⛰️ Stile End

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

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447 mBirkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit)+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Stile End at 447m (1,467ft) is the grassy ridge summit between Outerside and Barrow above the Coledale valley, its open top giving views of the surrounding North Western Fells. Wainwright included it as a separate fell, noting its pleasant character on the ridge above Braithwaite. Most naturally combined with Barrow and Outerside for a circuit above the Coledale valley. A quiet, unhurried summit.

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.

1.3 km NKinn374 m · North Western
1.5 km SERowling End433 m · North Western
2.7 km WHobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head)738 m · North Western
2.8 km ESESkelgill Bank338 m · Central
3.0 km WNWHobcarton End634 m · North Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Stile End (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Braithwaite village (roadside/small areas) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
Start of the Coledale Horseshoe: Grisedale Pike, Causey Pike round.
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Little Town, Newlands (paid, small) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
Newlands valley — Catbells, Maiden Moor, Hindscarth, Robinson.
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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 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.
Stagecoach X4 / X5
Penrith – Rheged – Threlkeld – Keswick – Braithwaite – Cockermouth – Workington
Catch it from: Penrith
Year-round, frequent. From Penrith this is your way into Keswick and the Northern fells — Threlkeld/Scales stops serve Blencathra directly, Braithwaite serves the Coledale fells.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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