⛰️ Hindscarth

727 m · Wainwright — North Western Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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727 mWainwright — North Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Hindscarth at 727m (2,385ft) is an elegant summit on the Newlands Horseshoe between Dale Head and Robinson, its pointed profile visible from the Newlands valley below. Wainwright noted its excellent position at the heart of the horseshoe, with outstanding views down the Newlands valley and across to Grasmoor. The summit is most naturally reached as part of the Newlands Horseshoe circuit — one of the most popular and satisfying full-day walks in the North Western Fells. The views from the summit of the whole horseshoe ridge are excellent.

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

🎯 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.

1.0 km NHigh Crags (Newlands)529 m · Western
1.5 km NNERed Knott452 m · Western
2.0 km NNEScope End412 m · Western
2.4 km SHonister Crag (Black Star)634 m · Western
2.9 km WHigh Snockrigg526 m · North Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Hindscarth (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere (paid) — 2.6 km from summit (straight line)
Farm car park at the foot of Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike and the High Stile ridge.
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Honister Pass (paid, slate mine) — 3.1 km from summit (straight line)
Pay & display at the top of the pass — Dale Head, Fleetwith Pike, Grey Knotts with minimal ascent.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses 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.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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