Lake District parking map — what it costs, and if it's full
Field-checked. Every entry here has been checked against a source, but a car park can close, start charging or fill in ways no dataset sees. Wrong or out of date? Report it and we will fix it. The map shows every place a Lake District walker might use, including the car parks of Kendal, Cockermouth and the coast; 4 places far outside the district, in the North Pennines, are held in the dataset and not shown here.
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This is every place we know of to leave a car for a walk in the Lake District — 1009 of them, from National Trust car parks with a machine at the gate to a gap in a wall on a single-track road. It is the same data behind the parking panel on every fell and route page, gathered in one place so you can see what your options actually are before you set off.
Vehicles are left entirely at their owner’s risk. We list places people park; we cannot vouch for any of them. Judge it on the day: take valuables with you, leave nothing on show, and if a spot feels wrong when you get there, park somewhere else.
The map
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On charges
We record whether a place charges and who runs it, and never the tariff. Prices change, and a stale price is worse than no price — it is the same rule we apply to steamer fares. 642 of the 1009 entries have a charging status we can stand behind; 367 do not, and those say so rather than guessing. Check the sign when you arrive.
When it’s full
28 entries carry a fallback chain — the nearest alternatives and how far away they are — measured on the walking network rather than as the crow flies. They appear under “If it’s full” in the list below. It is the field we are proudest of and the one nothing else on the site surfaces.
Every place, by who runs it
120 entries name an operator; the rest are lay-bys, verges and small car parks with no published owner. 348 carry a space count, 39 list nearby toilets, cafes or pubs, and 199 are served by a bus route.
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National Trust 42
Aira Force (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
For Gowbarrow Fell and the path toward Great Dodd via Dockray. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Open Toilets open 10am-3pm; accessible toilet 24hrs (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Aira Force, High Cascades (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Start of: Aira Force & Gowbarrow Fell, Birketts by Gowbarrow, Gowbarrow Fell and Little Mell Fell, Swineside Knott & Gowbarrow
Second National Trust car park at Aira Force, above the main one. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Aira Force (NT, paid) (0.78 km), Green Hill Gowbarrow Park (verge, west) (1.02 km), Green Hill Gowbarrow Park (verge, middle) (1.02 km), Green Hill Gowbarrow Park (verge, east) (1.45 km)
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ash Landing (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 13 spacesNational Trust
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from the 'Orrest Head' route start; 2.0 km from Claife Heights. Fees: pay and display (LDNPA directory, checked Aug 2026). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Blake Rigg car park (free)
FreeCar parkNational Trust
Community walk pages start here for 'Steel Edge and Wetherlam Edge, from Tilberthwaite' and 'A visit to Cathedral Cavern from Tilberthwaite' (community walk listings). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Blea Tarn (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational Trust
Start of: Blea Tarn (Little Langdale)
Between the Langdales — Lingmoor, Pike o' Blisco, Blake Rigg side. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Buttermere village (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Start of: Scale Fell and Mellbreak, The Buttermere Ridge
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: High Snockrigg (verge) (0.42 km), Car park for Rannerdale Knotts (2.06 km)
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for Bleaberry Fell (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 15 spacesNational Trust
1.6 km from Bleaberry Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review. Charges apply at all times. Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for Middle Fell (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 20 spacesNational Trust
Approx 20 spaces. 1.7 km from Middle Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Glen Mary Bridge (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 28 spacesNational Trust
Nearest fells: Holme Fell (1.0 km), Brackeny Crag (1.8 km), Low Wythow (1.9 km). Fees: pay and display (LDNPA directory, checked Aug 2026). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Glencoyne (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Nearest fells: Brown Hills (1.0 km), Swineside Knott (1.1 km), Glenridding Dodd (1.5 km). Fees: pay and display - the machine takes coins only, (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Glencoyne Bay (NT, paid)
PaidLay-byNational TrustBus route
Nearest fells: Glenridding Dodd (0.8 km), Heron Pike (Glenridding) (1.4 km), Birk Fell (Bleaberry Knott - Birk Fell) (1.6 km). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Crag, west car park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 20 spacesNational TrustBus route
Start of: Castle Crag, Brund Fell & Great Crag, The Borrowdale Fells (Rosthwaite Fell round)
Walking base for Castle Crag, King's How - Grange Fell, Grange Fell (Brund Fell) and Great Crag (Stonethwaite) — the 'Castle Crag, Brund Fell & Great Crag' route starts 10 m away. Also serves 'The Borrowdale Fells (Rosthwaite Fell round)'.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Wood, Keswick (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Under Walla Crag on the Borrowdale road. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Harrowslack (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational Trust
Nearest fells: Claife Heights (1.5 km). Fees: pay and display (LDNPA directory, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Heaves car park (paid)
PaidCar parkNational Trust
Nearest published walking: 4.4 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Cascades (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational Trust
Start of: Birketts above Ullswater
Walking base for Low How, High Brow, Randerside and Great Dodd — the 'Birketts above Ullswater' route starts 21 m away. Compacted surface (OSM-tagged). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Holme Fell car park (free)
FreeCar parkNational Trust
Nearest fells: Holme Fell (1.1 km), Great Intake - Low Fell (1.4 km), Haystacks (Tilberthwaite) (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Honister (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Start of: Dale Head Hindscarth and Robinson, Great Gable from Honister Slate Mine
Walking base for Great Gable, Green Gable, Brandreth and Grey Knotts — the 'Great Gable from Honister Slate Mine' route starts 61 m away. Also serves 'Haystacks'. Paid National Trust car park - the prices we used to show here came from an aggregator rather than the Trust, so we no longer publish a figure; check the machine on arrival, and members should bring their card (National Trust car-park list, checked Aug 2026). The machine takes cards, and National Trust members park free on production of their membership card (Lee McCoy, local observation, recorded 12 Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: lee · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kettlewell, Derwentwater (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational Trust
On the Borrowdale road by the lake, near Ashness Bridge. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lake Head, Wasdale (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Start of: Great Gable & Kirk Fell, Scafell Pike from Wasdale, by Lingmell Col
Walking base for Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Scafell Pike — the 'Great Gable & Kirk Fell' route starts 10 m away. Also serves 'Scafell Pike from Wasdale, by Lingmell Col'. National Trust's access statement records a pay-and-display machine here (National Trust, January 2024) but does not say which payment methods it takes; the same document notes mobile reception is poor across Wasdale, so carry coins as well as a card. Compacted surface (OSM-tagged). Toilets on site.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lanthwaite Green (NT)
Charge not verifiedCar parkNational TrustBus route
Start of: Dodd & Whiteside, The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike
At the foot of Grasmoor and Whiteside, Crummock Water.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lanthwaite Wood, Crummock Water (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational Trust
By Crummock Water, distinct from Lanthwaite Green further up the valley. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 10 spacesNational Trust
Start of: Around Loweswater, Around Loweswater to Fellbarrow and Low Fell, Birketts by Loweswater, Blake Fell, Gavel Fell, Hen Comb, Loweswater circuit, Mellbreak and Crummock Water
Small paid car park for Mellbreak, Hen Comb and the Loweswater fells. Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater (free) (0.82 km), Car park for Loweswater Fell (free) (0.96 km), Lanthwaite Wood, Crummock Water (NT, paid) (1.67 km), Darling Fell (layby) (2.85 km)
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
N.T. Disabled Parking (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational Trust
Walking base for Holme Fell and Black Fell — the 'Holme Fell and Black Fell' route starts 357 m away. Also serves 'Tarn Hows circuit'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
NT Hill Top (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 27 spacesNational Trust
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from the 'Hawkshead into the woods' route start; 2.1 km from Claife Heights. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Nether Wasdale car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 8 spacesNational TrustBus route
Walking base for Whin Rigg (Wasdale) and Illgill Head — the 'Whin Rigg, Illgill Head & the Wastwater Screes' route starts 101 m away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Start of: Esk Pike and Great End, Rossett Pike, Allen Crags, Great End and more, The Old Dungeon Ghyll Pub Walk (Great Langdale)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes. Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Stickle Ghyll (NT, paid) (0.85 km), Side Pike (verge, south) (0.87 km), Side Pike (verge) (0.92 km)
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Overbeck Bridge, Wastwater (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Start of: Very Long Day Out, Wastwater Shore (the Screes view)
Small NT pay-and-display car park at the foot of Yewbarrow on the lakeshore road. Charges apply at all times (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). No overnight parking (National Trust, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-11 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Park Brow (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Walking base for Low How, High Brow, Randerside and Great Dodd — the 'Birketts above Ullswater' route starts 455 m away. Also serves 'Gowbarrow Fell and Little Mell Fell'. Free for National Trust members. 508/509 bus stop nearby. Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: operator · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Quay Foot Quarry, Borrowdale (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 60 spacesNational TrustBus route
Start of: The Bowder Stone
Old quarry car park below the Bowder Stone and Castle Crag. Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Red Nab (NT)
PaidCar parkNational Trust
Nearest fells: Latterbarrow (1.9 km). Paid parking. Free for National Trust members. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rosthwaite (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Village car park for the central Borrowdale fells and Watendlath ridge. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). The National Trust does not allow overnight parking here (NT, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Stonethwaite (roadside, limited) (1.8 km), Quay Foot Quarry, Borrowdale (NT, paid) (1.8 km), Seatoller (NT, paid) (1.8 km)
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Seatoller (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Pay & display at the foot of Honister. Bus terminus for Borrowdale. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Staveley Fell, west car park (paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Nearest fells: Staveley Fell (1.0 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stickle Ghyll (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
Start of: Langdale Horseshoe
Walking base for Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Thorn Crag and Loft Crag — the 'Langdale Horseshoe' route starts 17 m away. Also serves 'Langdale Pikes Round'. Paid National Trust car park - the prices we used to show here came from an aggregator rather than the Trust, so we no longer publish a figure; check the machine on arrival, and members should bring their card (National Trust car-park list, checked Aug 2026). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Height barrier (community-reported). Direct start up Stickle Ghyll for the Langdale Pikes.
If it’s full: Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) (0.85 km), Blea Tarn (NT, paid) (1.99 km), Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge) (3.99 km)
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Surprise View (NT)
PaidCar parkabout 15 spacesNational Trust
1.8 km from Bleaberry Fell. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Tarn Hows (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational Trust
Start of: Holme Fell and Black Fell, Tarn Hows circuit
National Trust car park at Tarn Hows. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Tilberthwaite (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 10 spacesNational Trust
Quarry car park for Wetherlam and the Tilberthwaite fells. It runs a long way along the road with no single entrance, so pull in wherever there is room rather than looking for a gateway. Fees: pay by app only (no cash) (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-11 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wasdale Head (NT car park)
PaidCar parkNational TrustBus route
National Trust, pay & display (free for members). The classic base for Scafell Pike, Great Gable, Kirk Fell, Yewbarrow. Fills very early. Charges apply at all times (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Overbeck Bridge, Wastwater (NT, paid) (2.0 km), Greendale, Nether Wasdale (roadside, free) (4.3 km)
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watendlath (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 45 spacesNational Trust
End of the narrow Watendlath road — Grange Fell, Great Crag, Armboth fells. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
Position: operator · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wha House, Eskdale (NT, free)
FreeCar parkabout 8 spacesNational Trust
Start of: Slight Side & Sca Fell
Upper Eskdale - Slight Side, Harter Fell and the Scafell approaches.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wray Castle (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkNational Trust
Start of: Wray Castle & the Windermere west shore
2.1 km from Latterbarrow. Fees: pay and display (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Cash at machine (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Cash at machine or JustPark app (code 80715) (NT, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Westmorland & Furness Council 16
Ambleside, King Street (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 29 spacesWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
Central town car park — Fairfield Horseshoe, Wansfell and Loughrigg from the door. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open every day EXCEPT Wednesday (market day) incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-18:00; on Wednesdays designated parking 06:00-16:00 only (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless; PayByPhone 9907. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ambleside, Lake Road (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 48 spacesWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
Start of: Long Hike to Fairfield from Ambleside
South end of town towards Waterhead. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply 08:00-20:00, 7 days a week incl. bank holidays. The council's own page is contradictory about access outside those hours - it says both open all day and open from 8am to 8pm - so do not count on getting in before 08:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open all day, 7 days a week incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-20:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless; PayByPhone 9908. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ambleside, Miller Bridge (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 210 spacesWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
The large car park by the river - usually the last in town to fill. Walking base for Loughrigg Fell; the 'Stock Ghyll Force' route starts 383 m away, and it also serves Ambleside, Todd Crag and Rydal Cave. Motorcycles free; Blue Badge holders pay normal charges. Charges apply 08:00-21:00. The council's page is inconsistent about access outside those hours - it says both 'Open all day, seven days a week' and 'Open every day including bank holidays from 8am to 9pm' - so we cannot say whether you can get in before 8am (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beetham Road Car Park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 49 spacesWestmorland & Furness Council
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 7.9 km away. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bowness, Glebe Road (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 124 spacesWestmorland & Furness Council
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (1.2 km), Claife Heights (1.8 km). Fees: pay and display. Toilets on site. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless. 3/7-day passes available; Westmorland and Furness permits NOT valid here (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply 08:00-20:00. The council's own page says both that the car park is open all day and that it is open 8am to 8pm, so do not count on getting in before 08:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open 7 days a week incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-20:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless; PayByPhone 9576. 3/7-day passes available; Westmorland and Furness permits NOT valid here (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bowness, Quarry Mount (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 36 spacesWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (1.1 km). Fees: pay and display. Toilets on site. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply 08:00-18:00. The council's own page says both that the car park is open all day and that it is open 8am to 6pm, so do not count on getting in before 08:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open 7 days a week incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-18:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless; PayByPhone 9905. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Busher Walk (paid)
PaidCar parkWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.6 km from Cunswick Scar. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dowkers Lane Pay And Display (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 82 spacesWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ferry Nab (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 120 spacesWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (1.0 km). Fees: pay and display. Trailers need two tickets unless buying the 12-hour tariff. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Coin/card/contactless. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open 7 days a week incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-20:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). This car park also serves the Ferry Nab boat-launching facility; on busy days it may be closed to allow boat launches (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026). Trailers need two tickets unless buying the 12-hour tariff. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Coin/card/contactless; PayByPhone 9904. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hampsfell, south-east car park (paid)
PaidCar parkWestmorland & Furness Council
Nearest fells: Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) (1.7 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Peppercorn Lane (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 48 spacesWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Red Bank Road, Grasmere (W&F, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 77 spacesWestmorland & Furness Council
Start of: West of Grasmere
Walking base for Tarn Crag (Easedale), Codale Head, Sergeant Man and Blea Rigg — the 'West of Grasmere' route starts 6 m away. Also serves 'Helm Crag & Far Easedale'. Fees: pay and display.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sandes Avenue (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 20 spacesWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.8 km from Cunswick Scar. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
South Lakeland House Car Park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 194 spacesWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Cunswick Scar. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Windermere, Broad Street (W&F, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 94 spacesWestmorland & Furness CouncilBus route
Walking base for Orrest Head — the 'Orrest Head' route starts 404 m away. Fees: pay and display. Toilets on site. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless / 9879. 3/7-day passes; permits accepted except Early Bird bays (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply 08:00-20:00, 7 days a week incl. bank holidays. The council's own page is contradictory about access outside those hours - it says both open all day and open from 8am to 8pm - so do not count on getting in before 08:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open all day, 7 days a week incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-20:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless; PayByPhone 9865 / 9879. 3/7-day passes; permits accepted except Early Bird bays (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 45 spacesWestmorland & Furness Council
Nearest fells: Orrest Head (1.3 km). Fees: pay and display. Toilets on site. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash (no card machine listed). 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply 08:00-20:00. The council's own page says both that the car park is open all day and that it is open 8am to 8pm, so do not count on getting in before 08:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open 7 days a week incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-20:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash or PayByPhone 9902 (no card machine listed). 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lake District National Park Authority 13
Beech Hill (LDNPA, paid)
PaidCar parkLake District National Park Authority
Nearest published walking: 3.0 km from Birch Fell. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Toilets on site (seasonal - not open all year). Pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37303 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brockhole on Windermere (LDNPA, paid)
PaidCar parkLake District National Park AuthorityBus route
Nearest published walking: 1.6 km from the 'Wray Castle & the Windermere west shore' route start; 2.8 km from Orrest Head. Toilets on site. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37312 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Coniston Boating Centre (LDNPA, paid)
PaidCar parkLake District National Park Authority
0.7 km from the 'The Sun Pub Walk (Coniston)' route start; 0.8 km from the 'North of Coniston Birketts' route start. Grass paver surface (OSM-tagged). Toilets on site. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37314 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunmallard Hill, Pooley Bridge (LDNPA, paid)
PaidCar parkLake District National Park AuthorityBus route
Walking base for Heughscar Hill and Arthur's Pike — the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route starts 105 m away. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37309 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Eusemere Car Park (LDNPA, paid)
PaidCar parkLake District National Park AuthorityBus route
Start of: Pooley Bridge to Shap
Walking base for Heughscar Hill and Arthur's Pike — the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route starts 71 m away.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Fell Dyke (LDNPA, free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spacesLake District National Park Authority
Nearest fells: High Hows (Lamplugh) (1.2 km), Murton Fell (Knock Murton) (1.2 km), Owsen Fell (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hammarbank (LDNPA, paid)
PaidLay-byLake District National Park Authority
Nearest fells: Orrest Head (0.9 km). Fees: pay and display; coins and cards (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37303 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
New Dungeon Ghyll (LDNPA, paid)
PaidCar parkLake District National Park AuthorityBus route
Start of: Langdale Pikes Round
Walking base for Sergeant Man, High Raise (High White Stones), Thunacar Knott and Pavey Ark — the 'Langdale Pikes Round' route starts 127 m away. Also serves 'Langdale Horseshoe'.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Red Pit (LDNPA, free)
FreeCar parkabout 20 spacesLake District National Park Authority
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (0.6 km), Red Screes (0.6 km), Middle Dodd (0.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Station Coppice, Thirlmere (LDNPA, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 18 spacesLake District National Park AuthorityBus route
A small Authority car park on the A591 at Thirlmere, just north of the larger Swirls car park and separate from it. 18 spaces. Fees: pay and display; charges apply 9am-6pm every day including Sundays and bank holidays (visitlakedistrict.com, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-19 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stock Lane Car & Coach Park (LDNPA, paid)
PaidCar parkLake District National Park AuthorityBus route
Start of: Castle How & Lang How - Birketts, Grasmere lake circuit, Grasmere to Easdale Tarn, Helm Crag & Far Easedale, Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag, Steel Fell and Tarn Crag, Stone Arthur from Grasmere
Walking base for Lang How, Swinescar Pike, Castle How (Raw Pike) and Stone Arthur — the 'Castle How & Lang How - Birketts' route starts 11 m away. Also serves 'Stone Arthur from Grasmere'. For Helm Crag, Silver How, the Easedale fells and the Far Easedale round. Signed as Stock Lane Car & Coach Park at the entrance. Pay and display (OSM-tagged).
