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Little Dodd (Ennerdale)

Little Dodd (Ennerdale) (590 m / 1,936 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Western tops.

590 m
Height
+5
Bonus Birketts
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590 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 590 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Fri 11 Sep): 12° to 9°C, gusts to 25 mph, 1.1 mm of rain forecast.

Fri 11 Sep
🌦️
12° / 9°
💨 25 mph
🌧 1.1 mm (100%)
Sat 12 Sep
🌧️
14° / 9°
💨 47 mph
🌧 29.1 mm (100%)
Sun 13 Sep
🌦️
12° / 7°
💨 13 mph
🌧 0.1 mm (74%)
Mon 14 Sep
🌧️
14° / 8°
💨 32 mph
🌧 13.5 mm (96%)
Tue 15 Sep
🌦️
12° / 8°
💨 30 mph
🌧 9.9 mm (100%)
Wed 16 Sep
🌦️
10° / 8°
💨 33 mph
🌧 4.6 mm (96%)
Thu 17 Sep
🌦️
10° / 8°
💨 37 mph
🌧 7.2 mm (98%)

Forecast snapshot from 11 Sep 2026, 08:30 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 590 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

Little Dodd (Ennerdale) at a glance

Little Dodd (Ennerdale)

Little Dodd (Ennerdale) (590 m / 1,936 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Western tops. It rises the south side. The name combines little (Old English lytel, little or smaller), and dodd (dialect dodd, a rounded, bare hill). It also features on the Synge list. Its nearest tops are Starling Dodd (0.7 km W); Red Pike (Buttermere) (1.1 km E); Dodd (Buttermere) (1.5 km E) — 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.

Getting there

🅿️ Buttermere village LDNP car park (east) (paid)
The 'Buttermere lake circuit' route starts 49 m away. Also serves 'Crummock Water shore circuit'. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Toilets on site. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37311 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
🅿️ Rannerdale Knotts (layby)
Nearest fells: Rannerdale Knotts (0.5 km), Lad Hows (1.6 km), Whiteless Pike (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
🚌 Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌦️ 12°low 9°C
Gusts25 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data

Birkett
Synge
590 m
Height
1,936 ft
In feet
NY 1491 1552
Grid ref

The short answers

Is Little Dodd (Ennerdale) a Wainwright?

Little Dodd (Ennerdale) is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.

Where do you park for Little Dodd (Ennerdale)?

We hold no car park within 2.5 km of the summit, so there is no short walk-in to recommend here. 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 Little Dodd (Ennerdale)

No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:

Parking & buses for Little Dodd (Ennerdale)

Best parking to hike Little Dodd (Ennerdale)

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

Buttermere village LDNP car park (east) (paid) — 2.8 km from summit (straight line)
The 'Buttermere lake circuit' route starts 49 m away. Also serves 'Crummock Water shore circuit'. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Toilets on site. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37311 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Directions Something changed here?
Rannerdale Knotts (layby) — 2.9 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Rannerdale Knotts (0.5 km), Lad Hows (1.6 km), Whiteless Pike (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Directions Something changed here?
Rannerdale Knotts, south (layby) — 2.9 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Rannerdale Knotts (0.5 km), Lad Hows (1.6 km), Whiteless Pike (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Directions Something changed here?
Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 2.9 km from summit (straight line)
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). £7 up to 2 hours; £8 up to 4 hours; £9.50 all day. Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
🕑 Typically full before 10:00 on fine weekends, Apr-Oct — Lee McCoy, local observation, 2026-08-09.
Directions Something changed here?
If it is full: High Snockrigg (verge) (0.4 km, 28 m up); Car park for Rannerdale Knotts (2.1 km, 146 m up)
🚺 Buttermere village (~285 m straight line) — Accessible☕ Syke Farm Tea Room☕ Croft House Farm Café🍺 The Buttermere Court Hotel
Buttermere (free) — 3.0 km from summit (straight line)
Walking base for Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile) and High Crag (Buttermere) — the 'High Stile, Seat via Buttermere' route starts 5 m away. Also serves 'Great Bourne & Starling Dodd'. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Directions Something changed here?

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm.

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 Little Dodd (Ennerdale) by bus

The 77 stops at Buttermere, outside Court Hotel, 210 m from the nearest parking for this fell. We haven’t mapped a route up it, so we can’t tell you the walk from there to the start. Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day, and it is not daily before then — a bus on 31 of the 56 days from 7 September. We don’t know when it returns. Confirmed with the operator, 29 August 2026. Last bus: Monday to Friday 19:23 towards Cockermouth (77A) and 18:20 towards Keswick (77); Saturday 19:23 towards Cockermouth (77A) and 18:20 towards Keswick (77); Sunday 18:20 towards Keswick (77). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 7 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

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.

Hazards on Little Dodd (Ennerdale)

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

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

Nearest parking: Buttermere village LDNP car park (east) (paid), about 2.8 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Little Dodd (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.

1.5 km EDodd (Buttermere)641 m · Western
1.7 km WNWGale Fell518 m · Western
2.2 km ESEHigh Stile (Grey Crag)806 m · Western
2.3 km NScale Knott338 m · Western
2.5 km SSWLingmell (Ennerdale)427 m · Western

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