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333 m · Birkett — Northern (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

333 mBirkett — Northern (not a Wainwright summit)+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts 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 ESEBroad End832 m · Northern
2.1 km ENECockup505 m · Northern
2.5 km SESkiddaw Middle Top929 m · Northern
2.7 km SESkiddaw South Top926 m · Northern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Watches (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Dodd Wood (paid) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
Forestry car park for Dodd, Carl Side and the Ullock Pike ridge onto Skiddaw.
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Peter House Farm, Bassenthwaite (roadside) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
Dash Falls track — Bakestall, Great Calva, Skiddaw the quiet way.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses 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.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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