop Pike (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.

1.8 km SWGreat Howe (Longsleddale)494 m · Far Eastern
2.9 km WSWGoat Scar626 m · Far Eastern

Best parking to hike Harrop Pike

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

Sadgill, Longsleddale (free, limited) — 2.9 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Longsleddale — Kentmere Pike, Shipman Knotts, Grey Crag, Tarn Crag.
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Mardale Head, Haweswater (free) — 4.3 km from summit (straight line)
Free but small and fills very early — High Street, Harter Fell, Kidsty Pike, Branstree.
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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 Harrop Pike 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 (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

My hikes over Harrop Pike (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

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Maps & guidebooks for Harrop Pike

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