⛰️ Yew Bank

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

499 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+15 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Low Bank at 397m (1,302ft) is a small, heathery summit above the Newlands valley, giving pleasant views of the valley and the Causey Pike ridge above. A Birkett fell in the lower North Western Fell country above Braithwaite. A short, easy walk above the Newlands valley.

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.

1.2 km SSWBorder End522 m · Southern
1.3 km NWSilverybield Crag395 m · Southern
1.4 km NNWThrostlehow Crag404 m · Southern
1.9 km ELittle Stand740 m · Southern
2.0 km NNWScar Lathing439 m · Southern
2.0 km ENEStonesty Pike765 m · Southern
2.1 km NWHigh Scarth487 m · Southern
2.3 km NECrinkle Crags South Top (First Crinkle)834 m · Southern
2.4 km SSWHorsehow Crags433 m · Southern
2.7 km NECrinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle832 m · Southern
2.7 km NHigh Gait Crags572 m · Southern
2.9 km WDawsonground Crags397 m · Southern
2.9 km NEShelter Crags815 m · Southern
3.0 km ENEGreat Knott695 m · Southern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Yew Bank (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Hardknott Pass (roadside pull-ins) — 1.9 km from summit (straight line)
Limited pull-ins near the pass summit for Hard Knott and Harter Fell. Don't block passing places.
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Seathwaite, Duddon Valley (roadside) — 3.4 km from summit (straight line)
Limited roadside parking near the Newfield Inn for the Dunnerdale fells and Walna Scar side.
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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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