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Birkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Rowling End

Rowling End at 433m (1,421ft) is the rocky spur below Causey Pike above the Newlands valley, its craggy top giving excellent views of Derwent Water and the Skiddaw massif.

433 m
Height
+5
Bonus Birketts
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433 mBirkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit)+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 433 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 14°C, gusts to 36 mph, 4.3 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
16° / 14°
💨 36 mph
🌧 4.3 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
17° / 12°
💨 32 mph
🌧 12.5 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 6°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.9 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 3°
💨 22 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
16° / 6°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 6°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.4 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 433 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

Rowling End

Rowling End at 433m (1,421ft) is the rocky spur below Causey Pike above the Newlands valley, its craggy top giving excellent views of Derwent Water and the Skiddaw massif. A Birkett fell on the lower Causey Pike ridge above Stoneycroft. The views of Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake from Rowling End are among the best from any low North Western summit.

Routes up Rowling End

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

Scar Crags, Causey Pike
12 km · ~3.8 hr
Stile End, Outerside, Causey Pike, Rowling End
9.9 km · ~3.1 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
433 m
Height
1,421 ft
In feet
NY 2293 2069
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Little Town, Newlands (paid, small), about 1.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Rowling End (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 NWStile End447 m · North Western
1.6 km ESkelgill Bank338 m · Central
2.4 km SSWScope End412 m · Western
2.8 km NNWKinn374 m · North Western
2.9 km SSWRed Knott452 m · Western

Routes over Rowling End

Scar Crags, Causey PikeLive
11.97 km · ~850 m ascent · loop · ~3.5–5 h
Summits: BarrowOutersideScar CragsCausey PikeRowling End

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Full route guide ↗

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Stile End, Outerside, Causey Pike, Rowling EndRevised
9.89 km · ~682 m ascent · loop · ~3–4 h
Summits: Stile EndOutersideCausey PikeRowling End

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Full route guide ↗

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Best parking to hike Rowling End

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

Little Town, Newlands (paid, small) — 1.4 km from summit (straight line)
Newlands valley — Catbells, Maiden Moor, Hindscarth, Robinson.
Directions
Hawse End / Skelgill Bank, Catbells (roadside, limited) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
Very limited roadside parking — better to use the 77 bus or the Keswick launch to Hawse End.
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.

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Scar Crags, Causey Pike route:

🛖 map (6 m)🚌 Police Station (W bound) (6 m)🚌 Police Station (E bound) (7 m)🚌 Thornthwaite Road (N bound) (420 m)🚌 Thornthwaite Road (S bound) (426 m)⛺ Hope Memorial Camp (462 m)

On the Stile End, Outerside, Causey Pike, Rowling End route:

🛖 map (6 m)🚌 Police Station (W bound) (11 m)🚌 Police Station (E bound) (22 m)🚌 Thornthwaite Road (N bound) (424 m)🚌 Thornthwaite Road (S bound) (431 m)⛺ Hope Memorial Camp (434 m)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

Buses to Rowling End 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.

Other fells near Rowling End

Maps & guidebooks for Rowling End

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