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Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

High Fell (Hawk Rigg)

High Fell at 428m (1,404ft) is a Birkett top above the Tilberthwaite valley near Coniston, its rocky summit giving views across the quarry landscape and south to the Furness Fells.

428 m
Height
+13
Bonus Birketts
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428 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+13 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 428 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 17° to 15°C, gusts to 36 mph, 4.3 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
17° / 15°
💨 36 mph
🌧 4.3 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
17° / 13°
💨 28 mph
🌧 3.2 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 7°
💨 28 mph
🌧 1.2 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
16° / 2°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
16° / 4°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.1 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
18° / 8°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
18° / 8°
💨 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 428 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

High Fell (Hawk Rigg)

High Fell at 428m (1,404ft) is a Birkett top above the Tilberthwaite valley near Coniston, its rocky summit giving views across the quarry landscape and south to the Furness Fells. A companion summit to Hawk Rigg in the rough country between Coniston and the Langdales. An interesting summit above a landscape shaped by slate quarrying.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
428 m
Height
1,404 ft
In feet
NY 3002 0170
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Tilberthwaite (free), about 1.0 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near High Fell (Hawk Rigg) (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 SSWHawk Rigg441 m · Southern
0.3 km SHaystacks (Tilberthwaite)423 m · Southern
0.5 km WBirk Fell Man - Birk Fell528 m · Southern
0.5 km NNEGreat Intake - Low Fell408 m · Southern
0.5 km SBlake Rigg (Tilberthwaite)423 m · Southern
1.9 km SBrackeny Crag364 m · Southern
2.0 km WSWBlack Sails745 m · Southern
2.5 km SLow Wythow372 m · Southern
2.7 km NWBlake Rigg (Little Langdale)535 m · Southern
2.7 km SHigh Wythow410 m · Southern
2.7 km SLong Crag - Yewdale Fells421 m · Southern
2.8 km SKitty Crag435 m · Southern
3.0 km WLittle Carrs692 m · Southern

Terrain & access

A near-path top (about 428 m): a mapped path comes within about 54 m of the summit, with a last stretch of open ground (about 3 m of ascent, up to ~16°). 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 High Fell (Hawk Rigg)

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

Tilberthwaite (free) — 1.0 km from summit (straight line)
Quarry car park for Wetherlam and the Tilberthwaite fells.
Directions (opens in new tab)
Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
High-level start for Pike o' Blisco, Cold Pike, Wet Side Edge and the Greenburn fells.
Directions (opens in new tab)

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 High Fell (Hawk Rigg) 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 High Fell (Hawk Rigg)

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