⛰️ Loadpot Hill

672 m · Wainwright — Far Eastern Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

672 mWainwright — Far Eastern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

The south summit of Loadpot Hill at 640m (2,100ft) is a subsidiary top on the High Street plateau south of the main Loadpot Hill summit, giving wide views across the northern moorland. A Birkett top on the ancient Roman road route along the High Street ridge. Part of the long traverse from Pooley Bridge to Mardale Head along the historic Roman route.

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts 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 WSWBrownthwaite Crag444 m · Far Eastern
1.5 km NSwarth Fell (Ullswater)545 m · Far Eastern
1.8 km SWGowk Hill471 m · Far Eastern
2.4 km SELow Kop572 m · Far Eastern
3.0 km SRed Crag711 m · Far Eastern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Loadpot Hill (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Martindale, St Peter's church (free, limited) — 2.5 km from summit (straight line)
Quiet side of Ullswater — Hallin Fell, Steel Knotts, Beda Fell, Pikeawassa.
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The Hause, Little Mell Fell (verge) — 5.8 km from summit (straight line)
Verge parking at the high point of the Watermillock road.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses 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.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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