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Outlying Fell — West CumbriaAlso a Birkett

Tarn Hill

Tarn Hill (313 m / 1,027 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Southern tops.

313 m
Height
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313 mOutlying Fell — West Cumbria✓ summit is also a Birkett+2 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 313 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 18° to 16°C, gusts to 34 mph, 1.9 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
18° / 16°
💨 34 mph
🌧 1.9 mm (90%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
17° / 13°
💨 27 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 9°
💨 29 mph
🌧 1.8 mm (70%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
16° / 3°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (73%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
17° / 7°
💨 16 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (47%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
18° / 9°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
18° / 8°
💨 15 mph
🌧 0.2 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 313 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

Tarn Hill

Tarn Hill (313 m / 1,027 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Southern tops. The name combines tarn (Old Norse tjörn, a mountain lake), and hill (Old English hyll, a hill). It also features on the Synge list. Its nearest tops are Great Stickle (0.5 km SE); Stickle Pike (0.7 km N); Raven's Crag (nameless (Stickle Pike - Raven's Crag)) (1.6 km NE) — 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
Outlying Fell
West Cumbria
Birkett
Synge
313 m
Height
1,027 ft
In feet
SD 2094 9210
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Seathwaite, Duddon Valley (roadside), about 5.6 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Tarn 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.

2.1 km NEFox Haw385 m · Southern
2.4 km NNEBrock Barrow343 m · Southern

Best parking to hike Tarn Hill

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

Seathwaite, Duddon Valley (roadside) — 5.6 km from summit (straight line)
Limited roadside parking near the Newfield Inn for the Dunnerdale fells and Walna Scar side.
Directions
Devoke Water turning, Birker Fell road (verge) — 6.8 km from summit (straight line)
Rough free parking by the bridleway to Devoke Water for the Birker Fell group.
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 Tarn 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 Tarn Hill

Maps & guidebooks for Tarn Hill

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