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Wainwright — Eastern FellsAlso a Birkett

Sheffield Pike

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.

676 m
Height
~3–4 h
Typical time
+6
Bonus Birketts
See routes & download GPX →

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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

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

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

Modelled guidance for the 676 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 13°C, gusts to 39 mph, 5.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
15° / 13°
💨 39 mph
🌧 5.7 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 11°
💨 34 mph
🌧 5.8 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 5°
💨 29 mph
🌧 1.0 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 3°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 6°
💨 12 mph
🌧 5.1 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
15° / 4°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 12 mph
🌧 0.2 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 676 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

Sheffield Pike

Sheffield Pike, a Lake District fell
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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.

Routes up Sheffield Pike

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

Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor
15.6 km · ~5.1 hr
Classifications & hill data
Wainwright
Eastern
Birkett
Fellranger
Synge
Nuttall
676 m
Height
2,218 ft
In feet
NY 3691 1818
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Glenridding (paid), about 2.2 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Sheffield Pike (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

Routes over Sheffield Pike

Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse MoorRevised
15.58 km · ~1209 m ascent · loop · ~5–7 h
Summits: Glenridding DoddHeron Pike (Glenridding)Sheffield PikeCatstye CamBirkhouse Moor

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

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

The View from Sheffield Pike

A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.

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Computed 360-degree skyline from Sheffield Pike32 labelled tops shown (5 distant behind the far-horizon toggle). Theoretical visibility in perfect clarity; computed from terrain, not photographed.eye levelNNEESESSWWNWHelvellyn · 4 kmNethermost Pike · 5 kmRaise · 3 kmFairfield · 6 kmWhite Side · 4 kmGreat Dodd · 4 kmStybarrow Dodd · 3 kmSt Sunday Crag · 5 kmHigh Street · 10 kmHigh Raise · 9 kmThornthwaite Crag · 10 kmRed Screes · 10 kmStony Cove Pike · 10 kmHart Side · 2 kmThe Knott · 9 kmBirkhouse Moor · 2 kmRed Crag · 9 kmLoadpot Hill · 9 kmWether Hill · 9 kmCross Fell · 36 km · clear daysHelvellyn Lower Man · 4 kmDollywaggon Pike · 6 kmBirkett Fell · 2 kmHigh Brow · 3 kmSwineside Knott · 2 kmSwarth Fell · 9 kmGreat Mell Fell · 8 kmArthur's Pike · 10 kmLittle Mell Fell · 8 kmLow How · 3 kmGreen Hill · 5 kmLittle Meldrum · 7 kmGreen Side · 2 kmRampsgill Head · 9 kmGavel Pike · 5 kmLow Raise · 10 kmFroswick · 12 kmSt Raven's Edge · 10 kmGray Crag · 9 kmLittle Hart Crag · 8 kmCommon Fell · 3 kmHeughscar Hill · 13 kmBracken How · 4 kmLow Birk Fell · 4 kmCalkin Rig · 70 km · clear daysThe Cheviot · 116 km · a rare clear dayWisp Hill · 81 km · a rare clear dayDun Rig · 114 km · a rare clear dayPeel Fell · 86 km · a rare clear dayBlackwood Hill · 80 km · a rare clear day
What you can see from Sheffield Pike, by direction
  • North: Birkett Fell (2 km)
  • North-east: Cross Fell (36 km)
  • East: Place Fell (4 km), Red Crag (9 km), Loadpot Hill (9 km), Wether Hill (9 km)
  • South-east: Hartsop Dodd (8 km), Rest Dodd (8 km), The Knott (9 km), Gray Crag (9 km), Rampsgill Head (9 km), High Raise (9 km), Caudale Moor (9 km), Stony Cove Pike (10 km), Low Raise (10 km), High Street (10 km), Thornthwaite Crag (10 km), Froswick (12 km), Ill Bell (12 km)
  • South: Birkhouse Moor (2 km), Birks (4 km), St Sunday Crag (5 km), Gavel Pike (5 km), Cofa Pike (6 km), Fairfield (6 km), Little Hart Crag (8 km), Middle Dodd (9 km), Red Screes (10 km), St Raven's Edge (10 km)
  • South-west: Catstye Cam (3 km), White Side (4 km), Helvellyn (4 km), Helvellyn Lower Man (4 km), Nethermost Pike (5 km), Dollywaggon Pike (6 km)
  • West: Green Side (2 km), Raise (3 km), Stybarrow Dodd (3 km)
  • North-west: Hart Side (2 km), Great Dodd (4 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: The Cheviot (116 km, England), Wisp Hill (81 km, Scotland), Cauldcleuch Head (83 km, Scotland), Roan Fell (75 km, Scotland), Dun Rig (114 km, Scotland), Pikethaw Hill (80 km, Scotland), Peel Fell (86 km, England), Blackwood Hill (80 km, Scotland).

Computed from terrain in perfect clarity, not photographed · distances are straight-line.

Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.

What you can see from Sheffield Pike

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.
41Wainwrights in view+2 marginal
37 kmFurthest sightlineGreat Dun Fell
—Sea in viewnone from here
Far horizons
  • Great Dun Fell North PenninesENE · 37 km clear
  • Cross Fell North PenninesENE · 35 km clear
All 41 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

Hart Side, Birkhouse Moor, Raise, Stybarrow Dodd, Catstye Cam, White Side, Great Dodd, Place Fell, Birks, Arnison Crag, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, St Sunday Crag, Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit), Dollywaggon Pike, Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top), Fairfield, Brock Crags (Wainwright), Hallin Fell, Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts), The Nab, Hartsop Dodd, Great Mell Fell, Rest Dodd, Little Mell Fell, Little Hart Crag (Little Hart Crag - West Top), Bonscale Pike, The Knott (High Street), Gray Crag, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, Rampsgill Head, Middle Dodd, High Raise (High Street), Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Arthur's Pike, Red Screes, High Street, Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell

How Sheffield Pike’s view compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.

Sightlines from a bare-earth terrain model (forests and buildings not included), corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.

Best parking to hike Sheffield Pike

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

Glenridding (paid) — 2.2 km from summit (straight line)
Main Helvellyn-from-the-east base: Striding Edge, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor; also Sheffield Pike, Glenridding Dodd.
Directions
🚺 Glenridding Village Car Park (103m)🚺 Public toilets (165m)☕ Let It Brew☕ Fairlight Cafe & Restaurant☕ Fellbites🍺 Travellers Rest🏪 Catstycam.com
Patterdale (paid) — 3.3 km from summit (straight line)
For Place Fell, St Sunday Crag, the Grisedale fells.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (176m) — Free🚺 Public toilets (1579m)🍺 White Lion Inn🍺 Patterdale Hotel

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 Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor route:

🛖 map (51 m)🚺 map (71 m)🚌 Glenridding, at Bus Shelter (51 m)

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

Buses to Sheffield Pike 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.

My hikes over Sheffield Pike (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Interactive route maps and photos load here for visitors with JavaScript. Data from Strava.

Navigating Sheffield Pike in cloud

Care needed

A rough, rocky summit ringed by crags, with no single obvious way off in poor visibility. Take care in poor visibility — carry map and compass, and know how to use them.

In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.

How Sheffield Pike compares with all 214 — the Clag Index: navigating in cloud. A relative, deliberately cautious guide; the site can’t navigate for you.

Other fells near Sheffield Pike

Maps & guidebooks for Sheffield Pike

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