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Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Lingmell (Ennerdale)

Lingmell at 427m (1,401ft) — distinct from the Lingmell above Wasdale — is a Birkett fell above the south side of Ennerdale, its heathery summit giving views across the valley and towards the high Ennerdale fells.

427 m
Height
+4
Bonus Birketts
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427 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 427 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 14°C, gusts to 34 mph, 2.8 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 14°
💨 34 mph
🌧 2.8 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
15° / 12°
💨 29 mph
🌧 11.2 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 8°
💨 28 mph
🌧 3.7 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 4°
💨 21 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 7°
💨 14 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
16° / 9°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 8°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 427 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

Lingmell (Ennerdale)

Lingmell at 427m (1,401ft) — distinct from the Lingmell above Wasdale — is a Birkett fell above the south side of Ennerdale, its heathery summit giving views across the valley and towards the high Ennerdale fells. Part of the low fell country south of Ennerdale Water. A quiet, remote summit.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
427 m
Height
1,401 ft
In feet
NY 1412 1313
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid), about 3.9 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Lingmell (Ennerdale) (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.

2.1 km SLittle Gowder Crag734 m · Western
2.2 km SWIron Crag (Ennerdale Fell)640 m · Western
2.5 km NNELittle Dodd (Ennerdale)590 m · Western
2.9 km ESEBlack Crag828 m · Western

Best parking to hike Lingmell (Ennerdale)

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

Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid) — 3.9 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
Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 5.2 km from summit (straight line)
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts.
Directions
🚺 Buttermere village (132m) — Accessible☕ Syke Farm Tea Room☕ Croft House Farm Café🍺 The Buttermere Court Hotel

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 Lingmell (Ennerdale) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

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

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