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.
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 (Fri 11 Sep): 15° to 10°C, gusts to 20 mph, 0.4 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 11 Sep 2026, 08:30 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.
Irton Pike at a glance
Irton Pike
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Irton Pike a Wainwright?
Irton Pike is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides.
Where do you park for Irton Pike?
The nearest car park we hold is Irton Pike car park (free), about 0.3 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Irton Road Station (free), 2.3 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 Pike
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Whin Rigg, Illgill Head & the Wastwater Screes — starts 2.3 km away
- Middle Fell, Haycock Seatallan and Buckbarrow — starts 4.7 km away
- Boat How, Great Bank & Wainwrights — starts 5.3 km away
My hikes over Irton Pike (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 Pike
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).
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 Pike by bus
The nearest bus stop we hold is the 77 at Honister Youth Hostel (near), 17.9 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).
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Irton Pike
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: Irton Pike car park (free), about 0.3 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.