⛰️ Heughscar Hill

375 m · Outlying Fell — Around Penrith · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

375 mOutlying Fell — Around Penrith✓ summit is also a Birkett+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Heughscar Hill at 279m (915ft) is a small, heathery fell above Askham near Ullswater, its open top giving views across the Lowther valley and towards Ullswater. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide as part of the Around Penrith group. A gentle, easy walk with views of Ullswater and the Eastern Fells on the horizon. Part of the pleasant fell country between Penrith and Ullswater.

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts within 3 km

No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Heughscar Hill (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Pooley Bridge (paid) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
For Heughscar Hill, Dunmallard Hill, Arthur's Pike and the Roman road onto High Street's north end.
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Martindale, St Peter's church (free, limited) — 4.9 km from summit (straight line)
Quiet side of Ullswater — Hallin Fell, Steel Knotts, Beda Fell, Pikeawassa.
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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 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.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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