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Standing Crag, a Lake District fell
Birkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Standing Crag

Standing Crag at 425m (1,394ft) is a rocky summit above Borrowdale near Stonethwaite, its small crags giving good views of the Borrowdale valley and Eagle Crag opposite.

611 m
Height
+10
Bonus Birketts
See routes & download GPX →

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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

611 mBirkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit)+10 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 611 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 14°C, gusts to 33 mph, 6.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
15° / 14°
💨 33 mph
🌧 6.7 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
15° / 11°
💨 27 mph
🌧 5.0 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 5°
💨 28 mph
🌧 1.3 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 2°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 4°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌫️
16° / 6°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 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 611 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

Standing Crag

Standing Crag, a Lake District fell
© Lee McCoy

Standing Crag at 425m (1,394ft) is a rocky summit above Borrowdale near Stonethwaite, its small crags giving good views of the Borrowdale valley and Eagle Crag opposite. A Birkett fell in the lower Borrowdale landscape. The ascent from Stonethwaite is short and pleasant. Part of the interesting lower fell country above the head of Borrowdale.

Routes up Standing Crag

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

Birketts West of Thirlmere
23.1 km · ~6.4 hr
Standing Crag, High Tove, Armboth
14.3 km · ~3.8 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
611 m
Height
2,005 ft
In feet
NY 2966 1331
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Wythburn Church, Thirlmere (paid), about 2.8 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Standing Crag (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 WSWColdbarrow Fell - High Saddle675 m · Central
0.9 km WLow Saddle656 m · Central
1.0 km NBell Crags (Long Moss) (Blea Tarn Fell)559 m · Central
1.6 km NNEBrown Rigg462 m · Central
1.7 km ESEWythburn Fell508 m · Central
1.7 km NNWWatendlath Fell (Long Moss)515 m · Central
2.2 km NNWShivery Knott491 m · Central
2.5 km SSWLining Crag542 m · Central
2.6 km NNWMiddle Crag484 m · Central
2.7 km NArmboth Fell (Birkett)479 m · Central

Routes over Standing Crag

Birketts West of ThirlmerePlanned
23.11 km · ~1047 m ascent · loop · ~6–8.5 h
Summits: Wythburn FellStanding CragColdbarrow Fell - High SaddleLow SaddleBell Crags (Long Moss) (Blea Tarn Fell)Watendlath Fell (Long Moss)Shivery KnottMiddle CragHigh ToveFisher Crag

⬇️ Download GPX

⚠️ Warnings: Access: The summit of Fisher Crag lies outside mapped CRoW open-access land. That records no statutory right of access — it is not a statement that access is forbidden, and permissive access is not recorded in that layer. This line is computed rather than walked, so treat the access as unchecked and look for the courteous way through — how we work this out.

Full route guide ↗

✎️ Planned route — drawn but not personally walked or checked yet.

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

Standing Crag, High Tove, ArmbothLive
14.26 km · ~545 m ascent · loop · ~3.5–5 h
Summits: Standing CragShivery KnottMiddle CragHigh ToveArmboth Fell (Birkett)Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top)

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

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

Best parking to hike Standing Crag

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

Wythburn Church, Thirlmere (paid) — 2.8 km from summit (straight line)
Direct forest path up Helvellyn's south ridge (Comb Crags).
Directions
🚺 Dob Gill Car Park (931m) — Free
Stonethwaite (roadside, limited) — 3.3 km from summit (straight line)
Small roadside area near the hamlet — Eagle Crag, Sergeant's Crag, Langstrath approaches.
Directions
🚺 Rosthwaite Village (1156m) — Free · Accessible☕ Peathouse Tea & Coffee Shop🍺 The Langstrath Inn

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 Birketts West of Thirlmere route:

🚺 map (29 m)

On the Standing Crag, High Tove, Armboth route:

🚺 map (29 m)

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

Buses to Standing Crag 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 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).

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

My hikes over Standing Crag (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

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

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Maps & guidebooks for Standing Crag

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