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Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Hell Gill Pike

Hell Gill Pike at 662m (2,172ft) is a Birkett top on the high fell above the upper Wrynose valley, its rocky summit giving views across the head of Dunnerdale and towards the Crinkle Crags ridge.

662 m
Height
+8
Bonus Birketts
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662 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+8 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 662 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 14° to 13°C, gusts to 38 mph, 5.4 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
14° / 13°
💨 38 mph
🌧 5.4 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 11°
💨 30 mph
🌧 4.5 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 6°
💨 28 mph
🌧 1.2 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 1°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 2°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.1 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
16° / 6°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
15° / 7°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 662 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

Hell Gill Pike

Hell Gill Pike at 662m (2,172ft) is a Birkett top on the high fell above the upper Wrynose valley, its rocky summit giving views across the head of Dunnerdale and towards the Crinkle Crags ridge. Part of the fell country between the Wrynose Pass and Dunnerdale. A remote and dramatic position above the wild head of the Duddon valley.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
662 m
Height
2,172 ft
In feet
NY 2693 0163
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge), about 1.3 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Hell Gill 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.

0.2 km SELittle Carrs692 m · Southern
1.6 km ESEBlack Sails745 m · Southern
1.7 km SSEGreat How (Swirl Band)775 m · Southern
2.6 km NWLittle Stand740 m · Southern
2.6 km EBirk Fell Man - Birk Fell528 m · Southern
2.6 km NNEWrynose Fell - Long Crag547 m · Southern
2.8 km NEBlake Rigg (Little Langdale)535 m · Southern
2.8 km NNWGreat Knott695 m · Southern

Terrain & access

A near-path top (about 662 m): a mapped path comes within about 100 m of the summit, with a last stretch of open ground (about 0 m of ascent, up to ~18°). The summit is on CRoW open access land.

Computed from open data, not walked — pathless ground needs confident navigation, and mapped paths, barriers and access boundaries can be incomplete. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass); Natural England CRoW Access Land; DoBIH; Copernicus GLO-30. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 145 fells.

Best parking to hike Hell Gill Pike

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

Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge) — 1.3 km from summit (straight line)
High-level start for Pike o' Blisco, Cold Pike, Wet Side Edge and the Greenburn fells.
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Hardknott Pass (roadside pull-ins) — 3.2 km from summit (straight line)
Limited pull-ins near the pass summit for Hard Knott and Harter Fell. Don't block passing places.
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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 Hell Gill 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.

Maps & guidebooks for Hell Gill Pike

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