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.
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 (Sat 12 Sep): 15° to 9°C, gusts to 39 mph, 40.0 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 12 Sep 2026, 18:50 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.
Irton Fell at a glance
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Irton Fell a Wainwright?
Irton Fell is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.
Where do you park for Irton Fell?
The nearest car park we hold is Great Bank (layby), about 1.4 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Irton Fell car park, 2.0 km out. We only look within 2.5 km, measured straight-line: over longer distances a road may cross a pass and the drive bears no relation to the line.
Routes up Irton Fell
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Whin Rigg, Illgill Head & the Wastwater Screes — starts 1.9 km away
- Middle Fell, Haycock Seatallan and Buckbarrow — starts 3.0 km away
- Boat How, Great Bank & Wainwrights — starts 3.5 km away
My hikes over Irton Fell (Strava)
1 logged hike pass over this summit:
- Whin Rigg, Illgill Head and an Outlying fell. (opens in new tab) — 14.2 km · 684 m ascent · 3h 33m moving · 25 Jun 2025
Interactive route maps and photos load here for visitors with JavaScript. Data from Strava.
Parking & buses for Irton Fell
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).
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.
Vehicles are left entirely at their owner’s risk. We list places people park; we cannot vouch for any of them. Judge it on the day: take valuables with you, leave nothing on show, and if a spot feels wrong when you get there, park somewhere else.
Getting to Irton Fell by bus
The nearest bus stop we hold is the 77 at Honister Youth Hostel (near), 16.3 km of walking from the start — not realistically reachable without a car. It is a seasonal service too: 1 November 2026 is its last day of the year (confirmed with the operator, 29 August 2026).
By train: change at Ravenglass onto the Ravenglass & Eskdale (narrow gauge, seasonal, not in the National Rail timetable), and Irton Road station is 1.9 km on foot from the nearest parking for this fell (Great Bank (layby)). We haven’t mapped a route up it from there, so we can’t tell you the walk to the start. First train in 06:39, last train out 20:52, Monday to Friday, checked 12 September; Saturday and Sunday.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Irton Fell
No hazard card for this fell. The usual open-fell rules apply: check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected.
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Great Bank (layby), about 1.4 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.
On the hill: terrain and water on Irton Fell
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 144 fells.
Other fells near Irton Fell
- Allen Crags
- Black Fell
- Bowfell
- Brim Fell
- Cold Pike
- Crinkle Crags - Long Top (Second Crinkle)
- Dow Crag
- Esk Pike
- Glaramara
- Great Carrs
- Great End
- Green Crag
- Grey Friar
- Hard Knott
- Harter Fell (Eskdale)
- Holme Fell
- Illgill Head
- Lingmell
- Lingmoor Fell (Brown How)
- Pike of Blisco
- Rossett Pike
- Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot
- Scafell
- Scafell Pike
- Seathwaite Fell (Wainwright summit)
- Slight Side
- Swirl How
- The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man)
- Wetherlam
- Whin Rigg (Wasdale)