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Birkett — Northern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Miller Moss (Little Lingy Hill)

Miller Moss at 610m (2,001ft) is a Birkett top in the remote Back o' Skiddaw country north of the main Lakeland fells, its open moorland summit giving wide views across the Caldbeck Fells.

610 m
Height
+8
Bonus Birketts
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610 mBirkett — Northern (not a Wainwright summit)+8 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 610 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 14°C, gusts to 39 mph, 5.5 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
15° / 14°
💨 39 mph
🌧 5.5 mm (61%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
16° / 11°
💨 31 mph
🌧 9.9 mm (71%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌧️
13° / 5°
💨 31 mph
🌧 1.9 mm (76%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 2°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (76%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 3°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (55%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
15° / 3°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (28%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 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 610 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

Miller Moss (Little Lingy Hill)

Miller Moss at 610m (2,001ft) is a Birkett top in the remote Back o' Skiddaw country north of the main Lakeland fells, its open moorland summit giving wide views across the Caldbeck Fells. Part of the broad fell country east of Skiddaw. A genuinely remote summit rarely visited.

Routes up Miller Moss (Little Lingy Hill)

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

Birketts by Carrock Fell
15.3 km · ~4.2 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
Nuttall
610 m
Height
2,001 ft
In feet
NY 3036 3389
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Peter House Farm, Bassenthwaite (roadside), about 5.7 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Miller Moss (Little Lingy Hill) (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.

0.6 km EGreat Lingy Hill616 m · Northern
1.3 km ENEHare Stones627 m · Northern
1.4 km SSECoomb Height627 m · Northern
1.4 km WNWLittle Sca Fell633 m · Northern
1.7 km WSWFrozen Fell625 m · Northern
2.3 km WSWBurn Tod595 m · Northern
2.6 km EMiton Hill607 m · Northern
2.7 km WNWLowthwaite Fell509 m · Northern

Routes over Miller Moss (Little Lingy Hill)

Birketts by Carrock FellPlanned
15.34 km · ~668 m ascent · loop · ~4–5.5 h
Summits: Carrock FellRound KnottMiton HillHare StonesGreat Lingy HillMiller Moss (Little Lingy Hill)KnottCoomb Height

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

✎️ Planned route — drawn but not personally walked or checked yet.

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Best parking to hike Miller Moss (Little Lingy Hill)

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

Peter House Farm, Bassenthwaite (roadside) — 5.7 km from summit (straight line)
Dash Falls track — Bakestall, Great Calva, Skiddaw the quiet way.
Directions
Caldbeck village (free) — 6.2 km from summit (straight line)
Northern edge — High Pike and Carrock Fell from the north.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (949m)

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 Miller Moss (Little Lingy Hill) 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.

Other fells near Miller Moss (Little Lingy Hill)

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