Tarn Hill
Short entry: no route or hazard notes for this fell yet.
Tarn Hill (313 m / 1,027 ft) is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells and a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), a low top in the Dunnerdale Fells above the Duddon valley. It also features on the Synge list.
Summit conditions on Tarn Hill
On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 13° to 7°C, gusts to 43 mph, 1.8 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.
The forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →
Parking & buses
Routes near Tarn Hill
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest route starts we publish, in a straight line from the summit:
- Dunnerdale Fells — starts 2.0 km away
- Birketts by Dunnerdale Fells — starts 5.4 km away
- Ulpha Birketts — starts 1.6 km away
Conditions and 7-day summit forecast
Modelled for the 313 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
Full 7-day forecast
Taken 27 October 2026, 08:13 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)
Parking & buses for Tarn Hill
Parking
2 more places to park near Tarn Hill
Positions are approximate.
Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.
Buses
The nearest bus stop we hold is the 505 at Coniston, outside John Ruskin School, 14.6 km of walking from the nearest parking for this fell — no bus route we hold serves it.
Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat
Hazards on Tarn Hill
We have not written a hazard card for this fell yet, and that is not a sign that it is low-hazard. Check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected. The National Park Authority’s What to pack page, AdventureSmart’s hill walking kit list and Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s safety page are linked from our what to carry guide.
If you need Mountain Rescue
Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.
Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.
Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.
If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.
From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (opens in new tab) (read 26 October 2026).
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).
Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.
Birketts within 3 km of Tarn Hill
These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.
About Tarn Hill
Classifications & hill data
Is Tarn Hill a Wainwright?
Tarn Hill is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides. It is also on the Birkett list and the Synge list.
Selected lists
This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.
The summit is also a Birkett.
Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →