⛰️ St Sunday Crag

📖 Key Information

St Sunday Crag at 841m (2,759ft) is the great isolated pyramid above Patterdale, separated from the Helvellyn ridge by the deep trench of Grisedale. Wainwright described it as one of the finest viewpoints in the Eastern Fells, its summit giving an unequalled prospect of the Helvellyn range, Ullswater and the Fairfield horseshoe. The classic ridge approach from Patterdale via Birks is excellent walking throughout. The views back to Helvellyn across Grisedale, and north along Ullswater, are among the most striking in Lakeland. A deservedly popular summit that rewards its independence from the main ridge.

🎯 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.

🦶 My hikes over St Sunday Crag (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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Other fells in this region

• Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top)
• Arnison Crag
• Arthur's Pike
• Birkhouse Moor
• Birks
• Bonscale Pike
• Brock Crags (Wainwright)
• Catstye Cam
• Clough Head
• Dollywaggon Pike
• Dove Crag
• Fairfield
• Glenridding Dodd
• Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit)
• Great Dodd
• Great Mell Fell
• Great Rigg
• Hallin Fell
• Hart Crag
• Hart Side
• Helvellyn
• Heron Pike (Rydal)
• High Pike (Scandale)
• High Rigg (Naddle Fell)
• Little Mell Fell
• Loughrigg Fell
• Low Pike
• Nab Scar
• Nethermost Pike
• Place Fell
• Raise
• Red Screes
• Seat Sandal
• Sheffield Pike
• Stone Arthur
• Stybarrow Dodd
• Watson's Dodd
• White Side