⛰️ Outerside

568 m · Wainwright — North Western Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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568 mWainwright — North Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+9 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Outerside at 568m (1,864ft) is a small, grassy summit between Causey Pike and the Coledale valley, giving pleasant views of the surrounding North Western Fells. Wainwright included it as a separate fell, noting its quiet character and good views of Grisedale Pike. The ascent from Braithwaite or Stoneycroft is short. Often combined with Causey Pike for a shorter circuit. A pleasant, unhurried summit.

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.

1.1 km ENEStile End447 m · North Western
1.8 km WNWHobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head)738 m · North Western
2.0 km NNEKinn374 m · North Western
2.0 km ESERowling End433 m · North Western
2.2 km WSWEel Crag (Birkett)807 m · North Western
2.4 km WSand Hill756 m · North Western
2.5 km SSWIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western
2.6 km NWHobcarton End634 m · North Western
2.9 km WNWLadyside Pike704 m · North Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Outerside (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Little Town, Newlands (paid, small) — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)
Newlands valley — Catbells, Maiden Moor, Hindscarth, Robinson.
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Whinlatter Visitor Centre (paid) — 3.0 km from summit (straight line)
Forest centre — Lord's Seat, Barf, Whinlatter fells, Grisedale Pike's back route.
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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

Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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