Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell
Hatteringill Head at 385m (1,263ft) is a Birkett top on the fell above the Calder valley in the far western fells, giving views across the coastal plain and inland to the higher Western Fells.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 385 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Fri 11 Sep): 14° to 10°C, gusts to 21 mph, 1.9 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 385 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell at a glance
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell a Wainwright?
Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.
Where do you park for Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell?
The nearest car park we hold is Low Lorton car park (free), about 2.2 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Dodd Lorton (layby), 2.3 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.
Routes up Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Blake Fell, Gavel Fell, Hen Comb — starts 3.7 km away
- Loweswater circuit — starts 3.7 km away
- Around Loweswater to Fellbarrow and Low Fell — starts 3.7 km away
Parking & buses for Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell
Best parking to hike Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell
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 Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell by bus
The 77 stops at Lorton Winder Hall (near), 70 m from the nearest parking for this fell. We haven’t mapped a route up it, so we can’t tell you the walk from there to the start. Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day, and it is not daily before then — a bus on 31 of the 56 days from 7 September. We don’t know when it returns. Confirmed with the operator, 29 August 2026. The last bus is 17:56 towards Keswick (77), every day. 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 Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell
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: Low Lorton car park (free), about 2.2 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell (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.
Other fells near Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell
- Base Brown
- Blake Fell
- Brandreth
- Buckbarrow
- Burnbank Fell
- Caw Fell
- Crag Fell
- Fellbarrow - Mosser Fell
- Fleetwith Pike
- Gavel Fell
- Great Borne
- Great Gable
- Green Gable
- Grey Knotts
- Grike
- Haycock
- Haystacks (Buttermere)
- Hen Comb
- High Crag (Buttermere)
- High Stile
- Kirk Fell
- Lank Rigg
- Low Fell
- Mellbreak (Mellbreak South Top)
- Middle Fell
- Pillar
- Red Pike (Buttermere)
- Red Pike (Wasdale)
- Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell)
- Seatallan
- Starling Dodd
- Steeple
- Yewbarrow