⛰️ Scar Crags

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

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672 mWainwright — North Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+10 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Scar Crags at 672m (2,205ft) is a craggy ridge summit above Coledale between Causey Pike and Sail, its rocky profile one of the features of the Coledale Horseshoe. Wainwright noted its fine rocky character and the excellent views it gives down Coledale. Most naturally part of the Coledale Horseshoe circuit — the ridge between Causey Pike and Sail over Scar Crags is one of the more interesting sections of the horseshoe, with good views of the Coledale valley throughout.

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.

1.7 km SSWIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western
1.7 km NEStile End447 m · North Western
1.8 km WEel Crag (Birkett)807 m · North Western
2.0 km NWHobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head)738 m · North Western
2.1 km ERowling End433 m · North Western
2.5 km WNWSand Hill756 m · North Western
2.7 km WSWThirdgill Head Man734 m · North Western
2.8 km NNEKinn374 m · North Western
2.8 km SEScope End412 m · Western
3.0 km SSERed Knott452 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Scar Crags (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Little Town, Newlands (paid, small) — 2.5 km from summit (straight line)
Newlands valley — Catbells, Maiden Moor, Hindscarth, Robinson.
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Whinlatter Visitor Centre (paid) — 3.8 km from summit (straight line)
Forest centre — Lord's Seat, Barf, Whinlatter fells, Grisedale Pike's back route.
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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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