Uldale Head
Uldale Head at 532m (1,745ft) is a HuMP and Dewey in the Howgill Fells, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, 1.9 km west of Simon's Seat.
Summit conditions on Uldale Head
On the summit on Saturday 24 October: 9° to 2°C, gusts to 57 mph, 24.4 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 →
Routes up Uldale Head
Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.
Distance and climb are measured from the route’s GPX track, and the time from them by Naismith’s rule; the route page says what each grade rests on. How we check →
How hard is Uldale Head?
The shortest way up we hold is Western Howgills from Fairmile Road — 17.11 km, 1045 m of ascent, ~5–7 h. On our scale its hardest axis is steepness — Severe.
All axes: steepness: Severe · length: Hard · navigation: Hard · terrain: Not assessed · exposure: Not assessed.
These are the route page’s grades, set by the rules on how we grade: length and steepness measured from its GPX track, the others set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap. The route page says which. How we check →
Conditions and 7-day summit forecast
Modelled for the 532 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
Full 7-day forecast
Taken 24 Oct 2026, 20:18 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)
Parking & buses for Uldale Head
Parking for Uldale Head
Route starts first, then the car parks nearest the summit, which are not always a way up.
2 more places to park near Uldale Head
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.
Getting to Uldale Head by bus
We don’t know yet. We don’t have a measured bus answer for this fell: the bus stops we hold are the Lake District’s, and this hill is outside it. That’s a gap in our data, not a sign that no bus comes here.
Hazards on Uldale Head
We have not written a hazard card for this fell yet, and that is not a sign that it is low-hazard. Read the warnings on the route pages that climb it, check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s Take care while you’re here (opens in new tab) page covers walking in the Dales; AdventureSmart’s hill walking kit list and Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s safety page are linked from our what to carry guide.
Map and GPX
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).
Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.
Routes over Uldale Head
Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked
Every line here is a guide, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate for yourself and carry a map and compass. How to use this guide.
About Uldale Head
Classifications & hill data
Is Uldale Head a Wainwright?
No. The Wainwrights are the 214 fells of his seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, and Uldale Head is not one of them. It is on the HuMP list.
Selected lists
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 →