Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell)
Raven's Barrow at 152m (499ft) is a small Outlying Fell above the Cartmel valley south of Windermere in the South Lakeland group, its wooded summit giving views across the estuary country towards Morecambe Bay.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 152 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Sat 12 Sep): 18° to 8°C, gusts to 34 mph, 16.1 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 12 Sep 2026, 18:50 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 152 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell) at a glance
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell) a Wainwright?
Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell) is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides.
Where do you park for Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell)?
The nearest car park we hold is Raven's Barrow, east car park (free), about 0.4 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Birch Fell car park, 1.5 km out. We only look within 2.5 km, measured straight-line: over longer distances a road may cross a pass and the drive bears no relation to the line.
Routes up Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell)
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Gummer's How & Birch Fell — starts 2.3 km away
Parking & buses for Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell)
Best parking to hike Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell)
Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).
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.
Vehicles are left entirely at their owner’s risk. We list places people park; we cannot vouch for any of them. Judge it on the day: take valuables with you, leave nothing on show, and if a spot feels wrong when you get there, park somewhere else.
Getting to Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell) by bus
The 6 stops at Fell Foot, at Gummers How, 4.6 km from the nearest parking for this fell. We haven’t mapped a route up it, so we can’t tell you the walk from there to the start. Last bus: Monday to Friday 23:36 towards Ulverston (6); Saturday 23:36 towards Ulverston (6); Sunday 23:38 towards Ulverston (6). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 7 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell)
No hazard card for this fell. The usual open-fell rules apply: check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected.
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Raven's Barrow, east car park (free), about 0.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell) (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.