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High Raise - a broad stony plateau looking across rolling grassy fells of the High Street range under deep blue sky
Wainwright — Far Eastern FellsAlso a Birkett

High Raise (High Street)

High Raise at 802m (2,631ft) above Haweswater is the northern hub of the High Street range, from whose broad summit the ridges fan out to Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head and the Loadpot Hill plateau.

804 m
Height
~3.5–4.5 h
Typical time
+4
Bonus Birketts
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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

804 mWainwright — Far Eastern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km Care needed in cloud

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

Modelled guidance for the 804 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 14° to 12°C, gusts to 36 mph, 9.2 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
14° / 12°
💨 36 mph
🌧 9.2 mm (98%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 10°
💨 26 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
12° / 4°
💨 28 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (63%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 1°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (82%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 2°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.3 mm (31%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
15° / 3°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (25%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
15° / 5°
💨 12 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (24%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 804 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 Raise (High Street)

High Raise - a broad stony plateau looking across rolling grassy fells of the High Street range under deep blue sky
© Lee McCoy

High Raise at 802m (2,631ft) above Haweswater is the northern hub of the High Street range, from whose broad summit the ridges fan out to Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head and the Loadpot Hill plateau. Wainwright noted its commanding position at the head of Rampsgill, with outstanding views east to the Pennines and west to the Helvellyn range. The summit plateau is expansive and can be confusing in mist. Most naturally reached from Howtown along the Loadpot Hill ridge, or from Mardale Head via the eastern ridges. A key waypoint for the High Street traverse from Pooley Bridge to Windermere.

Routes up High Raise (High Street)

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

Birketts West of Haweswater
23.8 km · ~6.8 hr
Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, High Raise and Kidsty Pike
13.7 km · ~4.2 hr
Classifications & hill data
Wainwright
Far Eastern
Birkett
Fellranger
Synge
Nuttall
804 m
Height
2,638 ft
In feet
NY 4482 1345
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Mardale Head, Haweswater (free), about 3.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near High Raise (High Street) (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.

0.9 km ENELow Raise754 m · Far Eastern
1.7 km NRed Crag711 m · Far Eastern
2.2 km ESECastle Crag (Mardale)395 m · Far Eastern
2.3 km SSERough Crag (Riggindale)628 m · Far Eastern

Routes over High Raise (High Street)

Birketts West of HaweswaterPlanned
23.83 km · ~1235 m ascent · loop · ~6.5–9 h
Summits: High StreetRampsgill HeadHigh Raise (High Street)Low RaiseRed CragGowk HillLow KopCastle Crag (Mardale)

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

✎️ 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.

Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, High Raise and Kidsty PikeRevised
13.7 km · ~862 m ascent · loop · ~4–5.5 h
Summits: Mardale Ill BellHigh StreetThe Knott (High Street)Rampsgill HeadHigh Raise (High Street)Kidsty Pike

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

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

The View from High Raise (High Street)

A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.

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Computed 360-degree skyline from High Raise (High Street)36 labelled tops shown (14 distant behind the far-horizon toggle). Theoretical visibility in perfect clarity; computed from terrain, not photographed.eye levelNNEESESSWWNWScafell Pike · 24 kmHelvellyn · 11 kmSkiddaw · 24 kmGreat Gable · 24 kmHigh Crag · 10 kmRaise · 11 kmBlencathra · 19 kmCrinkle Crags · 22 kmGreat Dodd · 13 kmGrasmoor · 28 kmStybarrow Dodd · 12 kmHigh Street · 2 kmThe Old Man of Coniston · 24 kmSwirl How · 22 kmThornthwaite Crag · 4 kmHarter Fell · 4 kmStony Cove Pike · 5 kmMardale Ill Bell · 3 kmYoke · 7 kmBowscale Fell · 21 kmCarrock Fell · 23 kmHarter Fell · 27 kmCross Fell · 32 km · clear daysLow Raise · 1 kmBranstree · 4 kmRed Crag · 2 kmLittle Harter Fell · 4 kmBranstree NE Top · 5 kmWether Hill · 3 kmSelside Pike · 5 kmLow Kop · 4 kmHigh Wether Howe · 7 kmSeat Robert · 8 kmLittle Mell Fell · 11 kmHare Shaw · 5 kmBrownthwaite Crag · 4 kmBowfell · 22 kmNethermost Pike · 10 kmFairfield · 9 kmDollywaggon Pike · 10 kmKnowe Crags · 19 kmIll Bell · 6 kmCarl Side · 24 kmLittle Stand · 22 kmKnott · 25 kmHell Gill Pike · 21 kmHigh Pike · 25 kmKidsty Pike · 1 kmSheffield Pike · 9 kmLoadpot Hill · 5 kmTarn Crag · 7 kmGreat Saddle Crag · 9 kmSwinklebank Crag · 10 kmGreat Mell Fell · 13 kmWild Boar Fell · 34 km · clear daysBrown Howe · 4 kmHigh House Bank · 13 kmGlede Howe · 7 kmPowleys Hill · 6 kmPen-y-ghent · 56 km · clear daysGreat Ladstones · 8 kmGreat Meldrum · 10 kmGreat Whernside · 68 km · clear daysHarper Hills · 6 kmHeughscar Hill · 10 kmKnipescar Common · 10 kmFair Snape Fell · 68 km · clear daysScalebarrow Knott · 7 kmTop o' Selside · 26 kmMickle Fell · 38 km · clear daysHugill Fell · 14 kmBlawith Knott · 31 km · clear daysWhite Hill · 59 km · clear daysDufton Pike · 28 kmBroad Law · 114 km · a rare clear dayThe Cheviot · 116 km · a rare clear dayTinto · 131 km · a handful of days a yearYr Eifl · 200 km · a handful of days a yearGreen Lowther · 113 km · a rare clear dayPendle Hill · 80 km · a rare clear dayMoel y Gamelin · 169 km · a handful of days a yearBoulsworth Hill · 92 km · a rare clear dayWisp Hill · 86 km · a rare clear dayRoan Fell · 80 km · a rare clear dayDun Rig · 120 km · a rare clear dayPeel Fell · 88 km · a rare clear dayBlackwood Hill · 83 km · a rare clear dayBillinge Hill · 112 km · a rare clear day
What you can see from High Raise (High Street), by direction
  • South: High Street (2 km)
  • South-west: Crinkle Crags (22 km), Crinkle Crags (22 km), Crinkle Crags (22 km), Crinkle Crags (22 km), Crinkle Crags South Top (22 km)
  • West: St Sunday Crag (8 km), Fairfield (9 km), Cofa Pike (9 km), Dollywaggon Pike (10 km), Catstye Cam (10 km), Nethermost Pike (10 km), High Crag (10 km), Helvellyn (11 km), Helvellyn Lower Man (11 km), Raise (11 km), White Side (12 km), Bowfell (22 km), Esk Pike (22 km), Great End (23 km), Ill Crag (23 km), Broad Crag (24 km), Great Gable (24 km), Scafell Pike (24 km), Scafell (25 km), Grasmoor (28 km), Red Pike (28 km), Scoat Fell (29 km)
  • North-west: Stybarrow Dodd (12 km), Great Dodd (13 km), Blencathra (19 km), Gategill Fell Top (19 km), Atkinson Pike (19 km), Skiddaw Lesser Man (23 km), Skiddaw Little Man (23 km), Skiddaw South Top (24 km), Skiddaw Middle Top (24 km), Skiddaw (24 km), Skiddaw North Top (24 km), Broad End (25 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Broad Law (114 km, Scotland), The Cheviot (116 km, England), Tinto (131 km, Scotland), Yr Eifl (200 km, Wales), Green Lowther (113 km, Scotland), Craig Cwm Silyn (188 km, Wales), Pendle Hill (80 km, England), Gyrn Ddu (197 km, Wales).

