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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

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.

152 m
Height
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Bonus Birkett
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152 mOutlying Fell — South Lakelandsummit is not a Birkett top+1 bonus Birkett within 3 km

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 (Tue 28 Jul): 20° to 17°C, gusts to 29 mph, 2.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
20° / 17°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (82%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
19° / 15°
💨 21 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (89%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
17° / 9°
💨 27 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (73%)
Fri 31 Jul
☁️
18° / 5°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (65%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
18° / 8°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.4 mm (41%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
20° / 10°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (27%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
20° / 11°
💨 12 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (16%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 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.

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

About the walk

Key information

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. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide. A gentle, pleasant walk in the limestone country south of Windermere.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
152 m
Height
499 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Gummer's How car park (free), about 2.4 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.

2.1 km NWBirch Fell318 m · Southern

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).

Gummer's How car park (free) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
Short, family-grade climb of Gummer's How above Windermere's foot.
Directions
Mill Side, Whitbarrow (verge) — 5.4 km from summit (straight line)
For Whitbarrow (Lord's Seat) — limestone pavement and easy walking.
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 Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach X6
Kendal – Levens – Grange-over-Sands – Ulverston – Barrow (A590 corridor)
Catch it from: Kendal/Windermere (change at Kendal)
Year-round. Handy for the South Lakeland outliers: Whitbarrow (Mill Side area), Gummer's How (Newby Bridge) and Hampsfell (Grange-over-Sands, which also has trains).

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

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Maps & guidebooks for Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell)

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