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Outlying Fell — Around PenrithAlso a Birkett

Wallow Crag

Wallow Crag at 433m (1,421ft) is an Outlying Fell forming part of the Naddle Horseshoe above the Naddle valley near Shap, giving views across the limestone country and towards the Haweswater fells.

433 m
Height
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433 mOutlying Fell — Around Penrith✓ summit is also a Birkett+7 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 433 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Fri 31 Jul): 14° to 8°C, gusts to 26 mph, 0.3 mm of rain forecast.

Fri 31 Jul
🌦️
14° / 8°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (88%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 9°
💨 25 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (21%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
18° / 10°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (2%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
19° / 12°
💨 25 mph
🌧 0.1 mm (42%)
Tue 4 Aug
🌦️
20° / 13°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.7 mm (85%)
Wed 5 Aug
🌦️
19° / 13°
💨 30 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (91%)
Thu 6 Aug
🌦️
15° / 10°
💨 22 mph
🌧 7.2 mm (58%)

Forecast snapshot from 31 Jul 2026, 13:28 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 433 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

Wallow Crag

Wallow Crag at 433m (1,421ft) is an Outlying Fell forming part of the Naddle Horseshoe above the Naddle valley near Shap, giving views across the limestone country and towards the Haweswater fells. Wainwright included the Naddle Horseshoe in his Outlying Fells guide as part of the Around Penrith group. A quiet pastoral fell walk in pleasant limestone country.

Getting there
🅿️ Mardale Head, Haweswater (free)
Free but small and fills very early — High Street, Harter Fell, Kidsty Pike, Branstree.
🅿️ Wet Sleddale dam (free)
For the quiet Shap-side fells: Seat Robert, Sleddale fells.

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌦️ 14°low 8°C
Gusts26 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
Around Penrith
Birkett
Synge
433 m
Height
1,421 ft
In feet
NY 4964 1493
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Mardale Head, Haweswater (free), about 5.1 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Wallow Crag (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.

0.6 km ENaddle Low Forest426 m · Far Eastern
1.4 km NNWFour Stones Hill415 m · Far Eastern
1.6 km SSEPowleys Hill465 m · Far Eastern
1.8 km NPinnacle Howe383 m · Far Eastern
1.8 km NNWBampton Fell (Bampton Common)489 m · Far Eastern
2.7 km NWLow Kop572 m · Far Eastern
2.9 km SSWBrown Howe (Mardale)529 m · Far Eastern

Best parking to hike Wallow Crag

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

Mardale Head, Haweswater (free) — 5.1 km from summit (straight line)
Free but small and fills very early — High Street, Harter Fell, Kidsty Pike, Branstree.
Directions
Wet Sleddale dam (free) — 5.6 km from summit (straight line)
For the quiet Shap-side fells: Seat Robert, Sleddale fells.
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 Wallow Crag 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.

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Maps & guidebooks for Wallow Crag

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