Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Birkhouse Moor

717.6 m

2,354 ftDrop 22.3 mNY 363 159

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBirkhouse Moor717.6Catstye Cam889.6Helvellyn949.8Sheffield Pike676.1Glenridding Dodd442
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBirkhouse Moor717.6Catstye Cam889.6Helvellyn949.8
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Birkhouse Moor is a Lake District fell of 717.6 m in Westmorland and Furness. It rises only 22.3 m above its key col, 3.1% of its height.

It sits below Catstye Cam, only 1.5 km to the west and 172 m higher. Its key col leads to Helvellyn, not to its nearest higher summit, Catstye Cam. The key col is close by, only 0.4 km to the south-west at 695.3 m.

To scale

Summit717.6 mKey col695.3 msea level
Key col NY 3601 1563, 0.4 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

717.6 m85th highest of 242 in England

Drop

22.3 m1095th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.5 km926th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Catstye Cam1.5 km west
    889.6 m
  2. 2
    Helvellyn2.3 km south-west
    949.8 m
  3. 3
    Sheffield Pike2.3 km north
    676.1 m
  4. 4
    Glenridding Dodd2.3 km north-east
    442 m
1234Catstye CamHelvellynSheffield PikeGlenridding DoddN1 km

Lists

  • 78th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 109th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Catstye Cam, 889.6 m, 1.5 km west
Parent Marilyn
Helvellyn
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Cairn near wall
DoBIH no.
2549
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Birkhouse Moor

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures