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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 07:33, sunrise 08:14, sunset 16:33, dusk 17:14
External links:Wikipedia

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Birks and Glenamara Park
Birks and Glenamara Park


Why not try walking up this hill using one of our walks:

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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 (x4), daleheadged, DANE2766, darrendixon, Darrenh, Dave Martin, DJSibbald, drsylvester68, dsutton101, DukeNukem, DuncanG22, Dunkman, Ejuk, elbog_20, fellwalker68, fizzerfox (twice), gallowshill, gbh, Gillian7660, gilly_3886, Ginty (twice), 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 19 properties offering rooms near Birks. Here are some examples:

4 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
Swallowdale, Pooley Bridge
£373-1948 per week
7.2km (4.5 miles) away, sleeps 2
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
Seldom Seen, Pooley Bridge
£335-1451 per week
4.2km (2.6 miles) away, sleeps 4

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