⛰️ Lank Rigg

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

541 mWainwright — Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+6 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Lank Rigg at 541m (1,775ft) is an isolated, remote summit above the Calder valley in the far western Lake District, its open top giving wide views to the coast and across the remote western moorlands. Wainwright noted its genuine remoteness from the tourist paths. The ascent from Ennerdale Bridge or Calder Bridge is across open moorland. A fell for those who seek solitude in the quietest corner of Lakeland.

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.

1.2 km NEWhoap511 m · Western
1.4 km WSWKinniside375 m · Western
1.8 km WSWLatter Barrow354 m · Western
2.3 km WNWBurn Edge320 m · Western
2.7 km NWBlakeley Raise389 m · Western
2.7 km WSwarth Fell (Kinniside)335 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Lank Rigg (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Cold Fell road (verge) — 3.8 km from summit (straight line)
Verge parking on the Calder Bridge–Ennerdale road for Lank Rigg and Ponsonby Fell.
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Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (free) — 4.6 km from summit (straight line)
Forestry car park on Ennerdale's north shore — Great Borne, Starling Dodd, and the long walk-ins to Pillar and Steeple.
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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

No regular bus serves the start points for this fell — this is one for the car (or a long approach from the nearest served valley). The nearest hubs are Penrith (X4/X5 & 508), Ambleside and Windermere (555, 505, 516).

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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