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Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Stoneside Hill

At 422 m (1,385 ft), Stoneside Hill is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells) in the Western Fells — an overlooked summit away from the crowds.

422 m
Height
+2
Bonus Birketts
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422 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+2 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 422 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 15°C, gusts to 31 mph, 1.6 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 15°
💨 31 mph
🌧 1.6 mm (90%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
15° / 12°
💨 26 mph
🌧 1.8 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 8°
💨 28 mph
🌧 2.1 mm (70%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌦️
15° / 3°
💨 20 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (73%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
16° / 6°
💨 16 mph
🌧 3.3 mm (47%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
17° / 9°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 6°
💨 21 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (17%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 422 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

Stoneside Hill

At 422 m (1,385 ft), Stoneside Hill is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells) in the Western Fells — an overlooked summit away from the crowds. The name combines stone (Old English stan, stone), and side (Old English side, a hillside), and hill (Old English hyll, a hill). It also features on the Synge list. Its nearest tops are Great Paddy Crag (1.7 km N); Kinmont Buck Barrow (1.7 km N); Buck Barrow (1.9 km N) — it's usually taken in on a round of these neighbours. It's a worthwhile objective for anyone working through the Birkett list, or as a short extension to a bigger day on the higher neighbouring fells.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
422 m
Height
1,385 ft
In feet
SD 1458 8927
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Corney Fell road summit (verge), about 3.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Stoneside Hill (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 NNEGreat Paddy Crag532 m · Western
2.5 km NEPlough Fell448 m · Western

Best parking to hike Stoneside Hill

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

Corney Fell road summit (verge) — 3.4 km from summit (straight line)
High verge start for Buck Barrow, Whit Fell and the Corney fells.
Directions
Whicham church, Silecroft road (verge) — 6.6 km from summit (straight line)
The standard start for Black Combe. Silecroft station (Cumbrian Coast line) is ~2 km.
Directions

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.

Buses to Stoneside Hill from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

No regular bus serves the start points for this fell — this is one for the car (or a long approach from the nearest served valley). The nearest hubs are Penrith (X4/X5 & 508), Ambleside and Windermere (555, 505, 516).

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

Other fells near Stoneside Hill

Maps & guidebooks for Stoneside Hill

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