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Outlying Fell — Around PenrithAlso a Birkett

Naddle High Forest

Naddle High Forest at 435m (1,427ft) is an Outlying Fell forming the first top of the Naddle Horseshoe above the Naddle valley near Shap, giving views across the limestone upland and towards the Haweswater fells.

435 m
Height
+8
Bonus Birketts
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435 mOutlying Fell — Around Penrith✓ summit is also a Birkett+8 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 435 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Sat 1 Aug): 15° to 10°C, gusts to 26 mph, 0.2 mm of rain forecast.

Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 10°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (50%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌦️
18° / 7°
💨 14 mph
🌧 0.8 mm (12%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
20° / 11°
💨 25 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (42%)
Tue 4 Aug
🌦️
22° / 13°
💨 21 mph
🌧 1.5 mm (95%)
Wed 5 Aug
🌦️
16° / 10°
💨 25 mph
🌧 1.2 mm (82%)
Thu 6 Aug
☁️
15° / 8°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (43%)
Fri 7 Aug
☁️
18° / 10°
💨 21 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)

Forecast snapshot from 1 Aug 2026, 15:22 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 435 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

Naddle High Forest

Naddle High Forest at 435m (1,427ft) is an Outlying Fell forming the first top of the Naddle Horseshoe above the Naddle valley near Shap, giving views across the limestone upland and towards the Haweswater fells. Wainwright included the Naddle Horseshoe in his Outlying Fells guide as part of the Around Penrith group. A quiet walk through farmland and open fell.

Getting there
🅿️ Mardale Head, Haweswater (free)
Free but small and fills very early — High Street, Harter Fell, Kidsty Pike, Branstree.
🅿️ Wet Sleddale dam (free)
For the quiet Shap-side fells: Seat Robert, Sleddale fells.

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌦️ 15°low 10°C
Gusts26 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
Around Penrith
Birkett
Synge
435 m
Height
1,427 ft
In feet
NY 4924 1431
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Mardale Head, Haweswater (free), about 4.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Naddle High Forest (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 NENaddle Low Forest426 m · Far Eastern
1.5 km ESEPowleys Hill465 m · Far Eastern
1.9 km NFour Stones Hill415 m · Far Eastern
2.2 km SSWBrown Howe (Mardale)529 m · Far Eastern
2.2 km NNWBampton Fell (Bampton Common)489 m · Far Eastern
2.4 km NPinnacle Howe383 m · Far Eastern
2.8 km SWCastle Crag (Mardale)395 m · Far Eastern
2.8 km NWLow Kop572 m · Far Eastern

Best parking to hike Naddle High Forest

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

Mardale Head, Haweswater (free) — 4.4 km from summit (straight line)
Free but small and fills very early — High Street, Harter Fell, Kidsty Pike, Branstree.
Directions
Wet Sleddale dam (free) — 5.5 km from summit (straight line)
For the quiet Shap-side fells: Seat Robert, Sleddale fells.
Directions

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 Naddle High Forest 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.

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Maps & guidebooks for Naddle High Forest

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