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Birkett — Northern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Little Sca Fell

Little Sca Fell at 605m (1,985ft) is the companion summit to Great Sca Fell in the Back o' Skiddaw country, its broad top giving views across the northern moorlands and to the Solway.

633 m
Height
+10
Bonus Birketts
See routes & download GPX →

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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

633 mBirkett — Northern (not a Wainwright summit)+10 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 633 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 13°C, gusts to 36 mph, 4.5 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
15° / 13°
💨 36 mph
🌧 4.5 mm (61%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
16° / 11°
💨 32 mph
🌧 10.2 mm (71%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌧️
13° / 5°
💨 31 mph
🌧 1.9 mm (76%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 2°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (76%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 3°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (55%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
15° / 2°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (28%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 15 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 633 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

Little Sca Fell

Little Sca Fell at 605m (1,985ft) is the companion summit to Great Sca Fell in the Back o' Skiddaw country, its broad top giving views across the northern moorlands and to the Solway. A Birkett fell on the open plateau north of Skiddaw. Most naturally combined with Great Sca Fell and Knott for a full Back o' Skiddaw circuit. Quiet, remote fell country at its most characteristic.

Routes up Little Sca Fell

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

North of Skiddaw
13.2 km · ~3.8 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
633 m
Height
2,077 ft
In feet
NY 2894 3421
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Peter House Farm, Bassenthwaite (roadside), about 4.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Little Sca Fell (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.

1.0 km SFrozen Fell625 m · Northern
1.2 km WNWLowthwaite Fell509 m · Northern
1.4 km ESEMiller Moss (Little Lingy Hill)610 m · Northern
1.5 km SSWBurn Tod595 m · Northern
2.1 km EGreat Lingy Hill616 m · Northern
2.6 km SWWhite Hause464 m · Northern
2.6 km EHare Stones627 m · Northern
2.6 km SECoomb Height627 m · Northern
2.8 km WLittle Cockup399 m · Northern
2.8 km SSWLittle Calva642 m · Northern

Routes over Little Sca Fell

North of SkiddawRevised
13.22 km · ~707 m ascent · loop · ~3.5–5 h
Summits: Longlands FellLowthwaite FellBrae FellLittle Sca FellGreat Sca FellMeal FellGreat CockupOrthwaite Bank

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Best parking to hike Little Sca Fell

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

Peter House Farm, Bassenthwaite (roadside) — 4.5 km from summit (straight line)
Dash Falls track — Bakestall, Great Calva, Skiddaw the quiet way.
Directions
Caldbeck village (free) — 6.5 km from summit (straight line)
Northern edge — High Pike and Carrock Fell from the north.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (949m)

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 Little Sca Fell 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.

My hikes over Little Sca Fell (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Interactive route maps and photos load here for visitors with JavaScript. Data from Strava.

Other fells near Little Sca Fell

Maps & guidebooks for Little Sca Fell

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