⛰️ Long Side

📖 Key Information

Long Side at 734m (2,408ft) is an intermediate summit on the Ullock Pike to Skiddaw ridge, its long, narrow crest giving outstanding views across Bassenthwaite Lake below and north to the Solway coast. Wainwright noted it as a summit of pleasing character on the finest of the Skiddaw approaches — the ridge from Ravenstone to Ullock Pike, Long Side and Carl Side makes for one of the best Lakeland ridge walks. The views west across Bassenthwaite to the distant coast are a distinctive bonus on this often clear, high ridge.

🎯 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.

🦶 My hikes over Long Side (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

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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Other fells in this region

• Bakestall
• Bannerdale Crags
• Binsey
• Blencathra - Hallsfell Top
• Bowscale Fell
• Brae Fell
• Carl Side
• Carrock Fell
• Dodd (Skiddaw)
• Great Calva
• Great Cockup
• Great Sca Fell
• High Pike (Caldbeck)
• Knott
• Latrigg
• Ling Fell
• Longlands Fell
• Lonscale Fell
• Meal Fell
• Mungrisdale Common
• Sale Fell
• Skiddaw
• Skiddaw Little Man
• Souther Fell
• Ullock Pike