⛰️ High Wether Howe

📖 Key Information

High Wether Howe at 463m (1,519ft) is a small, grassy summit above the Haweswater eastern shore, giving views of the reservoir. A Birkett fell on the eastern fringes of the Lake District. The ascent from Shap or the Haweswater road is across open moorland. A quiet, seldom-visited summit above Haweswater.

🎯 Bonus Birketts 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.

🦶 My hikes over High Wether Howe (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses 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.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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Other fells in this region

• Selside Pike
• Branstree
• Tarn Crag (Sleddale)
• Grey Crag (Sleddale Fell)
• Harter Fell (Mardale)
• Kentmere Pike
• Shipman Knotts
• Mardale Ill Bell
• Kidsty Pike
• High Raise (High Street)
• High Street
• Rampsgill Head