⛰️ Side Pike

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

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362 mBirkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit)+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Side Pike at 362m (1,188ft) is a small, rocky knoll above the head of Great Langdale beside Blea Tarn, its craggy top giving outstanding views of both Great and Little Langdale and the Langdale Pikes. Wainwright included it in his Central Fells as a worthwhile short ascent. The views across Blea Tarn to the Langdale Pikes are among the finest small viewpoints 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.

1.7 km SSWBlake Rigg (Little Langdale)535 m · Southern
1.9 km SWWrynose Fell - Long Crag547 m · Southern
2.2 km NWThorn Crag644 m · Central
2.7 km NNECastle How (Raw Pike)498 m · Central
2.7 km NESwinescar Pike411 m · Central

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Side Pike (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 1.0 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
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Blea Tarn (NT, paid) — 1.0 km from summit (straight line)
Between the Langdales — Lingmoor, Pike o' Blisco, Blake Rigg side.
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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 516 “Langdale Rambler”
Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Elterwater – New Dungeon Ghyll – Old Dungeon Ghyll
Catch it from: Ambleside · Windermere (change at Ambleside)
The Langdale bus — Pikes, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco all walkable from the Dungeon Ghyll stops. Seasonal frequency varies; check before relying on the last bus back.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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