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Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Little Stand

Little Stand at 740m (2,428ft) is a high Birkett top on the ridge above the Wrynose Pass in the Southern Fells, forming part of the dramatic high ground between Crinkle Crags and Swirl How.

740 m
Height
+15
Bonus Birketts
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740 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+15 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 740 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 14° to 12°C, gusts to 39 mph, 9.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
14° / 12°
💨 39 mph
🌧 9.7 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
13° / 11°
💨 32 mph
🌧 7.2 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
12° / 5°
💨 28 mph
🌧 1.2 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 0°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 2°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.1 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
16° / 6°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.2 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 740 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 Stand

Little Stand at 740m (2,428ft) is a high Birkett top on the ridge above the Wrynose Pass in the Southern Fells, forming part of the dramatic high ground between Crinkle Crags and Swirl How. Gives views across the head of Dunnerdale and towards the Scafell group. A fine, high-level summit rarely visited on its own.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Fellranger
Synge
Nuttall
740 m
Height
2,428 ft
In feet
NY 2504 0337
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Hardknott Pass (roadside pull-ins), about 2.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Little Stand (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.

0.8 km NStonesty Pike765 m · Southern
1.2 km NCrinkle Crags South Top (First Crinkle)834 m · Southern
1.3 km NEGreat Knott695 m · Southern
1.7 km NCrinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle832 m · Southern
1.8 km NCrinkle Crags - Gunson Knott (Fifth Crinkle)822 m · Southern
1.9 km WYew Bank499 m · Southern
2.0 km NShelter Crags815 m · Southern
2.5 km WNWThrostlehow Crag404 m · Southern
2.6 km SEHell Gill Pike662 m · Southern
2.7 km SWBorder End522 m · Southern
2.7 km SELittle Carrs692 m · Southern
2.9 km NNEWhite Stones - The Band568 m · Southern
2.9 km WNWScar Lathing439 m · Southern
2.9 km WSilverybield Crag395 m · Southern
3.0 km ENEWrynose Fell - Long Crag547 m · Southern

Best parking to hike Little Stand

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

Hardknott Pass (roadside pull-ins) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
Limited pull-ins near the pass summit for Hard Knott and Harter Fell. Don't block passing places.
Directions
Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge) — 2.8 km from summit (straight line)
High-level start for Pike o' Blisco, Cold Pike, Wet Side Edge and the Greenburn fells.
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 Little Stand 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.

Other fells near Little Stand

Maps & guidebooks for Little Stand

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