⛰️ Silver How

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

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394 mWainwright — Central Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+3 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Silver How at 395m (1,296ft) is a delightful, rocky little summit above Grasmere and Chapel Stile, its summit giving one of the finest views of Grasmere and the surrounding fells from any low-level viewpoint in the district. Wainwright praised the outlook over Grasmere and Elterwater, noting that few summits of this height offer such disproportionate rewards. The ascent from Grasmere is short but varied, crossing pleasant heathery ridges. Often overlooked in favour of higher fells, it is a gem for those who appreciate the Grasmere valley views.

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.

0.8 km WNWLang How414 m · Central
1.1 km WNWSwinescar Pike411 m · Central
1.9 km WNWCastle How (Raw Pike)498 m · Central

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Silver How (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Grasmere village (paid) — 1.6 km from summit (straight line)
For Helm Crag, Silver How, the Easedale fells and the Far Easedale round.
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Stickle Ghyll / New Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
Direct start up Stickle Ghyll for the Langdale Pikes.
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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 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.
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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