If it’s full: Red Bank car park, Grasmere (0.42 km), Grasmere, roadside layby (free) (0.54 km), Broadgate Meadow car park, Grasmere (0.72 km)
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Thirteen Valleys, Grasmere (LDNPA, paid)
PaidCar parkLake District National Park Authority
Walking base for Tarn Crag (Easedale), Codale Head, Sergeant Man and Blea Rigg — the 'West of Grasmere' route starts 45 m away. Also serves 'Helm Crag & Far Easedale'. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37338 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Waterhead (Ambleside) (LDNPA, paid)
PaidCar parkLake District National Park AuthorityBus route
Nearest fells: Wansfell Pike (1.9 km). Toilets on site. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37320 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Forestry England 10
Birks Bridge (FE)
Charge not verifiedCar parkForestry England
Nearest fells: Demming Crag (1.4 km), Harter Fell (Eskdale) (1.6 km), Horsehow Crags (1.6 km). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bogle Crag car park, Grizedale (FE, paid)
PaidCar parkForestry England
Nearest fells: Carron Crag (1.6 km). ANPR pay-on-exit (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026). Free for Forestry England members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dodd Wood (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 100 spacesForestry EnglandBus route
Start of: Skiddaw via Ullock Pike and Dodd
Forestry car park for Dodd, Carl Side and the Ullock Pike ridge onto Skiddaw. ANPR pay-on-exit, one pay station beside the toilet block; blue badge holders not exempt; card or Park with Ease online within 48h; no charge if arriving car-free (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026). Open 24/7 (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026). Free for Forestry England members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre (paid)
PaidCar parkForestry England
Start of: Carron Crag from Grizedale
Forest centre car park in Grizedale, for Carron Crag and the forest trails. ANPR pay-on-exit; card at machine, cash at visitor centre, or Park with Ease online within 48h (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026). Open daily (closed only in severe weather) (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026). Free for Forestry England members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Gummer's How car park (free)
FreeCar parkForestry EnglandBus route
Start of: Gummer's How & Birch Fell
Short, family-grade climb of Gummer's How above Windermere's foot.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Machell's Coppice car park, Grizedale (FE, paid)
PaidCar parkForestry England
Nearest fells: Carron Crag (1.8 km). ANPR pay-on-exit (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026). Free for Forestry England members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Moor Top Car Park
PaidCar parkForestry England
2.7 km from Carron Crag. ANPR pay-on-exit (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026). Free for Forestry England members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Noble Knott, Whinlatter (Forestry England, free)
FreeCar parkabout 20 spacesForestry EnglandBus route
Forest car park on the Whinlatter pass road, east of the visitor centre. Approx 20 spaces. 1.3 km from Kinn. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review. Community walk pages start here for 'Words In The Woods' and 'Whinlatter Forest - Heavy Sides Walk' (community walk listings). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Revelin Moss, Whinlatter (Forestry England, paid)
PaidCar parkForestry EnglandBus route
The second Whinlatter car park, 300 m along the pass from the visitor centre - ANPR controlled, open 08:30-20:30. ANPR pay-on-exit (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026). Free for Forestry England members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whinlatter Visitor Centre (paid)
PaidCar parkForestry EnglandBus route
Start of: Birketts around Grisedale Pike, Whinlatter Forest: Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill & Seat How
Forest centre — Lord's Seat, Barf, Whinlatter fells, Grisedale Pike's back route. ANPR pay-on-exit; blue badge holders not exempt; card at machine, cash at visitor centre, or Park with Ease online within 48h (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026). Open 08:30-20:30 (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026). Free for Forestry England members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: operator · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
United Utilities 5
Armboth, Thirlmere (United Utilities, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 35 spacesUnited Utilities
West shore of Thirlmere - Armboth Fell and High Tove. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Pay and display (visitlakedistrict.com, which names United Utilities as operator) (United Utilities, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: aggregator · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dob Gill, Thirlmere (United Utilities, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 25 spacesUnited Utilities
Start of: Birketts West of Thirlmere, Brown Rigg & Blea Tarn, Standing Crag, High Tove, Armboth
West shore of Thirlmere - Harrop Tarn and Ullscarf. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Open Closed until Easter 2026; pedestrian access allowed (LDNP directory, checked Aug 2026). Pay and display (visitlakedistrict.com) (United Utilities, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Steel End, Thirlmere (paid) (1.38 km), Wythburn Church, Thirlmere (paid) (2.52 km)
Position: osm · details: aggregator · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Legburthwaite (United Utilities, small)
PaidCar parkabout 20 spacesUnited UtilitiesBus route
Start of: Birketts North of Thirlmere, Brown Crag and Raise, Three Dodds and Calfhow Pike
St John's in the Vale — Sticks Pass side, High Rigg, Raven Crag. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Pay and display (visitlakedistrict.com) (United Utilities, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Roadside parking for Great How (free) (0.6 km), Raven Crag car park (1.53 km), Roadside parking for Raven Crag (free) (1.67 km)
Position: osm · details: aggregator · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Swirls, Thirlmere (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 45 spacesUnited UtilitiesBus route
Start of: Helvellyn & Nethermost Pike via Seat Sandal, Helvellyn from Swirls: the walkers’ way up
The standard west-side route up Helvellyn via Browncove Crags. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Pay and display (visitlakedistrict.com); named as a UU Thirlmere car park on unitedutilities.com, which states no fee details (United Utilities, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Armboth, Thirlmere (United Utilities, paid) (1.2 km), Legburthwaite (United Utilities, small) (2.7 km), Dob Gill, Thirlmere (United Utilities, paid) (2.9 km)
Position: osm · details: aggregator · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wythburn Church, Thirlmere (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 20 spacesUnited UtilitiesBus route
Direct forest path up Helvellyn's south ridge (Comb Crags). Fees: Pay and display, pay by coin only (visitlakedistrict.com) (United Utilities, checked Aug 2026). Lee has parked here and recalls the machine taking coins, which agrees with United Utilities' own listing rather than the National Park directory's “cards only” - carry coins (Lee McCoy, recollection, recorded 12 Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: aggregator · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cumberland Council 5
Bitterbeck long stay car park, Cockermouth (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 69 spacesCumberland Council
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Watch Hill. MiPermit location 712228 (Cumberland council, checked Aug 2026). Open Monday to Sunday (Cumberland council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Keswick, Central Car Park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 334 spacesCumberland CouncilBus route
The main town car park — hub for the Northern and North Western fells. MiPermit location 712222. Open Monday to Sunday (page states no hour restrictions) (Cumberland council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lakeside long stay car park, Keswick (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 253 spacesCumberland Council
Start of: Ashness Bridge & Surprise View
The 'Ashness Bridge & Surprise View' route starts 61 m away. Toilets on site. MiPermit location 712223. Open Monday to Sunday (Cumberland council, checked Aug 2026). Pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Memorial Gardens long stay car park, Cockermouth (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 115 spacesCumberland Council
Nearest published walking: 3.3 km from Watch Hill. MiPermit location 712225. Open Monday to Sunday (Cumberland council, checked Aug 2026).
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Riverside long stay car park, Cockermouth (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 39 spacesCumberland Council
Nearest published walking: 3.0 km from Watch Hill. MiPermit location 712230. Open Monday to Sunday (Cumberland council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lowther Estates 4
Loughrigg Fell car park (free)
FreeCar parkLowther Estates
Nearest fells: Loughrigg Fell (1.2 km), Nab Scar (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Silverthwaite (Lowther Estates, paid)
PaidCar parkLowther Estates
Nearest fells: Loughrigg Fell (1.5 km). Fees: pay in car park (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Pay on exit; OpenStreetMap records the first 20 minutes free (OSM-tagged, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
White Moss Common, Upper (paid)
PaidCar parkLowther EstatesBus route
North side of the A591 between Rydal and Grasmere — Loughrigg, Silver How, Heron Pike.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
White Moss, Lower (paid)
PaidCar parkLowther EstatesBus route
South side of the A591 by the river — Loughrigg Terrace and Rydal Water. Fees: pay in car park (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
South Lakeland District Council 4
Bowness, Rayrigg Road (W&F, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 178 spacesSouth Lakeland District CouncilBus route
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (1.2 km). Fees: pay and display. Toilets on site. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless (machine gives no change). 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open 7 days a week incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-20:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless (machine gives no change); PayByPhone 9906. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Braithwaite Fold (W&F, paid)
PaidCar parkabout 400 spacesSouth Lakeland District CouncilBus route
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (0.9 km). Fees: pay and display. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/phone. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open all day, 7 days a week; charges apply 08:00-20:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/phone; PayByPhone 9575. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brown Howe (SLDC, paid)
PaidCar parkSouth Lakeland District Council
Nearest fells: Beacon Fell (1.3 km), High Light Haw (1.4 km), Unnamed top (Top o' Selside) (1.5 km). Fees: pay and display; coins and cards. Toilets on site.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.2264,-2.7746 (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 60 spacesSouth Lakeland District Council
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 7.8 km away. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Forestry Commission 2
High Cross (Forestry Commission, free)
FreeCar parkForestry CommissionBus route
1.1 km from the 'Holme Fell and Black Fell' route start; 1.1 km from the 'Tarn Hows circuit' route start. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell North car park (free)
FreeCar parkForestry Commission
Nearest fells: Newton Fell North (1.6 km), Staveley Fell (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway 1
Dalegarth Station, Eskdale (paid)
PaidCar parkRavenglass and Eskdale RailwayBus route
Start of: Boat How, Great Bank & Wainwrights
Pay & display at the La'al Ratty terminus — Eskdale fells, Harter Fell, Green Crag. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026).
Position: operator · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The National Trust 1
Elterwater (NT, paid)
PaidCar parkThe National TrustBus route
Start of: Elterwater & Skelwith Force, Elterwater riverside loop, Lingmoor Fell from Elterwater, Loughrigg Tarn & Loughrigg Fell
For Lingmoor Fell, Silver How and lower Langdale. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Silver How (verge) (0.26 km), Silver How car park (0.38 km), Loughrigg Fell (verge, west 2) (2.31 km), Loughrigg Fell (verge, west) (2.31 km)
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Coppermines Lakes Cottages 1
Coniston, Bluebird Car & Coach Park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 70 spacesCoppermines Lakes CottagesBus route
North end of the village, the larger of the two.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Woodland Trust 1
Natland car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 4 spacesWoodland Trust
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Keswick Hotel 1
Latrigg car park (paid)
PaidCar parkKeswick Hotel
Nearest fells: Latrigg (1.2 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Allerdale Borough Council 1
Cockermouth car park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 150 spacesAllerdale Borough CouncilBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.3 km from Watch Hill. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Patterdale Hotel 1
Patterdale Hotel Car Park (Patterdale Hotel, paid)
PaidCar parkPatterdale HotelBus route
Start of: Place Fell and The Knight, St Sunday Crag
Walking base for Place Fell, The Knight, Arnison Crag and Birks — the 'Place Fell and The Knight' route starts 23 m away. Also serves 'St Sunday Crag'. Fees: pay and display (LDNPA directory, checked Aug 2026). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Seathwaite Parish Hall 1
Green Pikes car park (paid)
PaidCar parkSeathwaite Parish Hall
Nearest fells: Green Pikes (1.2 km), Pikes (1.6 km), Caw (1.6 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ullswater Steamers 1
Ullswater Steamers Glenridding Pier car park (paid)
PaidCar parkUllswater SteamersBus route
Walking base for Glenridding Dodd, Heron Pike (Glenridding), Sheffield Pike and Catstye Cam — the 'Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor' route starts 373 m away. Also serves 'Helvellyn via Striding Edge & Swirral Edge'. Fees: Pay-and-display; contactless card/cash machine in the main car park near the pier house entrance ('just at the bottom of the ramp'). Tariff amounts not published on the operator's site. Car parking charges apply while using the EV charger.
