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Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Whin Crag (Eskdale)

Whin Crag at 358m (1,175ft) is a Birkett top above the Eskdale valley in the Western Fells, its rocky summit giving views across Eskdale and towards the Scafell group.

358 m
Height
+9
Bonus Birketts
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358 mBirkett — Southern (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 358 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Sat 12 Sep): 15° to 9°C, gusts to 41 mph, 43.5 mm of rain forecast.

Sat 12 Sep
🌧️
15° / 9°
💨 41 mph
🌧 43.5 mm (100%)
Sun 13 Sep
🌦️
16° / 12°
💨 14 mph
🌧 0.1 mm (6%)
Mon 14 Sep
🌧️
16° / 13°
💨 38 mph
🌧 8.1 mm (100%)
Tue 15 Sep
🌧️
16° / 11°
💨 38 mph
🌧 16.7 mm (98%)
Wed 16 Sep
🌧️
12° / 10°
💨 30 mph
🌧 7.1 mm (70%)
Thu 17 Sep
🌧️
12° / 10°
💨 36 mph
🌧 28.0 mm (100%)
Fri 18 Sep
🌧️
13° / 9°
💨 37 mph
🌧 22.8 mm (92%)

Forecast snapshot from 12 Sep 2026, 18:50 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 358 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Whin Crag (Eskdale) at a glance

Whin Crag (Eskdale)

Whin Crag at 358m (1,175ft) is a Birkett top above the Eskdale valley in the Western Fells, its rocky summit giving views across Eskdale and towards the Scafell group. Part of the fell country above the middle reaches of Eskdale. A quiet summit with fine views of the upper Esk valley.

Getting there

🅿️ Wha House, Eskdale (NT, free)
Upper Eskdale - Slight Side, Harter Fell and the Scafell approaches.
🅿️ Goat Crag (layby)
Walking base for Green Crag, Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Hard Knott — the 'Alternative Hardknott Round (Green Crag, Harter Fell & Hard Knott)' route starts 25 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌧️ 15°low 9°C
Gusts41 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data

Birkett
358 m
Height
1,175 ft
In feet
NY 2004 0232
Grid ref

The short answers

Is Whin Crag (Eskdale) a Wainwright?

Whin Crag (Eskdale) is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list.

Where do you park for Whin Crag (Eskdale)?

The nearest car park we hold is Wha House, Eskdale (NT, free), about 1.4 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Goat Crag (layby), 1.5 km out. We only look within 2.5 km, measured straight-line: over longer distances a road may cross a pass and the drive bears no relation to the line.

Routes up Whin Crag (Eskdale)

No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:

Parking & buses for Whin Crag (Eskdale)

Best parking to hike Whin Crag (Eskdale)

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

Wha House, Eskdale (NT, free) — 1.4 km from summit (straight line)
Upper Eskdale - Slight Side, Harter Fell and the Scafell approaches.
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Goat Crag (layby) — 1.5 km from summit (straight line)
Walking base for Green Crag, Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Hard Knott — the 'Alternative Hardknott Round (Green Crag, Harter Fell & Hard Knott)' route starts 25 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
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Goat Crag, south-east (layby) — 1.5 km from summit (straight line)
Walking base for Green Crag, Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Hard Knott — the 'Alternative Hardknott Round (Green Crag, Harter Fell & Hard Knott)' route starts 204 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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Roadside parking for Horsehow Crags south (free) — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)
Approx 8 spaces. 1.1 km from Horsehow Crags. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
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Horsehow Crags (layby) — 2.0 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Horsehow Crags (0.8 km), Border End (1.2 km), Demming Crag (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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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.

Vehicles are left entirely at their owner’s risk. We list places people park; we cannot vouch for any of them. Judge it on the day: take valuables with you, leave nothing on show, and if a spot feels wrong when you get there, park somewhere else.

Getting to Whin Crag (Eskdale) by bus

The nearest bus stop we hold is the 516 at Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel (at), 12.0 km of walking from the start — not realistically reachable without a car.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Hazards on Whin Crag (Eskdale)

No hazard card for this fell. The usual open-fell rules apply: check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected.

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Wha House, Eskdale (NT, free), about 1.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Whin Crag (Eskdale) (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 NEDawsonground Crags397 m · Southern
0.7 km SSEGoat Crag312 m · Southern
1.0 km NNWEskdale Fell - Whinscales425 m · Southern
1.7 km NGreat How - Eskdale Fell522 m · Southern
2.4 km SKepple Crag328 m · Southern
2.5 km NEHigh Scarth487 m · Southern
2.7 km NESilverybield Crag395 m · Southern
2.8 km EBorder End522 m · Southern
2.8 km ESEHorsehow Crags433 m · Southern

On the hill: terrain and water on Whin Crag (Eskdale)

Terrain & access

A pathless top (about 358 m) — the nearest mapped path is about 447 m away, the open ground you’d cross to the summit (about 53 m of ascent, up to ~29°). The summit is on CRoW open access land.

Computed from open data, not walked — pathless ground needs confident navigation, and mapped paths, barriers and access boundaries can be incomplete. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass); Natural England CRoW Access Land; DoBIH; Copernicus GLO-30. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 144 fells.

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