Birks
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.Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,047 feet
- Description: 622m high mountain in England
- Also known as: “Birks (summit)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arnison Crag and St Sunday Crag.
Arnison Crag
Peak
Photo: Freddyj66, Public domain.
Arnison Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It looks down on Patterdale village and the upper reach of Ullswater.
St Sunday Crag
Peak
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Sunday Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, part of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It is a prominent feature in the Patterdale skyline, with a distinctive rounded shape.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Patterdale and Glenridding.
Patterdale
Village
Photo: Ericoides, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Patterdale is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is in the eastern part of the Lake District, and the name is also used for the long valley in which the village sits, also called the Ullswater Valley.
Glenridding
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glenridding is a village at the southern end of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England's third-highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there.
Hartsop
Hamlet
Photo: Ericoides, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hartsop is a small village in the English Lake District. It lies in the Patterdale valley, near Brothers Water, Hayeswater and Kirkstone Pass. It consists of 17th-century grey stone cottages, like so many of its neighbours.
Birks
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Patterdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.52072° or 54° 31′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.95903° or 2° 57′ 33″ westElevation
2,047 feet (624 metres)Open location code
9C6VG2CR+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 7132664004OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Birks” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Birks”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيركس”
- Ladin: “Birks”
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Localities in the Area
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