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Park with Ease, on behalf of Lake District National Park Authority 1
Beckside Car Park (paid)
PaidCar parkPark with Ease, on behalf of Lake District National Park AuthorityBus route
Start of: Helvellyn via Striding Edge & Swirral Edge
Walking base for Birkhouse Moor, Helvellyn, Catstye Cam and Glenridding Dodd — the 'Helvellyn via Striding Edge & Swirral Edge' route starts 30 m away. Also serves 'Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Westmorland 1
HGV Parking
Charge not verifiedCar parkWestmorland
Lorries only - cars are not permitted here (OpenStreetMap, 2026-07-24 extract). No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Crookdale Birketts' route start, 6.3 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newlands Valley Institute 1
Rowling End car park (paid)
PaidCar parkNewlands Valley Institute
Nearest fells: Rowling End (1.0 km), Skelgill Bank (1.0 km), Barrow (1.2 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Northern Rail 1
Orrest Head, south car park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 19 spacesNorthern RailBus route
Start of: Orrest Head
Walking base for Orrest Head — the 'Orrest Head' route starts 26 m away. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Inn on the Square 1
Latrigg, south-west car park (paid 7)
PaidCar parkInn on the SquareBus route
Start of: Castlerigg Stone Circle (from Keswick), Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell from Keswick
Walking base for Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell — the 'Castlerigg Stone Circle (from Keswick)' route starts 48 m away. Also serves 'Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell from Keswick'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). OSM records access=permit here - check the restriction before relying on it.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Matterdale Church 1
Bracken How car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 3 spacesMatterdale Church
Nearest fells: Bracken How (1.3 km), Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit) (1.5 km), Round How (1.6 km). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mosedale Quakers 1
Mosedale car park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 10 spacesMosedale Quakers
Start of: Birketts by Carrock Fell
Walking base for Carrock Fell, Round Knott, Miton Hill and Hare Stones — the 'Birketts by Carrock Fell' route starts 52 m away. Also serves 'Great Calva, Knott, High Pike and Carrock Fell'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grasmere Hall 1
Silver How car park (paid)
PaidCar parkGrasmere HallBus route
Walking base for Tarn Crag (Easedale), Codale Head, Sergeant Man and Blea Rigg — the 'West of Grasmere' route starts 463 m away. Also serves 'Stone Arthur from Grasmere'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lowther Estate 1
Low Sawmill (paid)
PaidCar parkLowther EstateBus route
Nearest published walking: 4.7 km from the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start; 3.1 km from Heughscar Hill. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cumbria Wildlife Trust 1
Little Eycott Hill car park (free)
FreeCar parkCumbria Wildlife Trust
Nearest fells: Little Eycott Hill (0.8 km), Eycott Hill (0.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
No operator recorded 889
A6 Shap summit (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
High laybys on the old A6 — Wasdale Pike, Crookdale and Borrowdale (Westmorland) fells.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Abbey Visitor Car Park
PaidCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from the 'Knipe Scar - Birkett' route start; 2.7 km from Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike). The access track is steep and narrow through grazed land and is not suitable for large coaches (English Heritage, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ambleside (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byBus route
0.7 km from the 'Ambleside to the Old Post Office Tea Room, Troutbeck (over Wansfell)' route start; 0.8 km from the 'Wansfell Pike and Baystones' route start. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ambleside Cricket Club car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 15 spaces
2.2 km from Nab Scar. A price was reported here and is NOT published: a fee needs a source and a date.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ambleside car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Walking base for Loughrigg Fell — the 'Ambleside, Todd Crag, Rydal Cave' route starts 234 m away. Also serves 'Stock Ghyll Force'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). OpenStreetMap also tags this as permissive parking with opening hours "Evenings-Weekends-School holidays" (2026-07-24 extract), so it may be shut on a term-time weekday morning; no operator page could be found to confirm it. OpenStreetMap records this car park as open evenings, weekends and school holidays only, which does not include a weekday morning (2026-07-24 extract; no operator page confirms it - check on arrival).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ambleside, Low Fold (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 41 spacesBus route
Start of: Ambleside to the Old Post Office Tea Room, Troutbeck (over Wansfell), Sour Howes, Sallows, Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and Troutbeck Tongue in the sun!, Wansfell Pike and Baystones
Towards Waterhead, a short walk from the centre. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Charges apply 08:00-20:00, every day incl. bank holidays. The council's own page is contradictory about access outside those hours - it says both open all day and open from 8am to 8pm - so do not count on getting in before 08:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open every day incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-20:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Blue Badge: +1h free. Cash/card/contactless; PayByPhone 9912. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Ambleside, Miller Bridge (paid) (0.86 km), Wansfell Pike (verge) (1.24 km), Loughrigg Fell (verge, east) (1.48 km)
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ambleside, Rydal Road (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 171 spacesBus route
Start of: Loughrigg Terrace & Rydal Water, The Royal Oak Pub Walk (Ambleside)
North end of town, closest for Rydal Road and the Fairfield Horseshoe start. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free on top of time purchased. Cash/card/contactless. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open all day, 7 days a week incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-20:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Pay and display (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026). Blue Badge: +1h free on top of time purchased. Cash/card/contactless; PayByPhone 9917. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Ambleside, King Street (paid) (0.4 km)
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ard Crags (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Ard Crags (0.8 km), Scar Crags (1.3 km), Causey Pike (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arlecdon car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.6 km from Murton Fell (Knock Murton). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arnaby (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from White Hall Knott. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arnaby car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from White Hall Knott. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arnison Crag (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spaces
Nearest fells: Arnison Crag (0.7 km), Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top) (1.4 km), Angletarn Pikes South Top (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arnison Crag, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest fells: Arnison Crag (0.8 km), Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top) (1.5 km), Angletarn Pikes South Top (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arnside (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.7 km from Hampsfell (Wainwright summit). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arnside car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights), 5.1 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arnside car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights), 5.3 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arnside car park 3
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights), 5.1 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arnside car park 4
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights), 5.4 km away. Ground surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Arnside, west (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights), 5.0 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bandrake Head (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 4 spaces
Nearest published walking: 4.1 km from the 'Low Light Haw' route start; 3.0 km from Unnamed top (Top o' Selside). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Barf (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Barf (1.0 km), Seat How (Thornthwaite) (1.3 km), Ullister Hill (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Barf car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Barf (1.5 km), Lothwaite (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Barf, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Community walk pages start here for 'Barf, Lord's Seat, Ullister Hill and Seat How' (community walk listings). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Barrow (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest fells: Barrow (0.6 km), Stile End (1.2 km), Rowling End (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Barrow, north-east (layby 2)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Barrow (0.8 km), Stile End (1.3 km), Kinn (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Barrow, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 6 spaces
Nearest fells: Barrow (0.6 km), Stile End (1.2 km), Rowling End (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Barton (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start; 3.0 km from Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Barton (layby) 3
Charge not verifiedLay-byBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.6 km from the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start; 2.6 km from Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bassenthwaite (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.1 km from the 'Binsey Walk' route start; 3.0 km from Binsey. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Baystones (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spaces
Nearest fells: Baystones (Wansfell) (1.4 km), Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (1.5 km), Sour Howes (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Baystones car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 5 spaces
Nearest fells: Baystones (Wansfell) (1.3 km), Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (1.3 km), Troutbeck Tongue (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beacon Fell (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Beacon Fell (1.2 km), High Light Haw (1.5 km), Unnamed top (Top o' Selside) (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beacon Fell, east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Beacon Fell (0.9 km), Unnamed top (Top o' Selside) (1.3 km), Low Light Haw (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beacon Fell, north-east (layby 2)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Beacon Fell (1.4 km), High Light Haw (1.5 km), Low Light Haw (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beacon Fell, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Beacon Fell (1.4 km), High Light Haw (1.5 km), Low Light Haw (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beacon Fell, south-east (layby 2)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Beacon Fell (1.0 km), Unnamed top (Top o' Selside) (1.2 km), Wool Knott (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beacon Fell, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Unnamed top (Top o' Selside) (1.1 km), Beacon Fell (1.1 km), Low Light Haw (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beck Head car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.5 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beckses (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.0 km from the 'Great Mell Fell' route start; 2.8 km from Great Mell Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beckses (layby) 2
FreeLay-byabout 6 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.3 km from the 'Great Mell Fell' route start; 2.9 km from Great Mell Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beckses car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.3 km from the 'Great Mell Fell' route start; 3.3 km from Great Mell Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beckses, west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.2 km from the 'Great Mell Fell' route start; 2.8 km from Great Mell Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Beda Fell (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Beda Fell (Beda Head) (0.8 km), Gowk Hill (1.1 km), Brownthwaite Crag (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bigland Barrow car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Bigland Barrow (1.3 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bigland Barrow, north (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Bigland Barrow (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bigland Barrow, north-west car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Bigland Barrow (1.3 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bigland Barrow, west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Bigland Barrow (1.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Birch Fell car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Birch Fell (0.8 km), Gummer's How (0.9 km), Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell) (1.5 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Black Fell (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 2 spaces
1.1 km from Black Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Black Fell car park, east
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 10 spaces
1.1 km from Black Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Black Fell car park, west
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 5 spaces
1.1 km from Black Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Black Fell, north-west (layby 2)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Black Fell (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Black Fell, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest fells: Black Fell (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Blackbeck (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from Cold Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Blake Rigg (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 1 space
1.0 km from Blake Rigg.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Blake Rigg Little Langdale (verge, east)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
1.1 km from Blake Rigg Little Langdale.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Blake Rigg Little Langdale (verge, west)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
0.7 km from Blake Rigg Little Langdale.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Blakeley Raise (verge, east)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 1 space
0.7 km from Blakeley Raise.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Blakeley Raise (verge, west)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 1 space
0.8 km from Blakeley Raise.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bleaberry Fell (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 1 space
1.6 km from Bleaberry Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bleach Green, Ennerdale (free)
FreeCar parkabout 25 spaces
At the western end of Ennerdale Water, for the lakeshore path. Fees: Free (not National Trust), per NT Ennerdale page (NT, checked Aug 2026). UU Ennerdale page states it has 'no plans to close or introduce car parking charges at any of the United Utilities car parks in the Ennerdale valley' - i.e. no charge currently applies (United Utilities, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Blind Lane Car Park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from the 'Carron Crag from Grizedale' route start; 3.2 km from Arnsbarrow Hill. Ground surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Boltongate car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 8 spaces
Nearest published walking: 4.4 km from Green How - Aughertree Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Booths Coach Park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Start of: Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore
The 'Walk from Keswick' route starts 97 m away. Also serves 'Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore'. OSM tags this area motorcar=no, psv=designated - it is the coach park, not the customer car park. Booths' own store page gives the customer car park as first hour free with no ticket or minimum purchase, second hour purchasable on site or via the Evology app (booths.co.uk, checked Aug 2026) - it is ANPR-managed customer parking, not a walkers' car park.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Boothwaite Nook car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.9 km from Burney. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Boothwaite Nook car park 3
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Burney, 5.0 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Boothwaite Nook car park 5
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.9 km from Burney. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bootle (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.0 km from Black Combe. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bootle car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.0 km from Stoneside Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bootle, south (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.8 km from Black Combe. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Border End (verge, east)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
0.5 km from Border End.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Border End (verge, west)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
0.4 km from Border End.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Border End car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Border End (0.7 km), Hard Knott (0.9 km), Horsehow Crags (1.1 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bothel (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.3 km from St. John's Hill (Caermote Hill N Top). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bouth (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest published walking: 4.0 km from Bigland Barrow. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bouth (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-byBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from Bigland Barrow. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bowderdale road end (verge)
Charge not verifiedVerge
North-side access — West Fell, Yarlside, the long Bowderdale valley to The Calf.
Position: original · details: none · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid)
PaidCar park
Forestry England car park at the end of the Ennerdale valley road, on the lake's north shore (OS NY 110 154; parking charges apply since 2023) — Great Borne, Starling Dodd, and the long walk-ins to Pillar and Steeple.
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bracken How car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 6 spaces
Nearest fells: Bracken How (1.5 km), Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit) (1.5 km), Round How (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Bracken How, north car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 5 spacesBus route
Nearest fells: Bracken How (0.5 km), Round How (0.8 km), Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit) (1.5 km). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Braithwaite village (roadside/small areas)
Charge not verifiedVergeBus route
Start of: Ard Crags & Knott Rigg, Scar Crags, Causey Pike, Stile End, Outerside, Causey Pike, Rowling End
Start of the Coledale Horseshoe: Grisedale Pike, Causey Pike round.
If it’s full: Noble Knott, Whinlatter (Forestry England, free) (1.1 km), Revelin Moss, Whinlatter (Forestry England, paid) (2.4 km), Stoneycroft Ghyll, Newlands (free) (2.3 km)
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Branstree (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Rough Crag (Riggindale), High Street, Mardale Ill Bell and Harter Fell (Mardale) — the 'Mardale circuit' route starts 166 m away. Also serves 'Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, High Raise and Kidsty Pike'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Branstree, north (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Branstree (1.2 km), Branstree NE Top (Branstree East Top) (High Howes (Mardale)) (1.5 km), Selside Pike (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brant Fell (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spaces
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brant Fell car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (1.1 km), Claife Heights (2.0 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brant Fell car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (1.3 km), Claife Heights (1.8 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brant Fell, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 10 spacesBus route
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brant Fell, south (layby 4)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (0.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brant Fell, south-west (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (2.0 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brant Fell, west car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Brant Fell (1.2 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brigsteer (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.1 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brigsteer car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.4 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Broad Oak (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.3 km from Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Broadgate Meadow car park, Grasmere
PaidCar parkBus route
1.7 km from Stone Arthur. Broadgate Meadow Car Park. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37313 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Broughton in Furness car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.0 km from Great Stickle. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brown Crag car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Walking base for Helvellyn, Helvellyn Lower Man, White Side and Nethermost Pike — the 'Helvellyn from Swirls: the walkers’ way up' route starts 479 m away. Also serves 'Helvellyn & Nethermost Pike via Seat Sandal'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brown Hills (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Brown Hills (1.2 km), Glenridding Dodd (1.3 km), Swineside Knott (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brown Howe (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Brown Howe (Mardale) (0.8 km), Castle Crag (Mardale) (1.3 km), Selside Pike (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Brown Howe, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Brown Howe (Mardale) (0.9 km), Castle Crag (Mardale) (1.0 km), Hare Shaw (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Buckbarrow (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Buckbarrow (1.7 km), Middle Fell (1.7 km), Illgill Head (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Buckbarrow, south-east (layby 2)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Buckbarrow (1.7 km), Whin Rigg (Wasdale) (1.7 km), Illgill Head (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Buckbarrow, south-east (layby 3)
FreeLay-by
Start of: Middle Fell, Haycock Seatallan and Buckbarrow
Walking base for Middle Fell, Haycock, Little Gowder Crag and Caw Fell — the 'Middle Fell, Haycock Seatallan and Buckbarrow' route starts 22 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Buckbarrow, south-east (layby 4)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Buckbarrow (1.7 km), Whin Rigg (Wasdale) (1.8 km), Illgill Head (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Buckbarrow, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Buckbarrow (1.7 km), Middle Fell (1.8 km), Illgill Head (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Burney (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Burney (0.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Burney (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 1 space
0.4 km from Burney.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Burney, south (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Burney (1.0 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Burney, south-east (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Burney (1.3 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Burney, south-east car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Burney (1.7 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Burney, south-west car park (free 2)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Burney (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Burney, west car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Burney (0.4 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Burthwaite Heights (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Burthwaite Heights (0.5 km), Ling Fell (1.0 km), Sale Fell (1.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Buttermere (free)
FreeLay-byBus route
Start of: Great Borne & Starling Dodd, High Stile, Seat via Buttermere
Walking base for Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile) and High Crag (Buttermere) — the 'High Stile, Seat via Buttermere' route starts 5 m away. Also serves 'Great Bourne & Starling Dodd'. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Buttermere village LDNP car park (east) (paid)
PaidCar park
Start of: Buttermere lake circuit, Crummock Water shore circuit
The 'Buttermere lake circuit' route starts 49 m away. Also serves 'Crummock Water shore circuit'. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Toilets on site. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37311 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Caermote Hill (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Caermote Hill (0.9 km), St. John's Hill (Caermote Hill N Top) (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Caermote Hill, south-east (layby 2)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Caermote Hill (0.9 km), St. John's Hill (Caermote Hill N Top) (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Caermote Hill, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Caermote Hill (1.0 km), St. John's Hill (Caermote Hill N Top) (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Caldbeck Bowling club (free)
FreeCar parkabout 35 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.3 km from Faulds Brow. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Caldbeck village (free)
FreeCar park
Northern edge — High Pike and Carrock Fell from the north.
