⛰️ Robinson

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

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738 mWainwright — North Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+6 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Robinson at 737m (2,418ft) is the north-western bastion of the Newlands Horseshoe — the great classic ridge walk that circuits the Newlands valley. Wainwright included Robinson in the North Western Fells, noting its commanding position above Buttermere and Crummock Water and the excellent views it gives north across the Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite fells. The descent from Robinson to Hindscarth follows a fine ridge. The Newlands Horseshoe — Catbells, Maiden Moor, High Spy, Dale Head, Hindscarth and Robinson — is one of the finest full-day ridge walks in Lakeland.

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.

1.5 km WHigh Snockrigg526 m · North Western
1.7 km ENEHigh Crags (Newlands)529 m · Western
2.2 km ENERed Knott452 m · Western
2.3 km NIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western
2.6 km NEScope End412 m · Western
2.9 km SSEHonister Crag (Black Star)634 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Robinson (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere (paid) — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)
Farm car park at the foot of Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike and the High Stile ridge.
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Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts.
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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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