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Birks

Area:Lake District - Eastern Fells
County:Cumbria
Country:England
Classification:Wainwright, Birkett, and Nuttall
(also Fellranger, Synge, and sub Sim)
Height:622m
Maps:OL5(S) Explorer or 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:NY380143         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:no feature: grass mound
Notes:this is Nuttall/Subsimm/Birkett summit; cairn (Wainwright) 200m NE at NY 38179 14485 may be as high
Daylight:dawn 06:10, sunrise 06:46, sunset 19:27, dusk 20:03
External links:Wikipedia

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Birks and Glenamara Park
Birks and Glenamara Park


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Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: adgl, AGJ64, ahampson, awall, bentonrambler, beth, Biscuits17 (twice), bryanatk, CarlandHay, CARLOS, Carolwildbird, CEW, Chris the rambler, chrisfry35 (x3), daleheadged, DANE2766, Darrenh, Dave Martin, DJSibbald, drsylvester68, dsutton101, DukeNukem, DuncanG22, Dunkman, Ejuk, elbog_20, fellwalker68, fizzerfox, gallowshill, gbh, Gillian7660, gilly_3886, Ginty, JamieL, jezsheona, Jojo777, Lancashire Lad, lfaulder, McLeish, Mikew92 (twice), NickiG, peterb, Peterfishwick, pwb999, RuslandRambler, sgrice56, shivtc@yahoo.co.uk, Smoo1610, spookyfish, springfishblue, steve71, StevetheRover, Stewart Sanderson, Strangerclur, Stuchlik, Susanna, Sylwia J Kociemba, twhitehouse24, ukhpr, vinmac, wak, walsh581, Wendy, wolfgangb, Yan, and yorkmunrobagger.

If you need accommodation we have details of 21 properties offering rooms near Birks. Here are some examples:

3 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
Gardeners Bothy, Glenridding
£325-1487 per week
2.2km (1.4 miles) away, sleeps 3
3 Visit England Assessed Hostel or Bunkhouse
Thorney How Independent Hostel, Grasmere
£18.50-38.85 per bed
7.6km (4.7 miles) away
3 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
Crock Boys Bothy, Glenridding
£334-1487 per week
2.2km (1.4 miles) away, sleeps 3

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