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.
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 (Fri 11 Sep): 14° to 9°C, gusts to 21 mph, 2.3 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 401 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike) at a glance
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
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.
Where do you park for Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)?
The nearest car park we hold is Langhowe Pike North Top (layby), about 1.0 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Scalebarrow Knott (layby), 2.2 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 Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Pinnacle Howe and Four Stones Hill — starts 3.3 km away
- Birketts South of Burnbanks — starts 3.3 km away
- Bampton Fell — starts 3.3 km away
Parking & buses for Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike)
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).
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 Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike) by bus
The nearest bus stop we hold is the UB2 at Askham, outside Stores, 10.7 km of walking from the start — not realistically reachable without a car. This looks like a seasonal service. Our timetable data has the UB2 stopping on 1 November 2026, but we haven’t confirmed that with the operator — so treat it as a reason to check rather than a date to plan around.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe 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: Langhowe Pike North Top (layby), about 1.0 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.