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Calder Bridge (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from Cold Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Calder Bridge car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from Cold Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Canal Foot car park (free)
FreeCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Bigland Barrow, 5.9 km away. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car Park A
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.8 km from Cold Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car Park B
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.7 km from Cold Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for Barf (free)
FreeCar park
0.6 km from Barf. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for Claife Heights (donation)
Honesty boxCar park
1.9 km from Claife Heights. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for Heughscar Hill (free)
FreeCar parkabout 8 spaces
Approx 8 spaces. 1 km from Heughscar Hill. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for High Snockrigg (free)
FreeCar park
0.9 km from High Snockrigg. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for Loweswater Fell (free)
FreeCar park
1.4 km from Loweswater Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for Rannerdale Knotts
Charge not verifiedCar park
0.4 km from Rannerdale Knotts. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for Skelgill Bank (free)
FreeCar parkabout 12 spaces
Approx 12 spaces. 0.5 km from Skelgill Bank. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for Whiteside
PaidCar parkBus route
Start of: The Grasmoor Round
1.6 km from Whiteside. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review. Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: operator · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Car park for Yewbarrow (free)
FreeCar park
Start of: Extended Mosedale Horseshoe
1.3 km from Yewbarrow. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carrock Fell (verge, north)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
1.6 km from Carrock Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carrock Fell (verge, south)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 1 space
1.2 km from Carrock Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carrock Fell car park (free)
FreeCar park
Walking base for Carrock Fell, Round Knott, Miton Hill and Hare Stones — the 'Birketts by Carrock Fell' route starts 261 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carrock Fell, east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Carrock Fell, Miton Hill, High Pike (Caldbeck) and Hare Stones — the 'Carrock Fell and Knott' route starts 407 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carrock Fell, north-east (layby 2)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Carrock Fell (1.4 km), Round Knott (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carrock Fell, north-east (layby 3)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Carrock Fell (1.5 km), Round Knott (2.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carrock Fell, north-east (layby 4)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Carrock Fell (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carrock Fell, north-east (layby 5)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Carrock Fell (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carrock Fell, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Carrock Fell (1.3 km), Round Knott (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carron Crag car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Carron Crag (1.7 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carron Crag car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest fells: Carron Crag (1.1 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Carron Crag, east car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Walking base for Carron Crag — the 'Carron Crag from Grizedale' route starts 82 m away. Grass surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cartmel car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.2 km from Hampsfell (Wainwright summit). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cartmel car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.1 km from Hampsfell (Wainwright summit). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cartmel car park 3
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.2 km from Hampsfell (Wainwright summit). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Castle Crag (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Castle Crag (0.7 km), King's How - Grange Fell (0.9 km), Grange Fell (Brund Fell) (1.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Castle Rock (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Walking base for Brown Crag, White Side, Raise and Stybarrow Dodd — the 'Brown Crag and Raise' route starts 213 m away. Also serves 'Three Dodds and Calfhow Pike'. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cat Bells (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Cat Bells (Catbells) (0.5 km), Skelgill Bank (0.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cat Bells Catbells (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
0.5 km from Cat Bells Catbells.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cat Bells car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Cat Bells (Catbells) (0.5 km), Skelgill Bank (0.6 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cat Bells, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 10 spaces
Nearest fells: Cat Bells (Catbells) (0.8 km), Skelgill Bank (1.4 km), Maiden Moor (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Causey Pike (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Causey Pike (1.3 km), Scope End (1.3 km), Rowling End (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Church Bridge, Troutbeck (limited)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spacesBus route
Start of: Capple Howe & Sallows
For Wansfell, Troutbeck Tongue and the Ill Bell ridge via Garburn Pass.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Claife Heights, south-east (layby 2)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Claife Heights (0.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Dirt surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Claife Heights, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Claife Heights (1.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Dirt surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cleator Moor car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.7 km from Dent. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cleator Moor car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 20 spaces
Nearest published walking: 4.5 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 3.0 km from Dent. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cleator Moor car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.7 km from Dent. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cleator Moor car park 3
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.6 km from Dent. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cleator Moor car park 4
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.3 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.7 km from Dent. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cleator car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.5 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.3 km from Dent. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Clifton (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 2 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Heughscar Hill, 5.9 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Clifton, south-east (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 2 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Heughscar Hill, 5.9 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Clints Crags (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Clints Crags (Wainwright summit) (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Co-op Car Park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.8 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 3.2 km from Dent. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cockermouth car park (paid) 2
PaidCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.2 km from Watch Hill. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cockermouth car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 60 spacesBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from Watch Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cockermouth, south-west car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.4 km from Watch Hill. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cold Fell (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 1 space
3.1 km from Cold Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cold Fell car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
Nearest fells: Cold Fell (0.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cold Fell road (verge)
Charge not verifiedVerge
Verge parking on the Calder Bridge–Ennerdale road for Lank Rigg and Ponsonby Fell.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Competitors
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.4 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.7 km from Kelton Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Competitors Pits
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.5 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.7 km from Kelton Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Coniston (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
0.8 km from the 'The Sun Pub Walk (Coniston)' route start; 0.9 km from the 'North of Coniston Birketts' route start. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Coniston Station car park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Start of: Coniston Old Man Round, North of Coniston Birketts
On the old station site, west of the village. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37306 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Coniston, Bluebird Car & Coach Park (paid) (0.57 km), Coniston, Ruskin Avenue (paid) (0.59 km), Walna Scar Road, Coniston (paid, rough track) (1.43 km)
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Coniston, Ruskin Avenue (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Start of: The Sun Pub Walk (Coniston)
Village car park — the full Coniston round, Old Man and Wetherlam. Fees: pay and display; cards only.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Coniston, south-east (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
OpenStreetMap tags this bay as coaches only - motor vehicles are not permitted, so this is not a car parking space (OSM way/929886136, checked Aug 2026). 0.7 km from the 'The Sun Pub Walk (Coniston)' route start; 0.9 km from the 'North of Coniston Birketts' route start. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Coppermines and Old Man Car Park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 50 spaces
Nearest fells: Kitty Crag (1.7 km), Long Crag - Yewdale Fells (1.7 km), High Wythow (1.9 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Corney (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.8 km from Kinmont Buck Barrow. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Corney (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.7 km from Kinmont Buck Barrow. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Corney Fell road summit (verge)
Charge not verifiedVerge
Start of: Around Sele Bottom, Awkward Around Swinside Fell
High verge start for Buck Barrow, Whit Fell and the Corney fells.
Position: original · details: none · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cotes (layby) 2
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.7 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cow Bridge, Hartsop (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Start of: Finishing of the Far Eastern Fells, Hartsop Fells and Hart Crag, Middle Dodd Little Hart Crag and High Hartsop Dodd
Paid car park by Brothers Water — Hartsop above How, Dovedale, Caudale Moor. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37323 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Crab Haws car park, Bethecar Moor (free)
FreeCar park
Start of: Low Light Haw
Small, free car park about 0.8 miles N of High Nibthwaite (OS SD 296 909; what3words ///fault.swordfish.insect). The hidden entrance is immediately after a field on the right. The natural start for the quiet Bethecar Moor / Blawith Birketts (Low & High Light Haw, Arnsbarrow Hill), with a path up through the woods. High Nibthwaite's own roadside laybys are very limited, so use Crab Haws to avoid blocking farm access.
Position: original · details: entry · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Crook Hall car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from the 'Brunt Knott from Staveley' route start; 2.9 km from Unnamed top (School Knott). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cross Keys, Cautley (A683 layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Layby by the temperance inn — Cautley Spout, Yarlside, The Calf's east side.
Position: original · details: none · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Crosthwaite Green car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 8 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Crosthwaite Green, south car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 4 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.6 km from Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Crummock Water, Cinderdale Common (free)
FreeCar parkBus route
Roadside common by Crummock Water - Rannerdale Knotts and Whiteless Pike.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cunswick Scar, east car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Cunswick Scar (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cunswick Scar, north car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 20 spaces
Nearest fells: Cunswick Scar (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Cunswick Scar, north-east car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Cunswick Scar (1.9 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Darling Fell (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 9 spaces
1.1 km from Darling Fell. With a phonebox.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Darling Fell, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Darling Fell (0.7 km), Loweswater Fell (Low Fell South Top) (1.0 km), Low Fell (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Darling Fell, west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 15 spaces
Nearest fells: Darling Fell (0.9 km), Loweswater Fell (Low Fell South Top) (1.5 km), Low Fell (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Deanscales car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Demming Crag (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Demming Crag (1.5 km), Horsehow Crags (1.7 km), Harter Fell (Eskdale) (1.7 km). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dent (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 8 spaces
Nearest fells: Dent (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dent car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Dent (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dent, north-east car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 8 spaces
Nearest fells: Dent (1.0 km), Flat Fell (1.1 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Devoke Water turning, Birker Fell road (verge)
FreeVerge
Start of: Birketts Around Devoke Water, Green Crag & Great Whinscale — the wild Birker Fell round
Rough free parking by the bridleway to Devoke Water for the Birker Fell group.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dockray (roadside)
Charge not verifiedVergeBus route
Verge parking for the Dodds and Matterdale Common.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dodd (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Dodd (Skiddaw) (0.8 km), Long Side (1.7 km), Ullock Pike (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dodd Lorton (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 4 spaces
2.3 km from Dodd Lorton.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dodd car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Dodd (Skiddaw) (1.7 km), Skiddaw Lesser Man (1.9 km), Carl Side (2.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dodgson Wood car park, Coniston Water east shore (Forestry England)
Charge not verifiedCar park
Start of: Top o' Selside
Forestry England car park on the east side of the lake road south of Brantwood (OS SD 301 893). A steeper alternative start for the Bethecar Moor fells, climbing through the woodland past Parkamoor.
Position: original · details: none · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Duddon Bridge (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from Great Stickle. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Duddon Bridge, north-east (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from Great Stickle. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Duddon Furnace (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 5 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.6 km from Great Stickle. Ground surface (OSM-tagged). Fees: pay and display; RingGo ID 27332 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunmallet, east (layby 2)
FreeLay-byBus route
Walking base for Heughscar Hill and Arthur's Pike — the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route starts 195 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). OSM records a 2-hour maximum stay here (24 Jul 2026 extract) - that will not cover the Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike walk, which is about 3 hours; 'Dunmallet, south-east car park (free)' is 38 m from the same route start and carries no such limit.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunmallet, east (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Walking base for Heughscar Hill and Arthur's Pike — the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route starts 322 m away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunmallet, north-east (layby 4)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill) (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunmallet, north-east (layby 5)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill) (1.3 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunmallet, south car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill) (0.7 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunmallet, south-east car park (free)
FreeCar parkBus route
Walking base for Heughscar Hill and Arthur's Pike — the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route starts 38 m away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunmallet, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill) (0.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunnerdale Fells (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 5 spaces
0.9 km from Dunnerdale Fells.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunnerdale Fells, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Dunnerdale Fells (1.3 km), Great Stickle (1.4 km), Tarn Hill (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunnerdale Fells, west (layby 2)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Dunnerdale Fells (0.7 km), Tarn Hill (1.0 km), Great Stickle (1.1 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Dunnerdale Fells, west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Dunnerdale Fells (0.7 km), Tarn Hill (1.0 km), Great Stickle (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ennerdale Bridge car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.1 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.3 km from Blakeley Raise. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Esthwaite Water (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.7 km from the 'Hawkshead into the woods' route start; 2.8 km from Claife Heights. Ground surface (OSM-tagged). Fees: pay and display; RingGo ID 37339 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Fairmile Gate, Howgill Lane (verge)
Charge not verifiedVerge
West-side access to Fell Head and the Lune-side Howgills.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Faulds Brow car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Faulds Brow (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Faulds Brow, east car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Faulds Brow (0.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Faulds Brow, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Faulds Brow (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Fell Side car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 6 spaces
Nearest published walking: 4.1 km from the 'North of Skiddaw' route start; 2.7 km from Brae Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Finsthwaite Heights car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Community walk pages start here for 'Low and High Dam, Finsthwaite' (community walk listings). Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Fisher Crag (layby, north)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 5 spaces
0.6 km from Fisher Crag.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Fisher Crag (layby, south)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 5 spaces
0.7 km from Fisher Crag.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Fisher Crag (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 4 spaces
0.4 km from Fisher Crag.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Fisher Crag car park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Walking base for Helvellyn, Helvellyn Lower Man, White Side and Nethermost Pike — the 'Helvellyn from Swirls: the walkers’ way up' route starts 36 m away. Also serves 'Helvellyn & Nethermost Pike via Seat Sandal'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Flat Fell (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
Start of: Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg
0.7 km from Flat Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Fleetwith Pike (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Fleetwith Pike (0.9 km), Honister Crag (Black Star) (1.4 km), Haystacks (Buttermere) (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Frizington car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 3.8 km from Flat Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Gale Crag (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 10 spacesBus route
Walking base for Middle Dodd, Little Hart Crag (Little Hart Crag - West Top), High Hartsop Dodd and Gale Crag — the 'Middle Dodd Little Hart Crag and High Hartsop Dodd' route starts 56 m away. Also serves 'Hartsop Fells and Hart Crag'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Garth Row (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.8 km from the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start; 3.3 km from Ulgraves. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Garth Row (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start; 2.0 km from Ulgraves. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Garth Row car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.3 km from the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start; 2.5 km from Ulgraves. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Gategill Fell Top car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 18 spaces
2.1 km from Gategill Fell Top. Privately run rather than National Trust or LDNPA. A price was reported here and is NOT published: a fee needs a source and a date.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 40 spacesBus route
Farm car park at the foot of Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike and the High Stile ridge.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Glenridding (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Main Helvellyn-from-the-east base: Striding Edge, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor; also Sheffield Pike, Glenridding Dodd.
