⛰️ Seathwaite Fell (Great Slack - Seathwaite Fell)

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

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631 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+9 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

The AA cairn of Seathwaite Fell at 550m (1,804ft) is the highest point on the western edge of the Seathwaite Fell plateau above Borrowdale, marked by the Automobile Association triangulation pillar. This is the Wainwright summit — distinct from the broader plateau to the east. The views north down Borrowdale and across to Base Brown are fine. Reached from Seathwaite farm via the Styhead path and a short diversion onto the fell.

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.

1.4 km ESEHigh House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)683 m · Southern
1.5 km ERed Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara)720 m · Southern
1.9 km ENELooking Steads (Glaramara)774 m · Southern
2.3 km SSWBroad Crag935 m · Southern
2.4 km SIll Crag931 m · Southern
2.5 km ENECombe Head735 m · Southern
2.8 km NEThornythwaite Fell574 m · Southern
3.0 km WNWKirk Fell East Top (Kirk Fell North Top)787 m · Western
3.0 km SSEPike de Bield810 m · Southern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Seathwaite Fell (Great Slack - Seathwaite Fell) (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (free verge) — 3.2 km from summit (straight line)
Free verge parking on the Seathwaite lane — the honeypot start for the Scafells, Great Gable and Glaramara. Arrive very early.
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Honister Pass (paid, slate mine) — 3.9 km from summit (straight line)
Pay & display at the top of the pass — Dale Head, Fleetwith Pike, Grey Knotts with minimal ascent.
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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 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).
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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