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Outlying Fell — West CumbriaAlso a Birkett

Yoadcastle

Yoadcastle (494 m / 1,621 ft) is the rocky high point of Wainwright's Devoke Water round, one of the finest walks in The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

494 m
Height
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Bonus Birkett
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494 mOutlying Fell — West Cumbria✓ summit is also a Birkett+1 bonus Birkett within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 494 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 33 mph, 2.2 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 14°
💨 33 mph
🌧 2.2 mm (90%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
15° / 12°
💨 28 mph
🌧 2.9 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 8°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.8 mm (70%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 4°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (73%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 5°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.3 mm (47%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
17° / 9°
💨 20 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 8°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (17%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 494 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

Yoadcastle

Yoadcastle (494 m / 1,621 ft) is the rocky high point of Wainwright's Devoke Water round, one of the finest walks in The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Its twin, Woodend Height, sits just alongside, and the pair are pressed up against Wainwright's original south-western boundary above Eskdale. It is the rockiest and best-viewed summit of the Birker Moor group, looking over Devoke Water — the largest tarn in the Lake District — to the Scafells and the sea. Access is a little awkward from the west; most walkers come in from the Ulpha–Eskdale fell road. A Wainwright Outlying Fell and a Birkett, on quiet ground few visitors reach.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
West Cumbria
Birkett
Fellranger
Synge
494 m
Height
1,621 ft
In feet
SD 1569 9524
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Devoke Water turning, Birker Fell road (verge), about 2.8 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Yoadcastle (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.

2.8 km SEBigert331 m · Western

Best parking to hike Yoadcastle

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

Devoke Water turning, Birker Fell road (verge) — 2.8 km from summit (straight line)
Rough free parking by the bridleway to Devoke Water for the Birker Fell group.
Directions
Corney Fell road summit (verge) — 3.3 km from summit (straight line)
High verge start for Buck Barrow, Whit Fell and the Corney fells.
Directions

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.

Buses to Yoadcastle 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.

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Maps & guidebooks for Yoadcastle

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