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Glenridding Dodd (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest fells: Glenridding Dodd (1.1 km), Brown Hills (1.5 km), Heron Pike (Glenridding) (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Glenridding Dodd car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Walking base for Glenridding Dodd, Heron Pike (Glenridding), Sheffield Pike and Catstye Cam — the 'Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor' route starts 307 m away. Also serves 'Helvellyn via Striding Edge & Swirral Edge'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Glenridding Dodd, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest fells: Glenridding Dodd (0.9 km), Heron Pike (Glenridding) (1.4 km), Brown Hills (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Glenridding village car park (northern part) (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Start of: Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor
Walking base for Glenridding Dodd, Heron Pike (Glenridding), Sheffield Pike and Catstye Cam — the 'Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor' route starts 58 m away. Also serves 'Helvellyn via Striding Edge & Swirral Edge'. Toilets on site. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37316 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Goat Crag (layby)
FreeLay-by
Start of: Alternative Hardknott Round (Green Crag, Harter Fell & Hard Knott)
Walking base for Green Crag, Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Hard Knott — the 'Alternative Hardknott Round (Green Crag, Harter Fell & Hard Knott)' route starts 25 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Goat Crag, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Green Crag, Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Hard Knott — the 'Alternative Hardknott Round (Green Crag, Harter Fell & Hard Knott)' route starts 204 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Gosforth (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.8 km from Ponsonby Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Gosforth car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from Ponsonby Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Gosforth car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.6 km from Ponsonby Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Gowk Hill (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Gowk Hill (0.8 km), The Nab (1.1 km), Brownthwaite Crag (1.2 km). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grandsire car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Unnamed top (School Knott) (1.6 km), Grandsire (2.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grange-over-Sands car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.2 km from Hampsfell (Wainwright summit). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grange-over-Sands car park 4
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.1 km from Hampsfell (Wainwright summit). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grange-over-Sands station (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
At the station on the Furness line — the car-free approach to Hampsfell.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grange-over-Sands, Kents Bank Road (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 53 spacesBus route
Town car park — Hampsfell and its hospice viewpoint straight from the town.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grasmere, roadside layby (free)
FreeLay-byabout 20 spaces
Free roadside layby just outside the village, room for about 20 cars and usually busy. No facilities beyond bins.
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grasmoor (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Grasmoor (1.6 km), Lad Hows (1.7 km), Mellbreak North Top (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grasmoor (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 8 spaces
1.6 km from Grasmoor.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Graythwaite car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from the 'Carron Crag from Grizedale' route start; 2.4 km from Finsthwaite Heights. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Bank (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Great Bank (0.8 km), Irton Fell (1.4 km). Free (community-reported). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Bank car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Great Bank (1.7 km). Free (community-reported).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Bank car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Great Bank (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Crag (layby)
FreeLay-by
Start of: Ullscarf, Eagle Crag & Sergeant's Crag
Walking base for Lining Crag, Ullscarf, Sergeant's Crag and Eagle Crag — the 'Ullscarf, Eagle Crag & Sergeant's Crag' route starts 17 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Crag car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Walking base for Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot, Dovenest Top (Dovenest Crag) (Stonethwaite Fell), Thornythwaite Fell and Castle Crag — the 'The Borrowdale Fells (Rosthwaite Fell round)' route starts 174 m away. Also serves 'Castle Crag, Brund Fell & Great Crag'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Crag, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Lining Crag, Ullscarf, Sergeant's Crag and Eagle Crag — the 'Ullscarf, Eagle Crag & Sergeant's Crag' route starts 59 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great How (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Community walk pages start here for 'The Dodds and Clough Head, via Sticks Pass and St John's in the Vale' (community walk listings). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Mell Fell (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
1.2 km from Great Mell Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Mell Fell car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Great Mell Fell (2.0 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Mell Fell layby
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Start of: Great Mell Fell
Small layby at the foot of Great Mell Fell.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Mell Fell, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spaces
Nearest fells: Great Mell Fell (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Great Mell Fell, south-west car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 6 spacesBus route
Nearest fells: Great Mell Fell (1.1 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Green Hill Gowbarrow Park (verge, east)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
0.8 km from Green Hill Gowbarrow Park.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Green Hill Gowbarrow Park (verge, middle)
FreeVergeabout 6 spaces
0.6 km from Green Hill Gowbarrow Park. Nearest fells: Green Hill - Gowbarrow Park (0.6 km), Low Birk Fell (1.3 km), Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit) (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Green Hill Gowbarrow Park (verge, west)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 6 spaces
0.8 km from Green Hill Gowbarrow Park.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Green Hill car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Green Hill - Gowbarrow Park (0.7 km), Low Birk Fell (1.3 km), Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit) (1.6 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Green How (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Green How - Aughertree Fell (0.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Green Pikes car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 2 spaces
1.3 km from Green Pikes.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Greendale, Nether Wasdale (roadside, free)
FreeVergeBus route
Free verge parking for Middle Fell, Seatallan and Buckbarrow. OSM records the mapped parking area here as access=private - it may not be open to the public; the free verge parking is the roadside, not the yard (OSM element way/859299301, 2026-07-24 extract).
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Greenholme (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 15 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.6 km from the 'Ulthwaite Rigg' route start; 3.1 km from Wasdale Pike. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Greenholme, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.1 km from the 'Crookdale Birketts' route start; 2.5 km from Wasdale Pike. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Greenodd car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Bigland Barrow, 5.4 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Greety Gate car park 4
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Burney, 5.0 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grey Knotts car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Grey Knotts (1.7 km), Dale Head (1.9 km), Honister Crag (Black Star) (1.9 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Greystoke Gill car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.9 km from Eycott Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grike car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 25 spaces
Nearest fells: Grike (1.4 km), Crag Fell (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grizebeck car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.5 km from Burney. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grizebeck car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.4 km from Burney. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Grizedale Forest (disabled)
Charge not verifiedCar park
Walking base for Carron Crag — the 'Carron Crag from Grizedale' route starts 201 m away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival. No camping or overnight stays in any Grizedale Forest car park (Forestry England, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Haile Church Car Park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.8 km from Cold Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hall Waberthwaite car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.1 km from Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hallin Fell (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Walking base for Swarth Fell (Ullswater), Loadpot Hill, Brownthwaite Crag and Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts) — the 'Swarth Fell and Loadpot Hill' route starts 421 m away. Also serves 'Hallin Fell'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hallin Fell (verge, east)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
1.2 km from Hallin Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hallin Fell (verge, west)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
1.3 km from Hallin Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hallin Fell car park (free)
FreeCar park
Start of: Swarth Fell and Loadpot Hill
Walking base for Swarth Fell (Ullswater), Loadpot Hill, Brownthwaite Crag and Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts) — the 'Swarth Fell and Loadpot Hill' route starts 6 m away. Also serves 'Hallin Fell'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hallin Fell, north-west (layby 2)
FreeLay-byabout 8 spaces
Nearest fells: Hallin Fell (1.3 km), Green Hill - Gowbarrow Park (1.4 km), Sleet Fell (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hallin Fell, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 10 spaces
Nearest fells: Hallin Fell (1.3 km), Green Hill - Gowbarrow Park (1.3 km), Sleet Fell (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hallin Fell, south-east car park (free)
FreeCar park
Start of: Birketts to the South of Ullswater, Fusedale Circuit, Hallin Fell
Walking base for Hallin Fell, Sleet Fell, Low Birk Fell and Birk Fell (Bleaberry Knott - Birk Fell) — the 'Hallin Fell' route starts 8 m away. Also serves 'Birketts to the South of Ullswater'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hallthwaites (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.3 km from White Hall Knott. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hampsfell (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spaces
Nearest fells: Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hampsfell car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hampsfell car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest fells: Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) (1.6 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hampsfell, east car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) (1.9 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hampsfell, south car park 3
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) (1.6 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hampsfell, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hampsfell, south-east car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) (1.6 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hard Knott (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 1 space
1.7 km from Hard Knott.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hard Knott car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Hard Knott (1.2 km), Border End (1.3 km), Yew Bank (1.7 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hardknott Pass (roadside pull-ins)
Charge not verifiedVerge
Limited pull-ins near the pass summit for Hard Knott and Harter Fell. Don't block passing places.
Position: original · details: none · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hartbarrow (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Birch Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hartsop Dodd (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spaces
Nearest fells: Hartsop Dodd (0.9 km), High Hartsop Dodd (1.2 km), Gale Crag (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hartsop Dodd car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 4 spaces
Nearest fells: Hartsop Dodd (0.9 km), Gale Crag (1.2 km), Brock Crags (Wainwright) (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hartsop village (free, donation)
FreeCar parkabout 25 spaces
Start of: Angletarn Pikes and the Martindale round, Brock Crags, Angletarn Pikes, Beda Fell & Place Fell, Caudale Moor & St Raven's Edge, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike, Thornthwaite Crag and Gray Crag
For Hartsop Dodd, Gray Crag, High Street via Hayeswater, Brock Crags.
If it’s full: Cow Bridge, Hartsop (paid) (0.87 km)
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Haverigg car park 4
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Black Combe South Top, 5.9 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hawkshead Car & Coach Park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Start of: Hawkshead into the woods
The main Hawkshead car park - Latterbarrow and Claife Heights. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hawkshead Hill (layby)
FreeLay-by
0.7 km from the 'Holme Fell and Black Fell' route start; 0.8 km from the 'Tarn Hows circuit' route start. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hawkshead Hill car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
1.2 km from the 'Holme Fell and Black Fell' route start; 1.2 km from the 'Tarn Hows circuit' route start. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hawse End / Skelgill Bank, Catbells (roadside, limited)
Charge not verifiedVergeBus route
Very limited roadside parking — better to use the 77 bus or the Keswick launch to Hawse End.
Position: original · details: none · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Healthcare Centre Parking
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.3 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.8 km from Dent. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Heaves (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 5.7 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Heaves (layby) 3
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 5.6 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Heaves (layby) 4
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 5.6 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Heaves car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 8 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Heaves car park (free) 5
FreeCar parkabout 15 spacesBus route
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Scout Scar (Wainwright summit), 5.2 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Heaves, north (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 8 spaces
Nearest published walking: 4.1 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hell Gill Pike (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
0.9 km from Hell Gill Pike.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hell Gill Pike (verge, south)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
Start of: Black Sails & Great How, Stonesty Pike, Great Knott & Wrynose Fell
1.3 km from Hell Gill Pike.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Helm Crag (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest fells: Helm Crag (0.9 km), Stone Arthur (1.3 km), Gibson Knott (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Helm Crag car park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Helm Crag (0.8 km), Stone Arthur (1.5 km), Gibson Knott (1.7 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hesk Fell (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
1.4 km from Hesk Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hesket Newmarket car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
Nearest published walking: 5.0 km from the 'Carrock Fell and Knott' route start; 4.3 km from High Pike (Caldbeck). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Bridge End Caravan and Camping Site (free)
FreeLay-byBus route
Walking base for Brown Crag, White Side, Raise and Stybarrow Dodd — the 'Brown Crag and Raise' route starts 212 m away. Also serves 'Three Dodds and Calfhow Pike'. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Dale Park car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 1.9 km from the 'Carron Crag from Grizedale' route start; 3.0 km from Carron Crag. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Dale Park car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 1.8 km from the 'Carron Crag from Grizedale' route start; 2.9 km from Carron Crag. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Dam, Finsthwaite (paid)
PaidCar park
Car park for High Dam and Finsthwaite Heights, above Lakeside. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Hartsop Dodd (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest fells: High Hartsop Dodd (1.0 km), Hartsop Dodd (1.1 km), Gale Crag (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Hartsop Dodd car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: High Hartsop Dodd (0.8 km), Middle Dodd (1.3 km), Caudale Moor - John Bell's Banner (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High House Bank (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: High House Bank (1.1 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Hows car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: High Hows (Lamplugh) (0.9 km), Owsen Fell (1.2 km), Murton Fell (Knock Murton) (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Pike Haw (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: High Pike Haw (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Rigg (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Threlkeld Knotts, Clough Head, Calfhow Pike and High Rigg (Naddle Fell) — the 'Threlkeld Knotts & Clough Head' route starts 347 m away. Also serves 'High Rigg'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Rigg South Top (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
1.1 km from High Rigg High Rigg South Top.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Rigg, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Threlkeld Knotts, Clough Head, Calfhow Pike and High Rigg (Naddle Fell) — the 'Threlkeld Knotts & Clough Head' route starts 340 m away. Also serves 'High Rigg'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Rigg, west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 8 spacesBus route
Nearest fells: High Rigg (High Rigg South Top) (1.5 km), High Rigg (Naddle Fell) (1.5 km), Walla Crag (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Snockrigg (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Walking base for High Snockrigg, Whiteless Pike, Thirdgill Head Man and Crag Hill (Eel Crag) — the 'High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows' route starts 250 m away. Also serves 'Great Bourne & Starling Dodd'. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Snockrigg (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 20 spaces
Start of: High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows
1.0 km from High Snockrigg.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Snockrigg car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 3 spacesBus route
Nearest fells: High Snockrigg (1.0 km), Robinson (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Snockrigg, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Walking base for High Snockrigg, Whiteless Pike, Thirdgill Head Man and Crag Hill (Eel Crag) — the 'High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows' route starts 391 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Wythow car park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Walking base for Long Crag - Yewdale Fells, High Wythow and Low Wythow — the 'The Sun Pub Walk (Coniston)' route starts 211 m away. Also serves 'North of Coniston Birketts'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). OpenStreetMap records it as weekends and school holidays only (2026-07-24 extract; unconfirmed by an operator - check on arrival).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
High Wythow, south-east car park (paid)
PaidCar park
The 'The Sun Pub Walk (Coniston)' route starts 326 m away. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hobcarton (free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
Nearest fells: Whinlatter (Brown How - Whinlatter) (0.6 km), Whinlatter Top (0.7 km), Hobcarton End (1.1 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hollow Moor (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spaces
Start of: Longsleddale Round (Kentmere Pike, Tarn Crag, Grey Crag & Shipman Knotts)
Walking base for Shipman Knotts, Kentmere Pike, Harter Fell (Mardale) and Little Harter Fell — the 'Longsleddale Round (Kentmere Pike, Tarn Crag, Grey Crag & Shipman Knotts)' route starts 6 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hollow Moor car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Walking base for Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and Thornthwaite Crag — the 'Kentmere Horseshoe' route starts 248 m away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Holme Fell, east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Holme Fell (0.8 km), Brackeny Crag (2.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Holme Fell, south (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Holme Fell (0.8 km), Brackeny Crag (1.1 km), Low Wythow (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Holmrook car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.1 km from Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Holmrook car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.4 km from Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Holmrook, south-west car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Honister Crag (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Honister Crag (Black Star) (0.7 km), Fleetwith Pike (0.8 km), Dale Head (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Honister Pass (paid, slate mine)
PaidCar parkBus route
Start of: Black Star Brandreth and others, Haystacks, Honister to Keswick: over the Newlands fells
Pay & display at the top of the pass — Dale Head, Fleetwith Pike, Grey Knotts with minimal ascent. This is the slate mine's own car park, the WESTERN one; the National Trust car park 170 m east is a separate one. You pay by card, inside the building, not at a machine in the car park. The posted opening is 9am but it is often later; the mine is content for you to arrive before it and pay on the way out, and the car park is covered by cameras (Lee McCoy, local observation, recorded 12 Aug 2026). Pay and display (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Seatoller (NT, paid) (2.33 km)
Position: osm · details: lee · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Horsehow Crags (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Horsehow Crags (0.8 km), Border End (1.2 km), Demming Crag (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Howe car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 5 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.4 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Huck's Brow (free)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: High House Bank (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hugh's Laithes Pike (verge)
FreeVerge
Start of: Bampton Fell, Birketts South of Burnbanks, Pinnacle Howe and Four Stones Hill
0.3 km from Hugh's Laithes Pike. Gravel lane parking at the road side; Lee added the OSM feature himself.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hutton Roof car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.7 km from the 'Carrock Fell and Knott' route start; 3.9 km from Carrock Fell. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hycemoor (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from Stoneside Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hycemoor car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Stoneside Hill, 5.3 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Hycemoor, east (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from Stoneside Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Informal pull-in on the Birker Fell road (roadside gravel patches only)
Charge not verifiedVerge
Community walk pages start here for 'Green Crag from the Birker Fell road' (community walk listings). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Irton Fell car park
Honesty boxCar parkabout 40 spaces
Start of: Whin Rigg, Illgill Head & the Wastwater Screes
2.0 km from Irton Fell. 40 vehicles (Lee, 9 Aug 2026). 98 m from the Whin Rigg / Illgill Head route start, whose nearest published pin was 2,361 m away. Fees: No pay-and-display machine; donation box (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Irton Pike car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Irton Pike (0.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Irton Road Station (free)
FreeCar parkabout 5 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from the 'Whin Rigg, Illgill Head & the Wastwater Screes' route start; 2.1 km from Great Bank. A station car park by its evidenced name ('Irton Road Station'). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Keld (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 1.6 km from the 'West of Wet Sleddale - Birketts' route start; 3.5 km from Great Ladstones. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Keld (layby) 2
FreeLay-by
1.2 km from the 'West of Wet Sleddale - Birketts' route start; 1.3 km from the 'Ulthwaite Rigg' route start. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kelton Fell (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Kelton Fell (0.7 km), Murton Fell (Knock Murton) (1.2 km), Godworth (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kelton Fell, west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 6 spaces
Nearest fells: Kelton Fell (0.8 km), Murton Fell (Knock Murton) (1.1 km), Godworth (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kendal (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 6 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.0 km from Cunswick Scar. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kendal car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.6 km from Cunswick Scar. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kendal car park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Cunswick Scar. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kendal car park (paid) 2
PaidCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.7 km from Cunswick Scar. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kendal car park (paid) 4
PaidCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.6 km from Cunswick Scar. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kendal, east (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 4 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from Cunswick Scar. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kendal, south car park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.0 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kendal, south car park (paid) 2
PaidCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kentmere Institute (donation, very limited)
Honesty boxCar parkabout 8 spaces
Start of: Kentmere Horseshoe
Tiny — arrive by 8am or use the verges lower down. Kentmere Horseshoe: Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Kentmere Pike. Donation box, about 8 spaces - OSM way/776958525 records note=Donation Box and payment:coins=yes (checked Aug 2026). Around eight spaces; the box is a donation box, not a machine (OSM way/776958525, 2026-07-24 extract).