Computed from terrain in perfect clarity, not photographed · distances are straight-line.

Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.

What you can see from High Raise (High Street)

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.
83Wainwrights in view+11 marginal
50 kmFurthest sightlineIngleborough
1Sea in viewMorecambe Bay
Far horizons
  • Morecambe Bay bay/estuaryS · 52 km in view
  • Ingleborough Yorkshire DalesSE · 50 km clear
  • Whernside Yorkshire DalesSE · 43 km clear
  • Cross Fell North PenninesNE · 32 km clear
  • Great Dun Fell North PenninesNE · 32 km clear
All 83 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

Rampsgill Head, Kidsty Pike, The Knott (High Street), Rest Dodd, The Nab, High Street, Brock Crags (Wainwright), Mardale Ill Bell, Thornthwaite Crag, Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top), Hartsop Dodd, Beda Fell (Beda Head), Harter Fell (Mardale), Branstree, Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Loadpot Hill, Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts), Selside Pike, Place Fell, Arnison Crag, Ill Bell, High Hartsop Dodd, Middle Dodd, Hallin Fell, Hartsop Above How (Gill Crag - Hartsop Above How), Yoke, Tarn Crag (Sleddale), Birks, Red Screes, Little Hart Crag (Little Hart Crag - West Top), St Sunday Crag, Glenridding Dodd, Dove Crag, Hart Crag, High Pike (Scandale), Birkhouse Moor, Fairfield, Sheffield Pike, Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit), Great Rigg, Dollywaggon Pike, Catstye Cam, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn, Hart Side, Little Mell Fell, Raise, White Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Great Dodd, Great Mell Fell, Clough Head, Pavey Ark, Souther Fell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Pike of Blisco, Wetherlam, Bowscale Fell, Cold Pike, Lonscale Fell, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags - Long Top (Second Crinkle), Great Carrs, Swirl How, Esk Pike, Great End, Carrock Fell, Skiddaw Little Man, Brim Fell, The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man), Green Gable, Great Gable, Scafell Pike, Carl Side, Skiddaw, Knott, Scafell, High Pike (Caldbeck), Harter Fell (Eskdale), Grasmoor, Red Pike (Wasdale), Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), Haycock

How High Raise (High Street)’s view compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.

Sightlines from a bare-earth terrain model (forests and buildings not included), corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.

Best parking to hike High Raise (High Street)

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

Mardale Head, Haweswater (free) — 3.5 km from summit (straight line)
Free but small and fills very early — High Street, Harter Fell, Kidsty Pike, Branstree.
Directions
Hartsop village (free, donation) — 3.9 km from summit (straight line)
For Hartsop Dodd, Gray Crag, High Street via Hayeswater, Brock Crags.
Directions

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 Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, High Raise and Kidsty Pike route:

🛖 map (6 m)🛖 map (6 m)🛖 map (6 m)

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

Buses to High Raise (High Street) 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 or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

My hikes over High Raise (High Street) (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

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

Navigating High Raise (High Street) in cloud

Care needed

A rough, rocky summit ringed by crags, with no single obvious way off in poor visibility. Take care in poor visibility — carry map and compass, and know how to use them.

In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.

How High Raise (High Street) compares with all 214 — the Clag Index: navigating in cloud. A relative, deliberately cautious guide; the site can’t navigate for you.

Other fells near High Raise (High Street)

Maps & guidebooks for High Raise (High Street)

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