⛰️ Sheffield Pike

676 m · Wainwright — Eastern Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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676 mWainwright — Eastern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+6 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Sheffield Pike at 675m (2,215ft) is a craggy, satisfying summit above Glenridding with outstanding views of Ullswater — Wainwright considered it one of the best Ullswater viewpoints in the Eastern Fells. The summit gives a perfect bird's-eye view of the lake's southern reach and across to Place Fell on the opposite shore. The ascent from Glenridding via Greenside or from Patterdale is straightforward and rewarding. Often combined with Hart Side for a fine round above the Glenridding valley. The views of Ullswater from the summit ridge are among the finest in the district.

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.

0.6 km SEHeron Pike (Glenridding)612 m · Eastern
1.5 km NNEBrown Hills551 m · Eastern
1.7 km NNWBirkett Fell725 m · Eastern
1.7 km WNWGreen Side (White Stones - Green Side)794 m · Eastern
1.8 km NNESwineside Knott553 m · Eastern
2.6 km NNECommon Fell552 m · Eastern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Sheffield Pike (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Glenridding (paid) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
Main Helvellyn-from-the-east base: Striding Edge, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor; also Sheffield Pike, Glenridding Dodd.
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Aira Force (NT, paid) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
For Gowbarrow Fell and the path toward Great Dodd via Dockray.
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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 508 “Ullswater Bus”
Penrith – Pooley Bridge – Aira Force – Glenridding – Patterdale (summer services continue over Kirkstone Pass to Troutbeck and Windermere)
Catch it from: Penrith · Windermere (summer only)
The key route from Penrith for the Eastern and Far Eastern fells: Helvellyn from Glenridding, Place Fell, the Hartsop fells. The summer Kirkstone extension drops you at the pass for Red Screes and Caudale Moor.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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