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583 m · Outlying Fell — South Lakeland · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

Howes

583 m · Outlying Fell — South Lakeland · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses and live summit weather.

583 m
Height
+5
Bonus Birketts
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583 mOutlying Fell — South Lakelandsummit is not a Birkett top+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 583 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 14°C, gusts to 38 mph, 15.1 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
15° / 14°
💨 38 mph
🌧 15.1 mm (98%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
15° / 12°
💨 31 mph
🌧 2.0 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 5°
💨 28 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (63%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 2°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (82%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 3°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.3 mm (31%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
16° / 4°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (25%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
17° / 6°
💨 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 583 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
Getting there
🅿️ Mardale Head, Haweswater (free)
Free but small and fills very early — High Street, Harter Fell, Kidsty Pike, Branstree.
🅿️ Wet Sleddale dam (free)
For the quiet Shap-side fells: Seat Robert, Sleddale fells.

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌧️ 15°low 14°C
Gusts38 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
583 m
Height
1,913 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Mardale Head, Haweswater (free), about 3.0 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Howes (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 WBranstree NE Top (Branstree East Top) (High Howes (Mardale))673 m · Far Eastern
2.1 km NNWBrown Howe (Mardale)529 m · Far Eastern
2.6 km SHarrop Pike637 m · Far Eastern
2.8 km NEGlede Howe476 m · Far Eastern
3.0 km WSWAdam Seat666 m · Far Eastern

Best parking to hike Howes

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

Mardale Head, Haweswater (free) — 3.0 km from summit (straight line)
Free but small and fills very early — High Street, Harter Fell, Kidsty Pike, Branstree.
Directions
Wet Sleddale dam (free) — 4.0 km from summit (straight line)
For the quiet Shap-side fells: Seat Robert, Sleddale fells.
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.

Buses to Howes 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.

Other fells near Howes

Maps & guidebooks for Howes

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