⛰️ Meal Fell

549 m · Wainwright — Northern Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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549 mWainwright — Northern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+11 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Meal Fell at 550m (1,804ft) is a small, grassy summit in the Back o' Skiddaw country above Longlands, giving pleasant views across the northern moorlands. Wainwright included it as part of the northern Skiddaw group. The ascent from Longlands is short and easy. Combined naturally with Great Sca Fell and Brae Fell as part of the Back o' Skiddaw group. A quiet, easy fell for those exploring the northern Lake District.

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.

0.7 km SEFrozen Fell625 m · Northern
0.8 km NELittle Sca Fell633 m · Northern
0.9 km SBurn Tod595 m · Northern
1.1 km NNWLowthwaite Fell509 m · Northern
1.8 km SWWhite Hause464 m · Northern
2.1 km EMiller Moss (Little Lingy Hill)610 m · Northern
2.1 km WLittle Cockup399 m · Northern
2.3 km SLittle Calva642 m · Northern
2.7 km WOrthwaite Bank348 m · Northern
2.7 km EGreat Lingy Hill616 m · Northern
3.0 km ESECoomb Height627 m · Northern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Meal Fell (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Longlands, Back o' Skiddaw (verge) — 0.4 km from summit (straight line)
For Longlands Fell, Lowthwaite Fell, Great Sca Fell and the Uldale fells.
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Peter House Farm, Bassenthwaite (roadside) — 3.0 km from summit (straight line)
Dash Falls track — Bakestall, Great Calva, Skiddaw the quiet way.
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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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