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Gowbarrow Fell

Wainwright summit

86% chance of a view, clear of the cloud.

Cloud base sits about 286 m above the summit, so the top should stay under a ceiling rather than in it.

Forecast for Friday 16 October, built 2026-10-16 16:22 UTC and rebuilt twice a day. A high number is close to reliable, a low one is barely better than a shrug: how reliable is this?

Fri 16 Oct
86%
clear of the cloud
Sat 17 Oct
94%
clear of the cloud
Sun 18 Oct
95%
clear of the cloud

The hill

Lists
Wainwright, Birkett, Fellranger
Height
481 m (9 m of drop)
Area
Eastern Fells
County
Westmorland and Furness, England
Grid ref
NY407218
OS Landranger
90
Summit
trig point

Sun

Sunrise
06:42 ESE
Sunset
17:11 WSW
Daylight
10.48 hours

About Gowbarrow Fell

Gowbarrow Fell is a low fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of the Eastern Fells, standing to the north of Ullswater, bounded on one side by Aira Beck with its waterfall Aira Force. The waterfall is a popular attraction for visitors to the area.

Hour by hour, Friday 16 October

HourViewCloud baseTempWind
06:0066%521 m6.0°12 WNW
08:0082%669 m6.0°12 WNW
10:0083%758 m6.9°13 WNW
12:0081%767 m7.0°17 W
14:0096%1,244 m7.5°21 WNW
16:0089%1,057 m7.6°18 WNW
18:0094%879 m6.7°19 NW
20:0090%770 m6.5°18 NW

Nearby

Little Mell Fell · Hallin Fell · Great Mell Fell · Place Fell · Bonscale Pike · Steel Knotts

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