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Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

High Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile)

High Stile's Grey Crag subsidiary at 806m (2,644ft) is a Birkett top on the High Stile ridge above Buttermere, sitting between High Stile and High Crag on the famous ridge above Buttermere.

806 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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806 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 806 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 13° to 12°C, gusts to 36 mph, 2.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
13° / 12°
💨 36 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
13° / 10°
💨 29 mph
🌧 11.0 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
11° / 3°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.9 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
13° / 1°
💨 22 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
13° / 4°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
14° / 4°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
14° / 4°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.4 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 806 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 Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile)

High Stile's Grey Crag subsidiary at 806m (2,644ft) is a Birkett top on the High Stile ridge above Buttermere, sitting between High Stile and High Crag on the famous ridge above Buttermere. Part of one of the finest ridge walks in the Lake District. The views across Buttermere and Crummock Water from this position are outstanding.

Routes up High Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile)

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

High Stile, Seat via Buttermere
13 km · ~4 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Fellranger
Synge
Nuttall
Marilyn
806 m
Height
2,644 ft
In feet
NY 1700 1482
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Buttermere village (NT, paid), about 2.3 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near High Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile) (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.

1.1 km NWDodd (Buttermere)641 m · North Western
2.1 km SESeat561 m · Western
2.2 km WNWLittle Dodd (Ennerdale)590 m · Western
2.4 km SPillar Rock780 m · Western
2.7 km NEHigh Snockrigg526 m · North Western

Routes over High Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile)

High Stile, Seat via ButtermereLive
12.97 km · ~836 m ascent · loop · ~4–5.5 h
Summits: Red Pike (Buttermere)High StileHigh Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile)High Crag (Buttermere)Seat

⬇️ Download GPX

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 Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile)

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

Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 2.3 km from summit (straight line)
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts.
Directions
🚺 Buttermere village (132m) — Accessible☕ Syke Farm Tea Room☕ Croft House Farm Café🍺 The Buttermere Court Hotel
Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere (paid) — 2.5 km from summit (straight line)
Farm car park at the foot of Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike and the High Stile ridge.
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 High Stile, Seat via Buttermere route:

🚌 Bridge Hotel (6 m)🚌 The Fish Hotel (62 m)🚌 Mountain Road junction (153 m)🚌 Buttermere Youth Hostel (N bound) (312 m)⛺ Syke Farm Campsite (217 m)

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

Buses to High Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

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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