Birkhouse Moor
718m (2356ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,278ft (999m) |
| Time: | 6½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Glenridding - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstye Cam - Hole-in-the-Wall - Brownend Plantation - Grisedale Beck - Lanty's Tarn - Keldas - Glenridding
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,382ft (1,031m) |
| Time: | 7 hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Glenridding - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag (Helvellyn) - Dollywaggon Pike - Grisdale Tarn - Ruthwaite Lodge - Grisedale Beck - Brownend Plantation - Lanty's Tarn - Keldas - Glenridding
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.75ml (17km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,449ft (1,051m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Glenridding - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Catstye Cam - Swirral Edge - Helvellyn - Lower Man (Helvellyn) - White Side - Raise (Helvellyn) - Sticks Pass - Lucy's Tongue - Glenridding Beck - Glenridding
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5ml (18.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,582ft (1,396m) |
| Time: | 8.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Grisedale Beck - Brownends Plantation - Hole-in-the-Wall - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag (Helvellyn) - Dollywaggon Pike - Grisedale Tarn - Deepdale Hause - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Patterdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.25ml (21km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,189ft (1,581m) |
| Time: | 10 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Grisedale Beck - Brownend Plantation - Hole-in-the-Wall - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag (Helvellyn) - Dollywaggon Pike - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Arnison Crag - Patterdale
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Birkhouse Moor
Nick Tippins walked up Birkhouse Moor on December 31st, 2019 [from/via/route] Helvellyn Circular from Glenridding via Birkhouse Moor, Striding Edge, & Catstye Cam [with] Fran
Richard Fulcher climbed Birkhouse Moor on March 10th, 2025 [from/via/route] Parked for free on the crescent in Glenridding! We followed the road up to the Helvellyn YHA & then followed the clear path up to Red Tarn. From Red Tarn we followed the path on the other side up to the 'Hole In The Wall' & then on to Birkhouse. Our descent followed the wall down to Lantys Tarn (devestated by forestry operations 😟) & then back to the car. [with] Jen [weather] Started clear & bright but changed by 10am to low cloud & increasingly windy … gusts of over 40 miles & hour. Very cold. - Finally completed after missing the top by 100ft on a previous walk up from Patterdale.
Kate Peacock bagged Birkhouse Moor on September 29th, 2024 [from/via/route] Glenridding [with] Me and Amber [weather] Blustery on the tops. Stayed dry. Quick walk! - Stoney walk
Martin Hartshorne hiked Birkhouse Moor on September 12th, 2024 [from/via/route] Eagle farmhouse to red tarn [with] finley [weather] Mostly sunny with a few light showers, evening sunshine to finish
Vincent Clarke summited Birkhouse Moor on May 31st, 2024 [from/via/route] Glenridding on route to Helvlynn [with] Chopper [weather] Early morning
Ian Ashton conquered Birkhouse Moor on April 13th, 2024 [with] Solo - Ì
Claire Rigg scaled Birkhouse Moor on January 1st, 2010 [with] Heidi [weather] Sunny
Tim Winn walked up Birkhouse Moor on October 25th, 2023 [with] Steve, John, Mike and Dave [weather] Overcast
Caroline Winter climbed Birkhouse Moor on September 6th, 2023 [from/via/route] Glenridding, Lantys tarn, Birhouse Moor, Catstye cam, Greenside [with] Solo [weather] Hot, sunny minimal wind - Despite schools reopening today, fells busy & alot of people either in the tarn or river dipping.
Steve Lucas bagged Birkhouse Moor on June 18th, 2022 [with] On my own
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Birkhouse Moor
Striding Edge and Helvellyn (in mist) with Birkhouse Moor in front, Catstycam and Sheffield Pike from Gowbarrow Fell (Airy Crag)
Catstye Cam, White Side and Raise (Helvellyn) from the summit of Birkhouse Moor
The shoulder of St Sunday Crag and Birks (left), Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor (centre) and Sheffield Pike from Arnison Crag, Patterdale
Grisedale with Birks beyond from near the Hole-in-the-wall between Birkhouse Moor and Helvellyn
Birkhouse Moor (foreground) and Striding Edge (right background) from Sheffield Pike
Birkhouse Moor (left), St Sunday Crag (right) and Place Fell (centre) from near Grisedale Tarn
Birkhouse Moor (foreground left), Catstye Cam (foreground centre), White Side (centre right) and Raise (Helvellyn) (right) with Striding Edge, Helvellyn and Lower Man (Helvellyn) in the background from Sheffield Pike
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