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Keswick car park (paid) 5
PaidCar parkBus route
The 'Walk from Keswick' route starts 141 m away. Also serves 'Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Keswick, Bell Close (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 121 spacesBus route
Central, next to the bus interchange for the Ramblers. MiPermit location 712221 (Cumberland council, checked Aug 2026). Open Monday to Sunday (Cumberland council, checked Aug 2026). Pay and display (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Keswick, Otley Road (paid) (0.19 km), Keswick, Central Car Park (paid) (0.2 km), Keswick, Pencil Museum (paid) (0.62 km)
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Keswick, Crosthwaite Road (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 100 spacesBus route
North-west of the centre, handy for Skiddaw via Spoony Green. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Keswick, Otley Road (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 87 spacesBus route
North side of the centre. MiPermit location 712220. Open Monday to Sunday (Cumberland council, checked Aug 2026). Pay and display (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Keswick, Pencil Museum (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 80 spacesBus route
By the museum on the Cockermouth road, near the Keswick-to-Threlkeld railway path. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
King's How (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: King's How - Grange Fell (1.0 km), Grange Fell (Brund Fell) (1.6 km), Castle Crag (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
King's How car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: King's How - Grange Fell (1.0 km), Castle Crag (1.6 km), Grange Fell (Brund Fell) (1.6 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kinmont Buck Barrow (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Kinmont Buck Barrow (1.4 km), Stoneside Hill (1.6 km), Great Paddy Crag (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kinn (verge, east)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 20 spaces
2.0 km from Kinn. A long stretch of roadside with room for about 20 cars; buses park here too, so space can go quickly and the usable length varies (Lee McCoy, local observation, 12 Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kinn (verge, north)
FreeVergeabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Kinn (1.2 km), Seat How (Thornthwaite) (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). It is a verge rather than a formal layby, and the position here is Lee's own (Lee McCoy, 12 Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kinn car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 10 spaces
Start of: Coledale Round
1.0 km from Kinn. Room for about 10 cars (Lee McCoy, walked through it, 12 Aug 2026).
If it’s full: Braithwaite village (roadside/small areas) (0.51 km), Kinn (verge, east) (1.11 km)
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirgate Centre Car Park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 50 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.8 km from Watch Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirkby-in-Furness car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.7 km from Burney. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirkby-in-Furness car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.8 km from Burney. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirkland car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.5 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.8 km from Kelton Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirkland road end (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeBus route
Start of: Birketts by Kirkland
The classic west-side start for Cross Fell via the old corpse road.
Position: original · details: none · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirkland, north-west car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.7 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.7 km from Kelton Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirksanton (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.5 km from Black Combe South Top. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirksanton car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.4 km from Black Combe South Top. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirksanton car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Black Combe South Top, 5.9 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirksanton car park 3
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Black Combe South Top, 5.9 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirksanton, south-east car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.4 km from Black Combe South Top. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater (free)
FreeCar parkabout 50 spaces
Inn car park at Loweswater - please use the pub if you park here.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirkstone Pass (laybys / inn)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 68 spacesBus route
High start for Red Screes (30 min!), Caudale Moor and Middle Dodd. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival. The car park opposite the Kirkstone Pass Inn was traditionally free; the owner who bought the car park and the inn site in 2021 has since brought in fees, the report does not state the amount, and customers of the inn are offered free or discounted parking, so read the signs and ask inside (in-cumbria.com, read 2026-08-12).
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Kirkstone Pass summit (private, paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
The big car park opposite the Kirkstone Pass Inn, the start for Red Screes (30 min to the top), Caudale Moor and Middle Dodd. Unpaved. It was the National Park Authority's until June 2026, when the Authority handed the lease back; it belongs to the inn site's owner and has been charged since July 2026 - read the sign, and do not assume the pub's custom covers it (BBC and local press, read by Lee 8 Sep 2026).
Position: osm · details: lee · checked 2026-09-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Knipescar Common (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
Start of: Knipe Scar - Birkett
0.7 km from Knipescar Common.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Knipescar Common, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar) (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Knott Rigg (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Knott Rigg (0.8 km), Ill Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top) (0.8 km), Ard Crags (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Knowe Crags, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Knowe Crags (Blease Fell) (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lad Hows (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 3 spaces
1.2 km from Lad Hows.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lad Hows (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 5 spacesBus route
1.0 km from Lad Hows. Gravel verge.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lad Hows, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest fells: Lad Hows (1.4 km), Grasmoor (1.5 km), Mellbreak North Top (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lamb Pasture (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 5 spaces
Start of: Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag
1.7 km from Lamb Pasture.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lamb Pasture, north-east (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Lamb Pasture (1.5 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lamplugh Cross car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.2 km from Murton Fell (Knock Murton). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Langhowe Pike North Top (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 5 spaces
1.0 km from Langhowe Pike North Top.
If it’s full: Scalebarrow Knott (layby) (2.92 km)
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Latrigg (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 10 spaces
1.1 km from Latrigg. Roadside; Lee has walked past them.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg car park
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
Start of: Latrigg
Free car park at the top of Gale Road behind Latrigg — the shortest way up Skiddaw via Jenkin Hill, and 0.7 km from Latrigg itself. Gale Road runs a long way down and people park in random spots along it; this pin is the very top. Lee has confirmed in person.
If it’s full: Latrigg (verge) (2.47 km), Keswick, Crosthwaite Road (paid) (2.75 km), Keswick, Otley Road (paid) (2.99 km)
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 40 spaces
Start of: Lonscale Fell, Skiddaw Lesser Man, Skiddaw and Bakestall in the sun!, Up to Skiddaw Round Trip
Walking base for Lonscale Fell, Jenkin Hill, Skiddaw Middle Top and Skiddaw — the 'Up to Skiddaw Round Trip' route starts 6 m away. Also serves 'Lonscale Fell, Skiddaw Lesser Man, Skiddaw and Bakestall in the sun!'. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg, north-west car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Latrigg (1.2 km), Jenkin Hill (1.8 km), Skiddaw Lesser Man (1.9 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg, south-west car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Latrigg (1.6 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg, south-west car park (paid 2)
PaidCar park
The 'Walk from Keswick' route starts 216 m away. Also serves 'Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg, south-west car park (paid 3)
PaidCar park
The 'Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore' route starts 260 m away. Also serves 'Walk from Keswick'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg, south-west car park (paid 4)
PaidCar park
The 'Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore' route starts 265 m away. Also serves 'Walk from Keswick'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg, south-west car park (paid 6)
PaidCar park
The 'Castlerigg Stone Circle (from Keswick)' route starts 486 m away. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg, south-west car park (paid 8)
PaidCar park
The 'Walk from Keswick' route starts 253 m away. Also serves 'Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg, south-west car park (paid 9)
PaidCar park
The 'Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore' route starts 164 m away. Also serves 'Walk from Keswick'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latrigg, west (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Latrigg (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latterbarrow (layby, north)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 6 spaces
1.7 km from Latterbarrow.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Latterbarrow (layby, south)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 3 spaces
1.5 km from Latterbarrow.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Layby for Brant Fell
Charge not verifiedLay-byBus route
A loading bay, not parking - OpenStreetMap records access=delivery with a load/unload-only maximum stay (OSM node/5433763624, checked Aug 2026). 1 km from Brant Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Layby for Darling Fell (free)
FreeLay-by
1.2 km from Darling Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Levens (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.3 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Levens Hall layby (free)
FreeLay-byabout 30 spacesBus route
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 5.7 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Levens car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 6 spaces
Nearest published walking: 4.7 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ling Fell (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 6 spaces
Nearest fells: Ling Fell (0.9 km), Burthwaite Heights (1.6 km), Sale Fell (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ling Fell, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 8 spaces
Start of: Ling Fell & Sale Fell, Rivings and Lothwaite
Walking base for Ling Fell, Sale Fell, Rivings and Lothwaite — the 'Ling Fell & Sale Fell' route starts 80 m away. Also serves 'Rivings and Lothwaite'. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ling Fell, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Ling Fell (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lingmoor Fell (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Lingmoor Fell (Brown How) (1.0 km), Blake Rigg (Little Langdale) (1.3 km), Great Intake - Low Fell (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lingmoor Fell Brown How (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 1 space
1.1 km from Lingmoor Fell Brown How.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lingmoor Fell car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Lingmoor Fell (Brown How) (1.1 km), Great Intake - Low Fell (1.4 km), Blake Rigg (Little Langdale) (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Little Cockup car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 4 spaces
Start of: A quiet Birkett
1.8 km from Little Cockup.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Little Strickland (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.6 km from the 'Knipe Scar - Birkett' route start; 3.0 km from Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Little Town, Newlands (paid, small)
PaidCar park
Start of: Scope End, Hindscarth & Dale Head from Little Town
Newlands valley — Catbells, Maiden Moor, Hindscarth, Robinson.
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Littlethwaite (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.2 km from the 'Whinlatter Loop' route start; 2.3 km from Hatteringill Head - Whin Fell. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Long Crag car park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Walking base for Long Crag - Yewdale Fells, High Wythow and Low Wythow — the 'The Sun Pub Walk (Coniston)' route starts 265 m away. Also serves 'North of Coniston Birketts'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Longlands Fell car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 5 spaces
Start of: North of Skiddaw
Walking base for Longlands Fell, Lowthwaite Fell, Brae Fell and Little Sca Fell — the 'North of Skiddaw' route starts 1 m away. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lothwaite (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Lothwaite (1.6 km), Rivings (1.9 km), Barf (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lothwaite, north (layby 3)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Lothwaite (1.3 km), Sale Fell (1.4 km), Rivings (1.5 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lothwaite, north (layby 4)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Lothwaite (1.1 km), Sale Fell (1.2 km), Rivings (1.3 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lothwaite, north (layby 5)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Lothwaite (1.1 km), Sale Fell (1.2 km), Rivings (1.3 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lothwaite, north (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Lothwaite (0.8 km), Sale Fell (1.0 km), Rivings (1.1 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 4 spaces
1.0 km from Loughrigg Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell (verge, east)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 7 spaces
2.6 km from Loughrigg Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell (verge, west 2)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 4 spaces
1.2 km from Loughrigg Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell (verge, west 3)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
2.0 km from Loughrigg Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell (verge, west)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
1.1 km from Loughrigg Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 3 spaces
1.5 km from Loughrigg Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell, north car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Loughrigg Fell (1.2 km), Nab Scar (1.4 km). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell, west (layby 2)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spaces
The 'Elterwater riverside loop' route starts 425 m away. Also serves 'Elterwater & Skelwith Force'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell, west (layby 3)
FreeLay-by
The 'Elterwater & Skelwith Force' route starts 245 m away. Also serves 'Elterwater riverside loop'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell, west (layby 4)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Loughrigg Fell (1.0 km), Silver How (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell, west (layby 5)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spaces
The 'Elterwater riverside loop' route starts 482 m away. Also serves 'Elterwater & Skelwith Force'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell, west (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Loughrigg Fell (1.4 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell, west car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Walking base for Lingmoor Fell (Brown How) and Side Pike — the 'Elterwater & Skelwith Force' route starts 216 m away. Also serves 'Lingmoor Fell from Elterwater'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell, west car park (free)
FreeCar park
The 'Elterwater riverside loop' route starts 338 m away. Also serves 'Elterwater & Skelwith Force'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Loughrigg Fell, west car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Walking base for Lingmoor Fell (Brown How) and Side Pike — the 'Elterwater & Skelwith Force' route starts 310 m away. Also serves 'Lingmoor Fell from Elterwater'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Low Bowkerstead car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.8 km from the 'Carron Crag from Grizedale' route start; 2.6 km from Arnsbarrow Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Low Bowkerstead car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from the 'Carron Crag from Grizedale' route start; 3.3 km from Finsthwaite Heights. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Low Dale Park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.7 km from the 'Carron Crag from Grizedale' route start; 3.5 km from Finsthwaite Heights. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Low How (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 7 spaces
Start of: Hart Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, Watson's Dodd and more
0.7 km from Low How. Seen full by about 08:00 on a Saturday - Lee's own visit; a single sighting rather than a pattern.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Low How, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Hart Side, Green Side (White Stones - Green Side), Stybarrow Dodd and Raise — the 'Hart Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, Watson's Dodd and more' route starts 32 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Low Light Haw (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Unnamed top (Top o' Selside) (1.2 km), Low Light Haw (1.6 km), Wool Knott (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Low Light Haw, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Unnamed top (Top o' Selside) (1.0 km), Low Light Haw (1.4 km), Beacon Fell (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Low Lorton car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spacesBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.4 km from the 'Whinlatter Loop' route start; 2.1 km from Kirk Fell (Lorton). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lowick Community Hall (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 5.0 km from the 'Low Light Haw' route start; 2.9 km from Burney. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lowick car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Burney. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Lowther car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.4 km from Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mardale Head, Haweswater (free)
FreeCar parkabout 25 spaces
Start of: Birketts West of Haweswater, Mardale Horseshoe, Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, High Raise and Kidsty Pike, Mardale circuit, Two Birketts from Mardale Head
Free but small and fills very early — High Street, Harter Fell, Kidsty Pike, Branstree. Open at all times, but a Public Space Protection Order prohibits overnight parking (wildhaweswater.co.uk, checked Aug 2026). Open 24/7 (United Utilities, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Martindale, St Peter's church (free, limited)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
Quiet side of Ullswater — Hallin Fell, Steel Knotts, Beda Fell, Pikeawassa.
