High House Bank
High House Bank (495 m / 1,624 ft) is a grassy top on the far-eastern moors between Longsleddale and Bannisdale, on the quiet Shap-fell skyline near Capplebarrow.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 495 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Fri 11 Sep): 13° to 8°C, gusts to 21 mph, 3.1 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 495 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
High House Bank at a glance
Routes up High House Bank
Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is High House Bank a Wainwright?
High House Bank is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides. It is also on the Birkett list and the Synge list.
Where do you park for High House Bank?
The nearest car park we hold is High House Bank (layby), about 1.1 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Huck's Brow (free), 1.4 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.
How hard is High House Bank?
The shortest way up we hold is Borrowdale Birketts — 21.2 km, 820 m of ascent, about 5.6 hours. On our scale its hardest axis is length — Severe.
All axes: length: Severe · navigation: Hard · steepness: Hard · exposure: Moderate · terrain: Moderate.
Parking & buses for High House Bank
Best parking to hike High House Bank
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 High House Bank by bus
The nearest bus stop we hold is the 555 at Staveley, outside Abbey Square, 17.9 km of walking from the start — not realistically reachable without a car.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on High House Bank
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: High House Bank (layby), about 1.1 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near High House Bank (within 3 km)
No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.
Routes over High House Bank
✎️ Planned route — drawn but not personally walked or checked yet.
A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass. How to use this guide.