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Name: | Birks Fell |
Hill number: | 2799 |
Height: | 610.4m / 2003ft |
RHB Section: | 35B: The Central Pennines |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Yorkshire Dales - Southern Fells |
County/UA: | North Yorkshire |
Catchment: | Wharfe |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SD 91879 76368 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 158.2m |
Col: | 452.2m SD 8364 7603 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 98 (1:25k) OL30S |
Observations: | ground on S side of wall at SD 9162 7638 (610m spot on 1:25k map) is 2m lower |
Survey: | Leica Runner 20 Surveying Horse Head Moor and Birks Fell Jun 2006.doc Surveying Birks Fell and Horsehead Moor 10-09-06 Final.doc |
Comments: | See Database Notes |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 521 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
jofaire | 19/05/2799 | |
GuyF | 04/04/2799 | |
Buckden-Birks Fell-Beckermonds-Ribblehead linear walk; large icy patches made moving at any pace impossible. Clear day, great views. | JOHNS | 07/02/2024 |
billy97 | 13/01/2024 | |
Nuttall Walk: EN 12.7 Yockenthwaite Moor, Horse Head Moor, and Birks Fell from Buckden. A beautiful sunny day, with extensive views. Ground very wet underfoot. 23km with 850m ascent taking 7 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 11/12/2023 |
Gavin Theobald | 05/10/2023 | |
dave g | 24/07/2023 | |
Horse Head Moor and Birks Fell from Halton Gill. | RobB | 17/07/2023 |
From Hubberholme village: Yockenthwaite, Horse Head Moor and Birks Fell. Glorious summer day, warm and sunny throughout. Virtually all boggy areas were dry, despite how early in the year it was. | Lazylizzie | 20/05/2023 |
First Nuttall of 2023. | simocity | 05/02/2023 |
Parked outside the The Queens Arms in Litton and took the bridleway to Buckden. At its high point we turned right to the Trig then NW along the snowy path to Birks Fell. On to Horse Head Moor then down the Pennine Journey track to Halton Gill. Delightful sun and snow road walk back to the Queens Arms for lunch. | summitter | 13/12/2022 |
Smog | 09/10/2022 | |
greenandblue | 15/09/2022 | |
Ascended from Litton with my black lab Marley. Lovely conditions. No bogs due to the drought. Tarn much reduced in size due to dry conditions. Also wandered over to Firth Fell trig before heading to the cairn to tick iff Birks Fell summit. | pearsj20 | 01/09/2022 |
Perfect dry underfoot conditions. | conanharrod | 17/07/2022 |
LDWA Ulfkil Stride Challenge. Buckden - Horse Head Moor - Pen Y Ghent - Birk's Fell - Buckden. Tough 24 mile circuit. | dazedemon | 02/07/2022 |
The Tyke | 09/06/2022 | |
Mike The Tyke | 09/06/2022 | |
granitegirl | 29/05/2022 | |
Amelie806 | 14/05/2022 | |
Bit of a bog fest but easier going down. | colinfielding | 12/05/2022 |
Buckden - Birks Fell - Horse Head - Yockenthwaite. Path better than expected between Birks Fell and Horse Head with only one bog detour needed. | squeegs | 25/03/2022 |
With Tony and John. Dales 30 number 17 | LANGDALE | 21/03/2022 |
Lucky | 06/03/2022 | |
From Halton Gill up the very good track to the ridge then ridge path is good to Horse Head, becomes rather boggy in laces after that for much of way to Birks Fell with its large cairn. Because of bog and having plenty of time decided to continue east on much better path to the track down to Litton and the road back. If I had brought any money I could have stopped off for a pint in the pub. | dickscroop | 27/01/2022 |
geralddavison | 22/01/2022 | |
SalHP | 20/01/2022 | |
ian_hodgepig | 20/01/2022 | |
SallyHodgepig | 20/01/2022 | |
Circular route up onto ridge from Arncliffe and down to Litton. Broken cloud and sun, very pleasant for the end of September and largely dry underfoot | Rockdoctor | 26/09/2021 |
ketzster | 16/09/2021 | |
Climbed on the last day of mine and issy’s holiday to the dales. Overcast and almost windless. Steady assent from Buckden, with only relative incline near the top at about 600m. Top very flat and pretty bleak. View across to Buckden pike and down to village of Buckden lovely. Followed path to birks tarn where Issy sat on a stone whilst I ran to the top. Only person there. Rejoining Izzy, it took at 55mins to get to the bottom where we both enjoyed a beer at the buck inn in Buckden. | John92 | 27/08/2021 |
From Litton via the steep Ackerley Moor. Visited the trig on Frith Fell then along suprisingly good path to the summit. Visited both cairns just in case it changes again. Thick mist and steady drizzle so returned the way we came for a much needed pint in the Queens Arms. | Jake994 | 17/08/2021 |
21 miles 2219ft walk. Start at Kettlewell, to Old Cote Moor Top, Birk Fell, Horse Head Moor, Horse Head and High Green Field Knott, back to Kettlewell. | stephenbuda | 16/08/2021 |
Buckden, up Litton track to ridge and followed path by wall past some tasty cloud berries, with short diversion to summit before continuing to Horsehead. | Flatfield | 13/07/2021 |
With Trefor. From Buckden. Path to ridge. On to TP then along ridge to summit. Fine but strong cold wind. Good underfoot. | mike.hoult | 14/06/2021 |
BrianFish | 12/06/2021 | |
Griffin | 12/05/2021 | |
nigelcmason2 | 28/04/2021 | |
Cammy68 | 16/04/2021 | |
Great Whernside, Buckden pike and Birks Fell | Ruth | 10/04/2021 |
jamesaitken42 | 04/04/2021 | |
3hours - awesome little cave up the tarn | NCurtis | 06/03/2021 |
Adrian2 | 22/02/2021 | |
Joekemp | 01/01/2021 | |
Parked at Buckden (pay machine not working) then along Dubb's Lane and L up bridleway to SD92634 75282 at which point turned N past Birks Tarn to summit. Then followed fp through bog to Horse Head Moor, down Horse Head to Yockenthwaite. To Buckden along river Wharfe. Very pleasant. With Mart | John Eley | 28/11/2020 |
Started from carpark in Buckden doing circuit to Yockenthwaite Moor. | justin999 | 26/09/2020 |
From Buckden for a round of Birks Fell,Horse Head Moor, Woldside and Yockenthwaite Moor. | rhalstead | 18/09/2020 |
wainwrighteer | 30/08/2020 | |
dubious claim! reached height but not cairn due to lack of desire for bog snorkelling! P and K | senrab | 27/08/2020 |