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Lonscale Pike - a wide panorama of rolling green fells and deep valleys, hazy lakes and lowlands in the distance
Birkett — Northern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Lonscale Pike (Lonscale Fell East Top)

Lonscale Pike at 703m (2,306ft) is a dramatic Birkett top on the eastern spur of Lonscale Fell above Skiddaw Forest, its sharp rocky summit giving fine views across the Glenderaterra valley towards Blencathra and south to the Central Fells.

703 m
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Bonus Birketts
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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

703 mBirkett — Northern (not a Wainwright summit)+6 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 703 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 14° to 13°C, gusts to 30 mph, 6.1 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
14° / 13°
💨 30 mph
🌧 6.1 mm (61%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 10°
💨 27 mph
🌧 12.4 mm (71%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
12° / 5°
💨 31 mph
🌧 1.7 mm (76%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 1°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (76%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 2°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (55%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
15° / 2°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (28%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
15° / 5°
💨 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 703 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

Lonscale Pike (Lonscale Fell East Top)

Lonscale Pike - a wide panorama of rolling green fells and deep valleys, hazy lakes and lowlands in the distance
© Lee McCoy

Lonscale Pike at 703m (2,306ft) is a dramatic Birkett top on the eastern spur of Lonscale Fell above Skiddaw Forest, its sharp rocky summit giving fine views across the Glenderaterra valley towards Blencathra and south to the Central Fells. Part of the Skiddaw massif, easily combined with Skiddaw on a longer day. The views of Blencathra from this angle are particularly striking.

Routes up Lonscale Pike (Lonscale Fell East Top)

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

Lonscale Fell, Skiddaw Lesser Man, Skiddaw and Bakestall in the sun!
19.3 km · ~5.7 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
703 m
Height
2,306 ft
In feet
NY 2888 2729
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Gale Road / Latrigg top (free), about 2.2 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Lonscale Pike (Lonscale Fell East Top) (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 WJenkin Hill735 m · Northern
1.8 km NWSale How666 m · Northern
2.0 km WSkiddaw Lesser Man824 m · Northern
2.3 km EKnowe Crags (Blease Fell)804 m · Northern
2.8 km NNWHare Crag538 m · Northern
2.9 km EGategill Fell Top852 m · Northern

Routes over Lonscale Pike (Lonscale Fell East Top)

Lonscale Fell, Skiddaw Lesser Man, Skiddaw and Bakestall in the sun!Revised
19.25 km · ~1116 m ascent · loop · ~5.5–7.5 h
Summits: Lonscale FellLonscale Pike (Lonscale Fell East Top)Jenkin HillSkiddaw Lesser ManSkiddaw Little ManSkiddaw South TopSkiddaw Middle TopSkiddawBroad EndBakestall

⬇️ 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 Lonscale Pike (Lonscale Fell East Top)

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

Gale Road / Latrigg top (free) — 2.2 km from summit (straight line)
Free car park at the road end behind Latrigg — shortest way up Skiddaw via Jenkin Hill.
Directions
Threlkeld village (free/donation) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
Blencathra via Hall's Fell ridge; Clough Head across the valley.
Directions
🚺 Threlkeld Village Hall (57m) — Free · Accessible☕ Threlkeld Coffee Shop🍺 Horse & Farrier Inn🍺 Salutation Inn

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.

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Lonscale Fell, Skiddaw Lesser Man, Skiddaw and Bakestall in the sun! route:

🛖 map (8 m)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

Buses to Lonscale Pike (Lonscale Fell East Top) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach X4 / X5
Penrith – Rheged – Threlkeld – Keswick – Braithwaite – Cockermouth – Workington
Catch it from: Penrith
Year-round, frequent. From Penrith this is your way into Keswick and the Northern fells — Threlkeld/Scales stops serve Blencathra directly, Braithwaite serves the Coledale fells.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

My hikes over Lonscale Pike (Lonscale Fell East Top) (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

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