⛰️ Raven Crag

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

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461 mWainwright — Central Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+9 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Raven Crag at 461m (1,512ft) is the dramatic cliff above Thirlmere, its great crag face one of the most impressive roadside crags in Lakeland. Wainwright described it as the most accessible of the Central Fells crags, the walker's path reaching the summit above the main face quickly from the road. The views from the top across Thirlmere to the Helvellyn range are excellent. A short, satisfying outing from Thirlspot.

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.

0.4 km WNWCastle Crag (Shoulthwalte)404 m · Eastern
0.6 km NNWThe Benn (Sippling Crag)446 m · Eastern
1.0 km EGreat How (Thirlmere)333 m · Eastern
1.9 km NEWren Crag311 m · Eastern
2.0 km ENECastle Rock339 m · Eastern
2.5 km SFisher Crag421 m · Central
2.7 km ESEBrown Crag610 m · Eastern
2.7 km NHigh Rigg (High Rigg South Top)343 m · Eastern
2.9 km SSWArmboth Fell (Birkett)479 m · Central

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Raven Crag (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Legburthwaite (United Utilities, small) — 1.5 km from summit (straight line)
St John's in the Vale — Sticks Pass side, High Rigg, Raven Crag.
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Swirls, Thirlmere (paid) — 2.5 km from summit (straight line)
The standard west-side route up Helvellyn via Browncove Crags.
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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 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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