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Birks
622m (2041ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Birks is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL5 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 90 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Birks is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.75ml (6km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,571ft (479m) | |
| Time: | 3 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Patterdale, Arnison Crag, Glenamara Park, Birks, Thornhow End, Grisedale Bridge, Patterdale.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,516ft (1,072m) | |
| Time: | 7 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Patterdale, Arnison Crag, Birks, St Sunday Crag, Deepdale Hause, Cofa Pike, Fairfield, Rydal Head, Hart Crag, Blake Brow, Hartsop Above How, Hoggill Brow, Gale Crag, Bleaberry Knott, Cockley How, Bridgend, Patterdale.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,979ft (1,213m) | |
| Time: | 7½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Patterdale, Grisedale Bridge, Ruthwaite Lodge, The Tongue, Dollywaggon Pike, Seat Sandal, Grisedale Tarn, Deepdale Hause, St Sunday Crag, Birks, Patterdale.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5ml (18.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,582ft (1,396m) | |
| Time: | 8.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very 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) | |
| 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.
Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Birks
John Tippins walked up 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 climbed Birks on June 25th, 2016 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Neil
Andrew Peate bagged Birks on July 21st, 2018 [from/via/route] On descent from St Sunday Crag
Craig Steeland hiked Birks on June 7th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Patterdale Hotel car park [with] Sue [weather] Sunny, blue, cloudless and hot.
Michael Nolan summited 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 conquered Birks on August 3rd, 2008 [from/via/route] C235 [weather] rain getting heavier - waterproofs on
Christina Lander scaled 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 walked up Birks on October 9th, 2017 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] My girlfriend [weather] Sunny
Colin Egan climbed 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.
Paul Macey bagged Birks on August 24th, 2016 [from/via/route] On way to St Sunday [with] Alone
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Birks
Grisedale with Birks beyond from near the Hole-in-the-wall between Birkhouse Moor and Helvellyn
The shoulder of St Sunday Crag and Birks (left), Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor (centre) and Sheffield Pike from Arnison Crag, Patterdale
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