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Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Irton Fell

Irton Fell at 395m (1,296ft) is a Birkett fell above the Eskdale and Miterdale valleys in the Western Fells, its heathery moorland summit giving views across lower Eskdale and west towards the coast.

395 m
Height
+1
Bonus Birkett
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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

395 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+1 bonus Birkett within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 395 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 15°C, gusts to 26 mph, 1.4 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 15°
💨 26 mph
🌧 1.4 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
16° / 13°
💨 22 mph
🌧 5.6 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌧️
14° / 7°
💨 28 mph
🌧 3.4 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌦️
15° / 3°
💨 21 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 14 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
17° / 9°
💨 20 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 8°
💨 18 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 395 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

Irton Fell

Irton Fell at 395m (1,296ft) is a Birkett fell above the Eskdale and Miterdale valleys in the Western Fells, its heathery moorland summit giving views across lower Eskdale and west towards the coast. Part of the broad fell country between Eskdale and the Esk estuary. A quiet, unfrequented fell giving pleasant views of the lower Esk valley.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
395 m
Height
1,296 ft
In feet
NY 1438 0258
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Greendale, Nether Wasdale (roadside, free), about 2.8 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Irton Fell (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.

0.6 km SGreat Bank329 m · Western

Terrain & access

A near-path top (about 395 m): a mapped path comes within about 64 m of the summit, with a last stretch of open ground (about 1 m of ascent, up to ~5°). The summit is on CRoW open access land.

Computed from open data, not walked — pathless ground needs confident navigation, and mapped paths, barriers and access boundaries can be incomplete. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass); Natural England CRoW Access Land; DoBIH; Copernicus GLO-30. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 145 fells.

Best parking to hike Irton Fell

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

Greendale, Nether Wasdale (roadside, free) — 2.8 km from summit (straight line)
Free verge parking for Middle Fell, Seatallan and Buckbarrow.
Directions
Dalegarth Station, Eskdale (paid) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
Pay & display at the La'al Ratty terminus — Eskdale fells, Harter Fell, Green Crag.
Directions
🚺 Dalegarth Station (263m) — Accessible☕ Fellbites Cafe

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 Irton Fell from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway (“La'al Ratty”)
Ravenglass (Cumbrian Coast main line) – Eskdale Green – Dalegarth for Boot
Catch it from: Connects from the Cumbrian Coast line (not from Penrith/Ambleside/Windermere directly)
Not a bus, but the only public transport into Eskdale. Wasdale has no public transport at all — car (or a long walk in) is the realistic option for the Wasdale fells.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

My hikes over Irton Fell (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

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

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Maps & guidebooks for Irton Fell

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