⛰️ Kirk Fell

802 m · Wainwright — Western Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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802 mWainwright — Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+3 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Kirk Fell at 802m (2,631ft) is the often overlooked giant between Great Gable and Pillar, its steep, grassy northern face rising directly from Black Sail Pass in a great dome. Wainwright noted it as a fell of simple, uncompromising bulk — the summit is a broad, somewhat featureless plateau, but the views of Great Gable from the connecting ridge are among the finest close-up views of that mountain available to walkers. The ascent from Wasdale via Black Sail gives excellent views throughout. Often overlooked in favour of its more famous neighbours, it rewards those who make the effort.

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts 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.

0.5 km ENEKirk Fell East Top (Kirk Fell North Top)787 m · Western
1.6 km NWLooking Stead (Pillar)628 m · Western
2.3 km SWYewbarrow North Top (Stirrup Crag)617 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Kirk Fell (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Wasdale Head (NT car park) — 3.9 km from summit (straight line)
National Trust, pay & display (free for members). The classic base for Scafell Pike, Great Gable, Kirk Fell, Yewbarrow. Fills very early.
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Honister Pass (paid, slate mine) — 4.3 km from summit (straight line)
Pay & display at the top of the pass — Dale Head, Fleetwith Pike, Grey Knotts with minimal ascent.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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