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Outlying Fell — Northern Outliers

Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

Langhowe Pike North Top at 401m (1,316ft) is an Outlying Fell on the limestone upland east of Shap, giving views across the Shap Fells and towards the Pennines.

401 m
Height
+2
Bonus Birketts
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401 mOutlying Fell — Northern Outlierssummit 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 401 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 17° to 15°C, gusts to 34 mph, 7.0 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
17° / 15°
💨 34 mph
🌧 7.0 mm (98%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
18° / 14°
💨 30 mph
🌧 0.8 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
16° / 8°
💨 29 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (63%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
17° / 3°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (82%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
16° / 5°
💨 14 mph
🌧 3.9 mm (31%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
18° / 5°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (25%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
18° / 8°
💨 12 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (24%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 401 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

Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

Langhowe Pike North Top at 401m (1,316ft) is an Outlying Fell on the limestone upland east of Shap, giving views across the Shap Fells and towards the Pennines. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide as part of the Northern Outliers group. A quiet, open moorland fell on the fringe of the Lake District.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
Northern Outliers
Synge
401 m
Height
1,316 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Wet Sleddale dam (free), about 2.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe 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.

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

Best parking to hike Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

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

Wet Sleddale dam (free) — 2.5 km from summit (straight line)
For the quiet Shap-side fells: Seat Robert, Sleddale fells.
Directions
Shap village (free) — 3.8 km from summit (straight line)
For the Shap fells and Crosby Ravensworth commons.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (352m) — Free☕ Birchwood Cafe🍺 The Crown Inn🏪 New Balance

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 Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Route 106
Penrith – Eamont Bridge – Askham – Shap – Kendal
Catch it from: Penrith
Monday–Saturday, infrequent — plan carefully. Useful for the Shap and Crosby Ravensworth outlying fells.

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

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Maps & guidebooks for Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)

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