If it’s full: Aira Force, High Cascades (NT, paid) (3.6 km), Aira Force (NT, paid) (3.9 km)
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Middle Dodd (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Middle Dodd (0.6 km), Red Screes (0.9 km), St Raven's Edge (1.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Middle Dodd car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Middle Dodd (0.7 km), Red Screes (0.9 km), St Raven's Edge (0.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Middle Dodd, north-east car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 4 spaces
Nearest fells: Middle Dodd (0.7 km), Caudale Moor - John Bell's Banner (1.0 km), Red Screes (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Middle Fell (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Middle Fell (1.6 km), Illgill Head (1.7 km), Buckbarrow (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Middle Fell car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Middle Fell (1.4 km), Illgill Head (1.7 km), Buckbarrow (2.0 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Middle Fell, south (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Middle Fell (1.7 km), Illgill Head (1.7 km), Buckbarrow (1.8 km). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Middle Fell, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Middle Fell (1.2 km), Illgill Head (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mill Side (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.1 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mill Side (layby) 2
FreeLay-byabout 6 spacesBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.1 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mill Side (layby) 3
Charge not verifiedLay-byBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.2 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mill Side, Whitbarrow (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeBus route
For Whitbarrow (Lord's Seat) — limestone pavement and easy walking.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Millgill Bridge (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.0 km from the 'Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg' route start; 2.1 km from Flat Fell. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Millhouse (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.2 km from the 'Carrock Fell and Knott' route start; 2.2 km from Carrock Fell. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Millom car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.5 km from White Hall Knott. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mockerkin car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Owsen Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mockerkin car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.4 km from Owsen Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mockerkin, south-west car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.4 km from Owsen Fell. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Monk Coniston (SLDC, paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest fells: Low Wythow (2.0 km), High Wythow (2.0 km). Toilets on site (seasonal - not open all year). Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37307 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Moota (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.5 km from Clints Crags (Wainwright summit). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mosedale / Bowscale (verge)
Charge not verifiedVerge
Verge parking for Carrock Fell and the back o' Skiddaw fells via the Caldew valley.
If it’s full: Mungrisdale village hall (donation) (2.73 km), Mungrisdale (verge, by the village hall) (2.96 km), Roadside parking for The Tongue (free) (1.52 km)
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mosedale / Bowscale (verge, west)
Charge not verifiedVerge
Verge parking on the Caldew valley road, 1.2 km west of the other Mosedale / Bowscale verge - for Carrock Fell, Round Knott and the back o' Skiddaw fells. Fee and capacity are unknown: this is a location Lee supplied, not a survey.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Motherby (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.8 km from Eycott Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Muncaster Fell, south-west car park (free 2)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
Nearest fells: Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mungrisdale (verge, by the village hall)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 10 spaces
Roadside verge 240 m from the village hall car park — the same fells: Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags, Souther Fell, The Tongue.
If it’s full: Mungrisdale village hall (donation) (0.24 km)
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Mungrisdale village hall (donation)
Honesty boxCar park
Start of: Blencathra to Mungrisdale Common and over the back, Eycott Hills, The Tongue Birkett
For Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags, Souther Fell and The Tongue.
If it’s full: Mosedale / Bowscale (verge) (2.73 km), Scales, A66 (layby) (4.4 km)
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Nab Scar (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag and Steel Fell (Dead Pike - Steel Fell) — the 'Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag, Steel Fell and Tarn Crag' route starts 374 m away. Also serves 'Stone Arthur from Grasmere'. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Nab Scar car park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Nab Scar (0.9 km), Loughrigg Fell (1.4 km), Heron Pike (Rydal) (1.9 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Naddle Farm Top car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 10 spaces
Nearest fells: Naddle Farm Top (Naddle Horseshoe - 3) (0.9 km), Hugh's Laithes Pike (1.1 km), Pinnacle Howe (1.2 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
National Trust carpark
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Hampsfell (Wainwright summit), 5.4 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Natland (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Natland (layby) 2
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.5 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Natland car park (free) 2
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Natland car park (free) 3
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Natland, west (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 5 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.4 km from Scout Scar (Wainwright summit). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Near Sawrey (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.0 km from the 'Hawkshead into the woods' route start; 2.1 km from Claife Heights. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Near Sawrey, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.7 km from the 'Hawkshead into the woods' route start; 2.1 km from Claife Heights. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newbiggin (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start; 3.5 km from Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newbiggin (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.9 km from the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start; 3.8 km from Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newbiggin (layby) 3
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start; 3.6 km from Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newbiggin car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.8 km from the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start; 4.6 km from Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newby Bridge car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.0 km from Finsthwaite Heights. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell North (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Newton Fell North (0.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell North car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Newton Fell North (1.3 km), Staveley Fell (2.0 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell North, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 10 spaces
Nearest fells: Newton Fell North (1.6 km), Staveley Fell (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Dirt surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell North, south car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Newton Fell North (1.3 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell North, south-east (layby 2)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Newton Fell North (0.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell North, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Newton Fell North (0.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell South (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) (1.7 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell South, north-west (layby 2)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell South, north-west (layby 3)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) (1.0 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell South, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) (1.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell South, south car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) (0.9 km), Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) (1.9 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell South, south car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) (1.3 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newton Fell South, south-east (layby 2)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) (1.1 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Newtown car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 3.6 km from Heughscar Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Noble Knott, Whinlatter
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
1.2 km from Kinn. Noble Knott Car Park (Whinlatter) https://www.visitlakedistrict.com/plan-your-visit/travel/noble-knott-car-park-whinlatter-p1402571.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Oddendale (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.7 km from the 'West of Wet Sleddale - Birketts' route start; 4.6 km from Great Ladstones. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Oddendale, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
1.5 km from the 'West of Wet Sleddale - Birketts' route start; 1.5 km from the 'Ulthwaite Rigg' route start. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orrest Head (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spacesBus route
Nearest fells: Orrest Head (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orrest Head car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Walking base for Orrest Head — the 'Orrest Head' route starts 314 m away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orrest Head car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spacesBus route
Walking base for Orrest Head — the 'Orrest Head' route starts 77 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). OSM records a 2-hour maximum stay here between 09:00 and 18:00, every day including public holidays (24 Jul 2026 extract); the same element also carries an unlimited-stay tag, so the two contradict each other - check the signs before leaving the car for longer.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orrest Head, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 6 spaces
Nearest fells: Orrest Head (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orrest Head, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Orrest Head (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orrest Head, south (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Walking base for Orrest Head — the 'Orrest Head' route starts 263 m away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orrest Head, south car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Walking base for Orrest Head — the 'Orrest Head' route starts 276 m away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orrest Head, south-west (layby 2)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spacesBus route
Nearest fells: Orrest Head (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orrest Head, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Orrest Head (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orthwaite Bank (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Orthwaite Bank (0.7 km), Little Cockup (1.2 km), Cockup (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Orton village (free)
FreeCar park
For Orton Scar, Great Asby Scar and the Crosby Ravensworth fells.
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ouse Bridge (Banks Point)
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.1 km from the 'Rivings and Lothwaite' route start; 2.3 km from Lothwaite. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Overflow Car Parking
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: High Wythow (2.0 km). Grass surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Papcastle car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.7 km from Watch Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Papcastle car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.4 km from Watch Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Pardshaw car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.0 km from Owsen Fell. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Patterdale (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
For Place Fell, St Sunday Crag, the Grisedale fells.
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Peel Wyke harbour
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Lothwaite (1.1 km), Sale Fell (1.4 km), Rivings (1.4 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Pelter Bridge, Rydal (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 25 spacesBus route
Start of: Fairfield Horseshoe, Rydal Water & Rydal Caves
For Loughrigg and the Rydal side of the Fairfield Horseshoe. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards; RingGo ID 37305 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
If it’s full: White Moss, Lower (paid) (1.5 km), Ambleside, Rydal Road (paid) (1.7 km), White Moss Common, Upper (paid) (1.7 km)
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Penruddock (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from the 'Great Mell Fell' route start; 3.5 km from Little Mell Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Penruddock, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from the 'Great Mell Fell' route start; 3.4 km from Little Mell Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Peter House Farm, Bassenthwaite (roadside)
FreeVergeabout 5 spaces
Start of: Birketts North of Skiddaw, Cockup at the White Hause and other Birketts
Dash Falls track — Bakestall, Great Calva, Skiddaw the quiet way.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Plumgarths layby (free)
FreeCar parkabout 20 spaces
Nearest fells: Cunswick Scar (0.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ponsonby (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from Ponsonby Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ponsonby Fell car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Ponsonby Fell (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ponsonby car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.4 km from Cold Fell. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ponsonby, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from Ponsonby Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Pooley Bridge (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Start of: Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike
For Heughscar Hill, Dunmallard Hill, Arthur's Pike and the Roman road onto High Street's north end.
Position: original · details: entry · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Portinscale (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-by
1.3 km from the 'Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore' route start. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rannerdale Knotts (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Rannerdale Knotts (0.5 km), Lad Hows (1.6 km), Whiteless Pike (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rannerdale Knotts, south (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Rannerdale Knotts (0.5 km), Lad Hows (1.6 km), Whiteless Pike (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Raven Crag (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 4 spaces
0.5 km from Raven Crag.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Raven Crag car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Start of: Raven Crag Easy Walk
0.4 km from Raven Crag. Paid car park.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Raven's Barrow, east car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell) (0.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ravenglass (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.2 km from Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ravenglass (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.3 km from Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag. Toilets on site. Fees: pay and display; cards only; RingGo ID 37304 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ravenglass car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.3 km from Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ravenglass car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.4 km from Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag. Free (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Red Bank car park, Grasmere
PaidCar parkabout 77 spaces
Charges apply 08:00-20:00, 7 days a week incl. bank holidays. The council's own page is contradictory about access outside those hours - it says both open all day and open from 8am to 8pm - so do not count on getting in before 08:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. CASHLESS - card (Visa/MasterCard/contactless) only. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open 7 days a week incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-20:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Blue Badge: +1h free. CASHLESS - card (Visa/MasterCard/contactless) or PayByPhone 9919 only. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Redhills (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill), 5.0 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Redhills, west (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 5.0 km from the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start; 5.0 km from Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Redmain (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest published walking: 2.0 km from Clints Crags (Wainwright summit). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Reston Scar (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Reston Scar (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Reston Scar car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Reston Scar (0.9 km), Hugill Fell (Wainwright summit) (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Reston Scar, west (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest fells: Reston Scar (1.5 km), High Knott (1.7 km), Grandsire (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rigg Wood Car Park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Walking base for Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit), Arnsbarrow Hill and Stang Hill (Arnsbarrow Hill South Top) — the 'Top o' Selside' route starts 496 m away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside Parking, Fangs Brow, Loweswater (free)
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Burnbank Fell (1.6 km), Owsen Fell (1.6 km). Free (community-reported).
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside Parking, Harrow Head Farm, Wasdale (free)
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Buckbarrow (0.9 km), Glade How (1.0 km). Free (community-reported).
