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Birkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Low White Stones

Low White Stones at 624m (2,047ft) is an intermediate summit on the High Raise plateau between Sergeant Man and Ullscarf, a broad, grassy top with open views across the Central Fells.

731 m
Height
+5
Bonus Birketts
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731 mBirkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit)+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 731 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 38 mph, 11.8 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
14° / 13°
💨 38 mph
🌧 11.8 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 11°
💨 27 mph
🌧 5.0 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
12° / 4°
💨 28 mph
🌧 1.3 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 1°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 3°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌫️
15° / 5°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
14° / 5°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.4 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 731 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

Low White Stones

Low White Stones at 624m (2,047ft) is an intermediate summit on the High Raise plateau between Sergeant Man and Ullscarf, a broad, grassy top with open views across the Central Fells. Wainwright noted it as a distinct point on the plateau, its white quartzite stones visible from a distance. Most naturally part of the full Central Fells circuit from Langdale or Borrowdale via High Raise. Quiet, unhurried walking on open moorland.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
731 m
Height
2,398 ft
In feet
NY 2820 1003
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Stickle Ghyll / New Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid), about 4.0 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Low White Stones (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.

1.2 km SECodale Head732 m · Central
1.2 km NLining Crag542 m · Central
2.9 km WNWDovenest Top (Dovenest Crag) (Stonethwaite Fell)633 m · Southern
2.9 km SThorn Crag644 m · Central
3.0 km NNEColdbarrow Fell - High Saddle675 m · Central

Best parking to hike Low White Stones

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

Stickle Ghyll / New Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 4.0 km from summit (straight line)
Direct start up Stickle Ghyll for the Langdale Pikes.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (640m) — Free🚺 Public toilets (770m) — Free
Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 4.1 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (510m) — Free🚺 Public toilets (649m) — Free🍺 Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel🍺 Sticklebarn

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 Low White Stones from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 516 “Langdale Rambler”
Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Elterwater – New Dungeon Ghyll – Old Dungeon Ghyll
Catch it from: Ambleside · Windermere (change at Ambleside)
The Langdale bus — Pikes, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco all walkable from the Dungeon Ghyll stops. Seasonal frequency varies; check before relying on the last bus back.

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

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