Birks
622m (2041ft)

The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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Birks is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL5

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Map 90

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.

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Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record

If you LOG ON and then RELOAD this page it will display when you climbed, bagged and conquered Birks, what the weather was like, who you went with and any other comments you might like to add to remind you of that fantastic day. For more details see Your Personal Mountain, Top, Peak and Hill Bagging Record.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Birks

Richard Beardsley walked up Birks on September 16th, 2019 [from/via/route] Route C211 starting from Patterdale. [with] Gillian. [weather] Clear, fine and a mostly sunny day. - Parked car at Patterdale car park, (£4.50 all day). Commenced walk at 0945hrs. Route too Arnison Crag and Birks was straight forward. Decided to divert SW from Birks and summit Saint Sunday Crag along a well defined path that climbed steeply to its top. Once completed we retraced back to Birks and continued with route C211 back to the car park. Arrived back at 1500hrs. Thoroughly enjoyable day.

John Tippins climbed Birks on March 30th, 2018 [from/via/route] Started at Patterdale hotel car park, via Arnison Crag. Go4awalk c211 [with] Solo [weather] Dull day, high cloud and good visibility. Some snow on the journey to the start but rest of the day snow-free. Clouds cleared later in the day to reveal a bit of sun. - Did it again on 25.10.2018

Liz Sheerin bagged Birks on June 25th, 2016 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Neil

Andrew Peate hiked Birks on July 21st, 2018 [from/via/route] On descent from St Sunday Crag

Craig Steeland summited Birks on June 7th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Patterdale Hotel car park [with] Sue [weather] Sunny, blue, cloudless and hot.

Michael Nolan conquered Birks on May 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] sleet gales mist...not so sure that 'only unsuitable clothing ' rather than bad weather is always true [weather] just awful! - still enjoyed it!

Simon Myerscough scaled Birks on August 3rd, 2008 [from/via/route] C235 [weather] rain getting heavier - waterproofs on

Christina Lander walked up Birks on June 7th, 2017 [from/via/route] Patterdale, Birks, St Sunday Crag, Cofa Pike, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Hartsop above Howe, Patterdale [with] Dick [weather] Beautiful day, but quite windy

Simon Boddy climbed Birks on October 9th, 2017 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] My girlfriend [weather] Sunny

Colin Egan bagged Birks on September 26th, 2017 [from/via/route] From Patterdale via the track to Arnison Crag, hence to Trough Head and up to the ridge path towards the top [with] My wife Faith, friends - Mike & Linda Robinson and John & Jo Cocker, and son Peter and his fiancée Alex. [weather] Fine. No rain, sporadic sunshine and moderate winds. - This is No. 213 of 214 Wainwrights, last is next.

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