Birks, Grasmere

Name: Birks
Address: Grasmere, United Kingdom

#27 among attractions in Grasmere

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Birks is a fell in the English Lake District situated two kilometres south west of the village of Patterdale in the Eastern Fells. The fells summit sits on a shoulder of the north east ridge of the higher and better known fell of St Sunday Crag, by which it is dominated, walkers often pass over the top of Birks either climbing or descending from the larger fell. The fell's name means a place where Birch trees predominate. ()

Elevation: 2041 ftProminence: 62 ftCoordinates: 54°31'24"N, 2°57'20"W

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Grasmere United Kingdom

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Birks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Brothers Water, Red Tarn, High Crag, Fairfield.

1.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Brothers Water
45 min walk • Nestled within the serene beauty of the Lake District National Park in the United Kingdom, Brothers Water offers a tranquil escape for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts. This picturesque lake, less than a mile in length, is a gem among the more grandiose bodies of...
2.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Red Tarn
56 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the Lake District National Park, Red Tarn is a picturesque body of water that captures the essence of tranquility and the rugged beauty of the English countryside. This mountain lake, or tarn as it's locally known, is situated at an altitude of...
2.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
High Crag
64 min walk • High Crag is a minor fell on the Helvellyn Range in the eastern region of the English Lake District. It sits on the ridge to the south of Helvellyn and Nethermost Pike.
2.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Fairfield, Grasmere
60 min walk • Fairfield is a fell in the English Lake District. It is the highest of a group of hills in the Eastern Fells, standing to the south of the Helvellyn range.
2.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Nethermost Pike
62 min walk • Nethermost Pike is a fell in Cumbria, England, and a part of the Lake District. At 891 metres it is the second highest Wainwright in the Helvellyn range, the highest of which is Helvellyn itself.
2.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Catstye Cam
58 min walk • Catstye Cam is a fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of Helvellyn in the Eastern Fells.
2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Sheffield Pike
60 min walk • Sheffield Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, a prominent intermediate top on one of the eastern ridges of Stybarrow Dodd.
2 miNE
Natural attraction, Hill, Mountain
Place Fell
52 min walk • Place Fell is a hill in the English Lake District. It stands at the corner of the upper and middle reaches of Ullswater, with steep western flanks overlooking the villages of Glenridding and Patterdale.
1.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Glenridding Dodd
46 min walk • Glenridding Dodd is a small fell in the English Lake District, at the end of a ridge descending from the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells. It stands above the village of Glenridding and on the western shore of Ullswater.
2.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Angle Tarn
57 min walk • Angle Tarn is a tarn in Cumbria, England, within the Lake District National Park, about a mile north-east of Hartsop. Located at an altitude of 479 m, the lake has an area of 5.9 hectares, measures 385 by 260 m, with a maximum depth of 9 m.
2.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hart Crag, Grasmere
59 min walk • Hart Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, being one of the Fairfield group of hills in the Eastern Fells.