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229 m · Outlying Fell — West Cumbria · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

Irton Pike - a wooded fell top above a green patchwork of fields and forest, the coastal plain and sea beyond under grey cloud
Outlying Fell — West Cumbria

Irton Pike

Irton Pike at 229m (751ft) is a Birkett fell in the West Cumbria group above the Esk estuary and Miterdale, its modest summit giving views across the coastal plain and towards Ravenglass.

229 m
Height
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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

229 mOutlying Fell — West Cumbriasummit is not a Birkett top+2 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 229 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 17° to 16°C, gusts to 23 mph, 0.4 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
17° / 16°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
17° / 14°
💨 18 mph
🌧 4.3 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
15° / 8°
💨 28 mph
🌧 3.4 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌦️
16° / 4°
💨 21 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
16° / 7°
💨 14 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
18° / 10°
💨 20 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
18° / 8°
💨 19 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 229 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 Pike

Irton Pike - a wooded fell top above a green patchwork of fields and forest, the coastal plain and sea beyond under grey cloud
© Lee McCoy

Irton Pike at 229m (751ft) is a Birkett fell in the West Cumbria group above the Esk estuary and Miterdale, its modest summit giving views across the coastal plain and towards Ravenglass. Part of the low fell country between Eskdale and the coast. A quiet fell with pleasant views of the western Lakeland landscape.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
West Cumbria
229 m
Height
751 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Greendale, Nether Wasdale (roadside, free), about 4.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Irton Pike (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.

2.3 km EGreat Bank329 m · Western
2.5 km ENEIrton Fell395 m · Western

Best parking to hike Irton Pike

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

Greendale, Nether Wasdale (roadside, free) — 4.5 km from summit (straight line)
Free verge parking for Middle Fell, Seatallan and Buckbarrow.
Directions
Dalegarth Station, Eskdale (paid) — 5.5 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 Pike 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 Pike (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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