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Birkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Watendlath Fell (Long Moss)

Watendlath Fell at 350m (1,148ft) is the broad, heathery fell above the beautiful hamlet of Watendlath above Borrowdale, its open summit giving fine views of the hamlet and tarn below.

515 m
Height
+9
Bonus Birketts
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515 mBirkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit)+9 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 515 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 14°C, gusts to 32 mph, 5.2 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 14°
💨 32 mph
🌧 5.2 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
16° / 12°
💨 28 mph
🌧 4.9 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 4°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.0 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 2°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 3°
💨 14 mph
🌧 5.4 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌫️
16° / 4°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 5°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 515 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

Watendlath Fell (Long Moss)

Watendlath Fell at 350m (1,148ft) is the broad, heathery fell above the beautiful hamlet of Watendlath above Borrowdale, its open summit giving fine views of the hamlet and tarn below. A Birkett fell on the ridge above Watendlath. The ascent from Watendlath is short and gives pleasant views of the Borrowdale fells. A good short walk for visitors to this secluded hamlet.

Routes up Watendlath Fell (Long Moss)

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

Birketts West of Thirlmere
23.1 km · ~6.4 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
515 m
Height
1,690 ft
In feet
NY 2890 1486
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Watendlath (NT, paid), about 2.0 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Watendlath Fell (Long Moss) (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.

0.5 km NShivery Knott491 m · Central
0.9 km NMiddle Crag484 m · Central
1.1 km ESEBell Crags (Long Moss) (Blea Tarn Fell)559 m · Central
1.3 km NEArmboth Fell (Birkett)479 m · Central
1.6 km SLow Saddle656 m · Central
1.6 km EBrown Rigg462 m · Central
1.7 km SSEStanding Crag611 m · Central
1.9 km SColdbarrow Fell - High Saddle675 m · Central
2.1 km NEFisher Crag421 m · Central

Routes over Watendlath Fell (Long Moss)

Birketts West of ThirlmerePlanned
23.11 km · ~1047 m ascent · loop · ~6–8.5 h
Summits: Wythburn FellStanding CragColdbarrow Fell - High SaddleLow SaddleBell Crags (Long Moss) (Blea Tarn Fell)Watendlath Fell (Long Moss)Shivery KnottMiddle CragHigh ToveFisher Crag

⬇️ Download GPX

⚠️ Warnings: Access: The summit of Fisher Crag lies outside mapped CRoW open-access land. That records no statutory right of access — it is not a statement that access is forbidden, and permissive access is not recorded in that layer. This line is computed rather than walked, so treat the access as unchecked and look for the courteous way through — how we work this out.

Full route guide ↗

✎️ Planned route — drawn but not personally walked or checked yet.

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Best parking to hike Watendlath Fell (Long Moss)

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

Watendlath (NT, paid) — 2.0 km from summit (straight line)
End of the narrow Watendlath road — Grange Fell, Great Crag, Armboth fells.
Directions
Stonethwaite (roadside, limited) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
Small roadside area near the hamlet — Eagle Crag, Sergeant's Crag, Langstrath approaches.
Directions
🚺 Rosthwaite Village (1156m) — Free · Accessible☕ Peathouse Tea & Coffee Shop🍺 The Langstrath Inn

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.

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Birketts West of Thirlmere route:

🚺 map (29 m)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

Buses to Watendlath Fell (Long Moss) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

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Maps & guidebooks for Watendlath Fell (Long Moss)

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