⛰️ Scope End

412 m · Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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412 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Scope End at 538m (1,765ft) is the grassy ridge end above Buttermere village, giving pleasant views of the lake and the Grasmoor massif above. Wainwright included it as part of the North Western Fells, noting its pleasant short walk above Buttermere. A good evening walk for visitors staying in the village, with fine lake views throughout the ascent.

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.

0.5 km SWRed Knott452 m · Western
1.0 km SWHigh Crags (Newlands)529 m · Western
2.4 km NNERowling End433 m · North Western
2.6 km WNWIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Scope End (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Little Town, Newlands (paid, small) — 1.7 km from summit (straight line)
Newlands valley — Catbells, Maiden Moor, Hindscarth, Robinson.
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Hawse End / Skelgill Bank, Catbells (roadside, limited) — 4.0 km from summit (straight line)
Very limited roadside parking — better to use the 77 bus or the Keswick launch to Hawse End.
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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.

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