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Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

Short entry: no route or hazard notes for this fell yet.

Nearest route starts ↓
401 mOutlying Fell — Far Eastern+2 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Langhowe Pike North Top at 401m (1,316ft) is an Outlying Fell on the upland west of Shap, giving views across the Shap Fells and towards the Pennines. Wainwright included it in The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Summit conditions on Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 13° to 7°C, gusts to 51 mph, 15.6 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

The forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses

Langhowe Pike North Top (layby)
1.0 km from summit (straight line)
Scalebarrow Knott (layby)
2.2 km from summit (straight line)

Parking & buses ↓

Routes near Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest route starts we publish, in a straight line from the summit:

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 401 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Tue 27 Oct
13° / 7°
51 mph
15.6 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
11° / 7°
38 mph
11.6 mm (100%)
Thu 29 Oct
10° / 9°
23 mph
0.1 mm (15%)
Fri 30 Oct
10° / 6°
25 mph
0.0 mm (15%)
Sat 31 Oct
12° / 1°
12 mph
0.0 mm (18%)
Sun 1 Nov
8° / 1°
7 mph
0.0 mm (12%)
Mon 2 Nov
9° / 3°
14 mph
0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 08:13 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses for Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

Parking

Langhowe Pike North Top (layby) — 1.0 km from summit (straight line)
1.0 km from Langhowe Pike North Top.
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If it is full: Scalebarrow Knott (layby) (1.6 km, 28 m up)
Scalebarrow Knott (layby) — 2.2 km from summit (straight line)
0.9 km from Scalebarrow Knott.
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Abbey Visitor Car Park — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from the 'Knipe Scar - Birkett' route start; 2.7 km from Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike). Parking is £2 for non-members, payable by text; free for English Heritage members with a valid car sticker displayed. The access track is steep and narrow through grazed land and is not suitable for large coaches (English Heritage, checked August 2026).
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2 more places to park near Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)
Haweswater, by the dam (verge) — 3.3 km from summit (straight line)
The routes 'Bampton Fell', 'Birketts South of Burnbanks' and 'Pinnacle Howe and Four Stones Hill' start here. Gravel lane parking at the road side; Lee added the OSM feature himself.
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Burnbanks (car park) — 3.3 km from summit (straight line)
In Burnbanks, at the dam end of the Haweswater lane. The routes from the dam end start at the verge by the dam, 0.8 km away in a straight line. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
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Positions are approximate.

Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.

Buses

The nearest bus stop we hold is the UB2 at Askham, outside Stores, 10.7 km of walking from the nearest parking for this fell — no bus route we hold serves it. It is a seasonal service too: 1 November 2026 is its last day of the year (confirmed with the operator, 9 October 2026); it returns on 22 March 2027.

Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat

Hazards on Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

We have not written a hazard card for this fell yet, and that is not a sign that it is low-hazard. Check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected. The National Park Authority’s What to pack page, AdventureSmart’s hill walking kit list and Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s safety page are linked from our what to carry guide.

If you need Mountain Rescue

Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.

Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.

If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.

From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (opens in new tab) (read 26 October 2026).

Map & nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).

Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.

Birketts within 3 km of Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.

1.6 km SSWGlede Howe476 m · Far Eastern
2.4 km WPowleys Hill465 m · Far Eastern

About Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

An open moorland fell on the fringe of the Lake District.

Classifications & hill data

Is Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike) a Wainwright?

Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike) is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides. It is also on the Synge list.

Selected lists

401 m
Height
1,316 ft
In feet
NY 5283 1347
Grid ref

This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.

The summit is not a Birkett top.

Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →

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