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Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Pike de Bield

Pike de Bield at 810m (2,657ft) is a high Birkett top on the ridge between Pike o' Stickle and Rossett Pike in the Southern Fells, its rocky summit giving excellent views across the Langdale Pikes and into the wild upper Langdale.

810 m
Height
+16
Bonus Birketts
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810 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+16 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 810 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 14° to 12°C, gusts to 39 mph, 11.9 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
14° / 12°
💨 39 mph
🌧 11.9 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
12° / 10°
💨 33 mph
🌧 11.9 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌧️
11° / 5°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.9 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
13° / 1°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
12° / 3°
💨 15 mph
🌧 4.5 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
14° / 5°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
14° / 5°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.2 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 810 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

Pike de Bield

Pike de Bield at 810m (2,657ft) is a high Birkett top on the ridge between Pike o' Stickle and Rossett Pike in the Southern Fells, its rocky summit giving excellent views across the Langdale Pikes and into the wild upper Langdale. Part of the high ground between the Langdales and the Scafell group. An impressive position above one of Lakeland's most dramatic valleys.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
810 m
Height
2,657 ft
In feet
NY 2360 0684
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid), about 5.1 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Pike de Bield (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 SSWHigh Gait Crags572 m · Southern
1.4 km WNWIll Crag931 m · Southern
1.4 km WPen762 m · Southern
1.9 km WNWBroad Crag935 m · Southern
1.9 km ENEBuck Pike (Mickleden)606 m · Southern
2.0 km SEShelter Crags815 m · Southern
2.1 km SSWScar Lathing439 m · Southern
2.2 km SECrinkle Crags - Gunson Knott (Fifth Crinkle)822 m · Southern
2.2 km SECrinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle832 m · Southern
2.3 km ENEBlack Crags (Mickleden)588 m · Southern
2.4 km NHigh House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)683 m · Southern
2.6 km ESEWhite Stones - The Band568 m · Southern
2.6 km SSWThrostlehow Crag404 m · Southern
2.7 km SSECrinkle Crags South Top (First Crinkle)834 m · Southern
2.9 km NNERed Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara)720 m · Southern
3.0 km NNWSeathwaite Fell (Great Slack - Seathwaite Fell)631 m · Southern

Terrain & access

A pathless top (about 810 m) — the nearest mapped path is about 368 m away, the open ground you’d cross to the summit (about 110 m of ascent, up to ~53°). There is steep ground (over 30°) on the direct line — pick your line with care. The summit is on CRoW open access land.

Computed from open data, not walked — pathless ground needs confident navigation, and mapped paths, barriers and access boundaries can be incomplete. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass); Natural England CRoW Access Land; DoBIH; Copernicus GLO-30. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 145 fells.

Best parking to hike Pike de Bield

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

Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 5.1 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
Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (free verge) — 5.3 km from summit (straight line)
Free verge parking on the Seathwaite lane — the honeypot start for the Scafells, Great Gable and Glaramara. Arrive very early.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (1002m) — Free

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 Pike de Bield 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.
Stagecoach 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).

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

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