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Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Latter Barrow

At 354 m (1,161 ft), Latter Barrow is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells) in the Western Fells — an overlooked summit away from the crowds.

354 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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354 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast

Modelled guidance for the 354 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 15°C, gusts to 31 mph, 0.6 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 15°
💨 31 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (90%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
15° / 13°
💨 26 mph
🌧 10.3 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 7°
💨 28 mph
🌧 3.7 mm (75%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 5°
💨 21 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (76%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 8°
💨 14 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (73%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
17° / 10°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (27%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
17° / 8°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (22%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 354 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

Latter Barrow

At 354 m (1,161 ft), Latter Barrow is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells) in the Western Fells — an overlooked summit away from the crowds. It rises the lower Calder valley. The name comes from barrow (Old English beorg, a hill or burial mound). It also features on the Synge list. Its nearest tops are Kinniside (0.4 km E); Swarth Fell (Kinniside) (1.1 km NW); Burn Edge (1.2 km NW) — it's usually taken in on a round of these neighbours. It's a worthwhile objective for anyone working through the Birkett list, or as a short extension to a bigger day on the higher neighbouring fells.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
354 m
Height
1,161 ft
In feet
NY 0743 1147
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Cold Fell road (verge), about 4.3 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Latter Barrow (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.

0.4 km ENEKinniside375 m · Western
1.1 km WNWSwarth Fell (Kinniside)335 m · Western
1.2 km NNWBurn Edge320 m · Western
2.1 km NNWBlakeley Raise389 m · Western
2.9 km ENEWhoap511 m · Western

Best parking to hike Latter Barrow

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

Cold Fell road (verge) — 4.3 km from summit (straight line)
Verge parking on the Calder Bridge–Ennerdale road for Lank Rigg and Ponsonby Fell.
Directions
Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid) — 5.3 km from summit (straight line)
Forestry England car park at the end of the Ennerdale valley road, on the lake's north shore (OS NY 110 154; parking charges apply since 2023) — Great Borne, Starling Dodd, and the long walk-ins to Pillar and Steeple.
Directions

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 Latter Barrow 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.

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