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Birkett — Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Heron Pike (Glenridding)

Heron Pike at 612m (2,008ft) — distinct from the Heron Pike above Grasmere — is a Birkett top on the ridge above Glenridding in the Eastern Fells, giving fine views across Ullswater and towards the main Helvellyn massif.

612 m
Height
+6
Bonus Birketts
See routes & download GPX →

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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

612 mBirkett — Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)+6 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 612 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 14°C, gusts to 39 mph, 5.1 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
15° / 14°
💨 39 mph
🌧 5.1 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
16° / 12°
💨 34 mph
🌧 4.4 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 6°
💨 29 mph
🌧 0.8 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 4°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 12 mph
🌧 5.1 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
16° / 4°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 6°
💨 12 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 612 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

About the walk

Key information

Heron Pike (Glenridding)

Heron Pike at 612m (2,008ft) — distinct from the Heron Pike above Grasmere — is a Birkett top on the ridge above Glenridding in the Eastern Fells, giving fine views across Ullswater and towards the main Helvellyn massif. Part of the high ground south of the Glenridding valley. A good viewpoint for the upper reaches of Ullswater.

Routes up Heron Pike (Glenridding)

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor
15.6 km · ~5.1 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
612 m
Height
2,008 ft
In feet
NY 3735 1781
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Glenridding (paid), about 1.7 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Heron Pike (Glenridding) (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.

1.6 km NNEBrown Hills551 m · Eastern
2.0 km NNESwineside Knott553 m · Eastern
2.2 km NNWBirkett Fell725 m · Eastern
2.3 km WNWGreen Side (White Stones - Green Side)794 m · Eastern
2.8 km NNECommon Fell552 m · Eastern
2.9 km EBirk Fell (Bleaberry Knott - Birk Fell)512 m · Far Eastern

Routes over Heron Pike (Glenridding)

Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse MoorRevised
15.58 km · ~1209 m ascent · loop · ~5–7 h
Summits: Glenridding DoddHeron Pike (Glenridding)Sheffield PikeCatstye CamBirkhouse Moor

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Best parking to hike Heron Pike (Glenridding)

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

Glenridding (paid) — 1.7 km from summit (straight line)
Main Helvellyn-from-the-east base: Striding Edge, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor; also Sheffield Pike, Glenridding Dodd.
Directions
🚺 Glenridding Village Car Park (103m)🚺 Public toilets (165m)☕ Let It Brew☕ Fairlight Cafe & Restaurant☕ Fellbites🍺 Travellers Rest🏪 Catstycam.com
Patterdale (paid) — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)
For Place Fell, St Sunday Crag, the Grisedale fells.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (176m) — Free🚺 Public toilets (1579m)🍺 White Lion Inn🍺 Patterdale Hotel

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.

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor route:

🛖 map (51 m)🚺 map (71 m)🚌 Glenridding, at Bus Shelter (51 m)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

Buses to Heron Pike (Glenridding) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 508 “Ullswater Bus”
Penrith – Pooley Bridge – Aira Force – Glenridding – Patterdale (summer services continue over Kirkstone Pass to Troutbeck and Windermere)
Catch it from: Penrith · Windermere (summer only)
The key route from Penrith for the Eastern and Far Eastern fells: Helvellyn from Glenridding, Place Fell, the Hartsop fells. The summer Kirkstone extension drops you at the pass for Red Screes and Caudale Moor.

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

My hikes over Heron Pike (Glenridding) (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Interactive route maps and photos load here for visitors with JavaScript. Data from Strava.

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Maps & guidebooks for Heron Pike (Glenridding)

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