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High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)

High House Tarn Top at 683m (2,241ft) is a high Birkett top on the ridge between Allen Crags and Glaramara above Borrowdale, its position above the Langstrath valley giving dramatic views into the wild upper Borrowdale and across to the Scafell group.

683 m
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683 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+11 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 683 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 39 mph, 11.9 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
14° / 13°
💨 39 mph
🌧 11.9 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
13° / 11°
💨 33 mph
🌧 11.9 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌧️
12° / 6°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.9 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 2°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
13° / 4°
💨 15 mph
🌧 4.5 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
15° / 6°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 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 683 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

High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)

High House Tarn Top at 683m (2,241ft) is a high Birkett top on the ridge between Allen Crags and Glaramara above Borrowdale, its position above the Langstrath valley giving dramatic views into the wild upper Borrowdale and across to the Scafell group. Part of the long Allen Crags and Glaramara ridge. A fine high-level summit in the heart of the Central Fells.

Routes up High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)

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

Allan Crags & Glaramara
10.9 km · ~3.5 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
Nuttall
683 m
Height
2,241 ft
In feet
NY 2402 0924
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (free verge), about 3.0 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags) (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.

0.5 km NNERed Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara)720 m · Southern
1.1 km NNELooking Steads (Glaramara)774 m · Southern
1.4 km WNWSeathwaite Fell (Great Slack - Seathwaite Fell)631 m · Southern
1.9 km SEBlack Crags (Mickleden)588 m · Southern
1.9 km NNECombe Head735 m · Southern
1.9 km SEBuck Pike (Mickleden)606 m · Southern
2.4 km SPike de Bield810 m · Southern
2.5 km SWIll Crag931 m · Southern
2.6 km NThornythwaite Fell574 m · Southern
2.7 km NEDovenest Top (Dovenest Crag) (Stonethwaite Fell)633 m · Southern
2.7 km SWBroad Crag935 m · Southern

Routes over High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)

Allan Crags & GlaramaraLive
10.94 km · ~806 m ascent · loop · ~3.5–4.5 h
Summits: Allen CragsHigh House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)Red Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara)Looking Steads (Glaramara)Glaramara

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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 High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)

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

Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (free verge) — 3.0 km from summit (straight line)
Free verge parking on the Seathwaite lane — the honeypot start for the Scafells, Great Gable and Glaramara. Arrive very early.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (1002m) — Free
Honister Pass (paid, slate mine) — 4.7 km from summit (straight line)
Pay & display at the top of the pass — Dale Head, Fleetwith Pike, Grey Knotts with minimal ascent.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (61m) — Free🚺 Public toilets (1787m) — Free☕ Sky Hi Cafe

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 Allan Crags & Glaramara route:

⛺ Seathwaite Farm Campsite (185 m)

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

Buses to High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).
Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

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

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