⛰️ Wether Hill

672 m · Wainwright — Far Eastern Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

672 mWainwright — Far Eastern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Wether Hill at 671m (2,201ft) is an intermediate summit on the High Street plateau between Loadpot Hill and High Raise, its broad, grassy top passing almost unnoticed on the main ridge path. Wainwright noted its pleasant, open character and the good views east across the Pennines from the ridge. The summit is passed naturally on any High Street traverse from Pooley Bridge to Mardale or Windermere. A satisfying intermediate point on one of Lakeland's great long-distance ridge walks.

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.

1.1 km WGowk Hill471 m · Far Eastern
1.4 km WNWBrownthwaite Crag444 m · Far Eastern
1.7 km SSWRed Crag711 m · Far Eastern
1.9 km ELow Kop572 m · Far Eastern
2.8 km NSwarth Fell (Ullswater)545 m · Far Eastern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Wether Hill (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Martindale, St Peter's church (free, limited) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
Quiet side of Ullswater — Hallin Fell, Steel Knotts, Beda Fell, Pikeawassa.
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Patterdale (paid) — 5.9 km from summit (straight line)
For Place Fell, St Sunday Crag, the Grisedale fells.
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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

Stagecoach 508 “Ullswater Bus”
Penrith – Pooley Bridge – Aira Force – Glenridding – Patterdale (summer services continue over Kirkstone Pass to Troutbeck and Windermere)
Catch it from: Penrith · Windermere (summer only)
The key route from Penrith for the Eastern and Far Eastern fells: Helvellyn from Glenridding, Place Fell, the Hartsop fells. The summer Kirkstone extension drops you at the pass for Red Screes and Caudale Moor.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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