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Binsey (free)
FreeVergeabout 3 spaces
Start of: Binsey Walk
Approx 3 spaces. 1.1 km from Binsey. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Border End
Charge not verifiedVerge
0.5 km from Border End. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Brant Fell
Charge not verifiedVergeBus route
1 km from Brant Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Carrock Fell (free)
FreeVerge
Start of: Carrock Fell High Pike, Knott and Great Calva, Carrock Fell and Knott
1.2 km from Carrock Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Graystones (free)
FreeVerge
0.8 km from Graystones. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Great Crag (free)
FreeVerge
1.2 km from Great Crag. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Great How (free)
FreeVergeBus route
0.5 km from Great How. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Helm Crag
Charge not verifiedVerge
1 km from Helm Crag. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Hollow Moor (paid)
PaidVergeabout 8 spaces
Approx 8 spaces. 1.3 km from Hollow Moor. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Horsehow Crags north
Charge not verifiedVerge
0.7 km from Horsehow Crags. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Horsehow Crags south (free)
FreeVergeabout 8 spaces
Approx 8 spaces. 1.1 km from Horsehow Crags. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Latrigg (free)
FreeVerge
1.6 km from Latrigg. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Ling Fell (free)
FreeVergeabout 5 spaces
Approx 5 spaces. 0.6 km from Ling Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Longlands Fell (free)
FreeVerge
1.1 km from Longlands Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Raven Crag (free)
FreeVergeabout 4 spaces
Approx 4 spaces. 0.5 km from Raven Crag. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Reston Scar (free)
FreeVerge
0.9 km from Reston Scar. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Round Knott (free)
FreeVergeabout 6 spaces
Approx 6 spaces. 1.2 km from Round Knott. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Sale Fell (free)
FreeVerge
0.6 km from Sale Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Steel Fell (free)
FreeVerge
Start of: Cofa Pike Via Seat Sandal and Dollywaggon
0.9 km from Steel Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for The Tongue (free)
FreeVerge
1.9 km from The Tongue. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roadside parking for Watermillock Fell (free)
FreeVerge
0.2 km from Watermillock Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: osm · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roam Charging Station, Grasmere
Charge not verifiedCar park
1.4 km from Silver How. Roam Charging Station.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Robinson (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Robinson (1.1 km), Knott Rigg (1.2 km), High Snockrigg (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rosthwaite Fell car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Start of: Seathwaite, Green Gable, Base Brown
Walking base for Seathwaite Fell (Wainwright summit), Seathwaite Fell (Great Slack - Seathwaite Fell), Green Gable and Base Brown — the 'Seathwaite, Green Gable, Base Brown' route starts 78 m away. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rough Crag Birker Moor (verge, north)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
2.9 km from Rough Crag Birker Moor.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rough Crag Birker Moor (verge, south 2)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
1.3 km from Rough Crag Birker Moor.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rough Crag Birker Moor (verge, south 3)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
1.4 km from Rough Crag Birker Moor.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rough Crag Birker Moor (verge, south)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
0.9 km from Rough Crag Birker Moor.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Round How (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spaces
Walking base for Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit) and Little Mell Fell — the 'Gowbarrow Fell and Little Mell Fell' route starts 394 m away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Round Knott (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 1 space
1.3 km from Round Knott.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Round Knott (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
1.3 km from Round Knott.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Roundthwaite (free)
FreeCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start, 6.3 km away. Free (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Row car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.8 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Row car park (free) 2
FreeCar parkabout 3 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.1 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rowling End (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest fells: Rowling End (0.6 km), Barrow (0.9 km), Skelgill Bank (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rowling End car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 8 spaces
Nearest fells: Rowling End (0.5 km), Causey Pike (1.3 km), Cat Bells (Catbells) (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rowling End, east (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest fells: Rowling End (0.5 km), Skelgill Bank (1.1 km), Cat Bells (Catbells) (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rowling End, north-east (layby 2)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Rowling End (0.7 km), Barrow (0.8 km), Stile End (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rowling End, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest fells: Rowling End (0.6 km), Barrow (0.8 km), Skelgill Bank (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rowling End, south (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Walking base for Scope End, Red Knott, High Crags (Newlands) and Hindscarth — the 'Scope End, Hindscarth & Dale Head from Little Town' route starts 108 m away. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rowling End, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Rowling End (0.5 km), Cat Bells (Catbells) (1.3 km), Skelgill Bank (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Rydal car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
0.7 km from the 'Fairfield Horseshoe' route start; 0.7 km from the 'Rydal Water & Rydal Caves' route start. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sadgill, Longsleddale (free, limited)
FreeCar park
Start of: Birketts by Kentmere Horseshoe, Harrop Pike & Ancrow Brow - Birketts
Head of Longsleddale — Kentmere Pike, Shipman Knotts, Grey Crag, Tarn Crag.
Position: original · details: entry · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sale Fell (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Sale Fell (1.4 km), Rivings (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sale Fell car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Sale Fell (1.3 km), Lothwaite (1.4 km), Rivings (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sale Fell, north-west (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Sale Fell (1.7 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Satterthwaite car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 4 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.1 km from the 'Carron Crag from Grizedale' route start; 2.6 km from Carron Crag. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Scalebarrow Knott (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 10 spaces
0.9 km from Scalebarrow Knott.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Scales Fell (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
1.8 km from Scales Fell. Approx 8 spaces. 1.9 km from Scales Fell. Added from the 5 Aug 2026 OSM candidate review.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-12 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Scales Fell, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Atkinson Pike (Foule Crag), Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Doddick Fell and Scales Fell — the 'Blencathra by Sharp Edge' route starts 482 m away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Scales, A66 (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 4 spacesBus route
Laybys near the White Horse Inn — Blencathra via Scales Fell or Sharp Edge.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
School Car Park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from The Knott (Stainton Fell). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
School Knott (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Unnamed top (School Knott) (0.8 km), School Knott (1.3 km), Brant Fell (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Scout Scar / Underbarrow Road, Kendal (paid)
PaidCar park
Paid car park on the racecourse road — Scout Scar and Cunswick Scar in an hour or two.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Scout Scar, east car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Scout Scar (Wainwright summit) (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Scout Scar, north-east car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Scout Scar (Wainwright summit) (0.5 km), Cunswick Scar (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Seasonal Car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Walking base for Arnison Crag, Birks, St Sunday Crag and Gavel Pike — the 'St Sunday Crag' route starts 464 m away. Also serves 'Place Fell and The Knight'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Seat How (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Seat How (Thornthwaite) (1.7 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Seat How car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Seat How (Thornthwaite) (1.3 km), Barf (1.8 km), Ullister Hill (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Seat How, east (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Seat How (Thornthwaite) (1.4 km), Barf (1.7 km), Ullister Hill (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (free verge)
FreeVergeBus route
Start of: Allan Crags & Glaramara, Scafell Pike via the Corridor Route
Free verge parking on the Seathwaite lane — the honeypot start for the Scafells, Great Gable and Glaramara. Arrive very early.
If it’s full: Honister Pass (paid, slate mine) (1.8 km), Seatoller (NT, paid) (2.0 km), Rosthwaite (NT, paid) (3.8 km)
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Seathwaite, Duddon Valley (roadside)
Charge not verifiedVerge
Limited roadside parking near the Newfield Inn for the Dunnerdale fells and Walna Scar side.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-05 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sebergham (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Faulds Brow, 5.9 km away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sedbergh (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Main Howgills base — Winder, Arant Haw, The Calf from the town paths.
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sedgwick car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 6 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Scout Scar (Wainwright summit), 5.5 km away. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sedgwick car park (free) 2
FreeCar parkabout 4 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Scout Scar (Wainwright summit), 5.6 km away. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sedgwick car park (free) 3
FreeCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Scout Scar (Wainwright summit), 5.9 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sedgwick car park (free) 4
FreeCar parkabout 6 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Scout Scar (Wainwright summit), 5.3 km away. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Selside car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 10 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.6 km from the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start; 2.4 km from Ulgraves. Compacted surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Setmurthy car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 2 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.5 km from the 'Rivings and Lothwaite' route start; 2.4 km from Watch Hill (Setmurthy Common). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Shap (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.2 km from the 'West of Wet Sleddale - Birketts' route start; 3.8 km from Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Shap (layby) 2
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.0 km from the 'West of Wet Sleddale - Birketts' route start; 3.9 km from Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Shap car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from the 'West of Wet Sleddale - Birketts' route start; 3.9 km from Langhowe Pike North Top (Langhowe Pike). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Shap village (free)
FreeCar parkBus route
For the Shap fells and Crosby Ravensworth commons.
Position: original · details: entry · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Shap, north (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.2 km from the 'Knipe Scar - Birkett' route start; 4.2 km from Scalebarrow Knott. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Shipman Knotts (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 4 spaces
1.2 km from Shipman Knotts.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Side Pike (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Side Pike (0.4 km), Blake Rigg (Little Langdale) (1.3 km), Lingmoor Fell (Brown How) (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Side Pike (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
0.9 km from Side Pike.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Side Pike (verge, south)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 7 spaces
0.7 km from Side Pike.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Side Pike, west (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Side Pike (0.5 km), Blake Rigg (Little Langdale) (1.3 km), Wrynose Fell - Long Crag (1.5 km). Ground surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Silecroft (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.3 km from Black Combe South Top. Free (OSM-tagged). Toilets on site.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Silver How (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byBus route
Walking base for Tarn Crag (Easedale), Codale Head, Sergeant Man and Blea Rigg — the 'West of Grasmere' route starts 290 m away. Also serves 'Stone Arthur from Grasmere'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Silver How (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 6 spaces
1.7 km from Silver How.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Silver How car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 8 spaces
1.6 km from Silver How.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Silver How, north-east car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Walking base for Stone Arthur, Helm Crag, Gibson Knott and Calf Crag — the 'Stone Arthur from Grasmere' route starts 77 m away. Also serves 'Helm Crag & Far Easedale'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival. OpenStreetMap records parking allowed for a fee at weekends and in school holidays (2026-07-24 extract; unconfirmed by an operator - check on arrival).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Silver How, south car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Silver How (1.4 km), Lang How (1.9 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Silver How, south car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Silver How (1.3 km), Lang How (1.7 km), Swinescar Pike (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival. OSM records access=residents here - check the restriction before relying on it.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Skelgill Bank (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spaces
Walking base for Skelgill Bank, Cat Bells (Catbells), Maiden Moor and High Spy — the 'Catbells: the short way up' route starts 376 m away. Also serves 'Catbells, Maiden Moor & High Spy'. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Skelgill Bank car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Skelgill Bank (0.5 km), Cat Bells (Catbells) (0.6 km), Rowling End (2.0 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Skelgill Bank, north car park
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Start of: Catbells, Maiden Moor & High Spy, Catbells: the short way up
Walking base for Skelgill Bank, Cat Bells (Catbells), Maiden Moor and High Spy — the 'Catbells: the short way up' route starts 9 m away. Also serves 'Catbells, Maiden Moor & High Spy'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Skelgill Bank, north-east car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Walking base for Skelgill Bank, Cat Bells (Catbells), Maiden Moor and High Spy — the 'Catbells: the short way up' route starts 308 m away. Also serves 'Catbells, Maiden Moor & High Spy'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Skelsmergh (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.7 km from Cunswick Scar. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Skelsmergh, north (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from Ulgraves. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sockbridge car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.9 km from the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start; 4.0 km from Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sour Howes (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spaces
Walking base for Sour Howes, Capple Howe and Sallows — the 'Capple Howe & Sallows' route starts 496 m away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sour Howes, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spacesBus route
Nearest fells: Sour Howes (1.5 km), Baystones (Wansfell) (1.6 km), Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sour Howes, west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 4 spacesBus route
Walking base for Sour Howes, Capple Howe and Sallows — the 'Capple Howe & Sallows' route starts 227 m away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Souther Fell (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 7 spaces
2.1 km from Souther Fell.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Souther Fell, north-east (layby 2)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for The Tongue, Bowscale Fell, Eycott Hill and Little Eycott Hill — the 'The Tongue Birkett' route starts 113 m away. Also serves 'Eycott Hills'. Free (OSM-tagged). Grass surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Souther Fell, north-east (layby 3)
PaidLay-by
Walking base for Eycott Hill, Little Eycott Hill, Souther Fell and Scales Fell — the 'Eycott Hills' route starts 185 m away. Also serves 'Blencathra to Mungrisdale Common and over the back'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Souther Fell, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spaces
Nearest fells: Souther Fell (1.3 km), Little Eycott Hill (1.9 km), The Tongue (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Southerfell (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.3 km from the 'Blencathra by Sharp Edge' route start; 2.2 km from Souther Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Southwaite (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from Watch Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Southwaite (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.8 km from the 'Rivings and Lothwaite' route start; 2.9 km from Watch Hill. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Spark Bridge (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.9 km from Burney. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Spark Bridge car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.3 km from Burney. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Spout Force Waterfall (free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
Walking base for Kirk Fell (Lorton), Graystones (Graystones North Top), Graystones and Broom Fell — the 'Kirk Fell and Broom Fell' route starts 473 m away. Also serves 'Whinlatter Loop'. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Spout Force, Whinlatter (free)
FreeCar parkabout 3 spaces
Start of: Kirk Fell and Broom Fell, Whinlatter Loop
Small car park for Spout Force and the Whinlatter northern fells.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Catherine's Church, Eskdale
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 10 spaces
2.3 km from Kepple Crag. St Catherine's Church; payment required.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St John's in the Vale verge, High Rigg (free)
FreeVergeabout 5 spaces
Start of: High Rigg, Threlkeld Knotts & Clough Head
Free verge parking for High Rigg and Naddle Fell, room for about five cars. The nearest parking to either summit.
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Luke's Church Car Park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 16 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.1 km from the 'Top o' Selside' route start; 2.2 km from High Pike Haw. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Mary's Church Car Park (honesty box)
Honesty boxCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.1 km from Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat. Honesty-box donation (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Peter's Church (honesty box)
Honesty boxCar park
Nearest fells: Finsthwaite Heights (0.9 km). Honesty-box donation (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (0.9 km), Red Screes (1.1 km), Middle Dodd (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (1.0 km), Red Screes (1.1 km), Middle Dodd (1.9 km). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 4 spaces
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (1.5 km), Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (1.6 km), Troutbeck Tongue (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 6 spaces
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (0.4 km), Red Screes (0.6 km), Middle Dodd (1.1 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge, north-west car park (free 2)
FreeCar parkabout 6 spaces
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (0.6 km), Red Screes (0.6 km), Middle Dodd (0.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge, north-west car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (0.5 km), Red Screes (0.6 km), Middle Dodd (1.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge, south (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (1.4 km), Red Screes (1.8 km), Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge, south car park (free 2)
FreeCar parkabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (1.2 km), Red Screes (1.6 km), Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (2.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge, south car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (1.4 km), Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (1.7 km), Baystones (Wansfell) (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge, south-west (layby 2)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (0.9 km), Red Screes (1.2 km), Middle Dodd (2.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 1 space
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (1.1 km), Red Screes (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge, south-west car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (1.0 km), Red Screes (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
St Raven's Edge, west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spaces
Nearest fells: St Raven's Edge (0.4 km), Red Screes (0.6 km), Middle Dodd (1.2 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stainton car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.1 km from the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start; 4.0 km from Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stanger (layby) 2
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest published walking: 4.6 km from the 'Rivings and Lothwaite' route start; 3.6 km from Watch Hill. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Station Parking
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Stoneside Hill, 5.2 km away. A station car park by its evidenced name ('Station Parking'). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Staveley Fell (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 6 spaces
Nearest fells: Staveley Fell (1.9 km), Bigland Barrow (2.0 km), Newton Fell North (2.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Staveley Fell car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest fells: Staveley Fell (1.1 km), Gummer's How (1.7 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Staveley Fell, north-west car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest fells: Staveley Fell (1.2 km), Gummer's How (1.6 km), Finsthwaite Heights (2.0 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Staveley village (paid/free mix)
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Start of: Brunt Knott from Staveley
For Reston Scar, Hugill Fell and Potter Fell.
Position: osm · details: entry · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Steel End, Thirlmere (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 10 spacesBus route
South end of Thirlmere for the Wythburn valley and Armboth fells. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Pay and display (visitlakedistrict.com); named as a UU Thirlmere car park on unitedutilities.com, which states no fee details (United Utilities, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: aggregator · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Steel Fell (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest fells: Steel Fell (Dead Pike - Steel Fell) (1.0 km), Seat Sandal (1.5 km), Gibson Knott (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Steel Knotts (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts) (0.7 km), Sleet Fell (1.2 km), Beda Fell (Beda Head) (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stephenson Ground Farm car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest published walking: 4.5 km from the 'Birketts by Dunnerdale Fells' route start; 2.0 km from Yew Bank. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stephenson Ground Farm, south-east car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 6 spaces
Nearest published walking: 4.6 km from the 'Birketts by Dunnerdale Fells' route start; 2.0 km from Yew Bank. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stickle Pike (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Stickle Pike (0.6 km), Fox Haw (1.1 km), Brock Barrow (1.1 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stickle Pike, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Stickle Pike (0.6 km), Fox Haw (0.9 km), Raven's Crag (Stickle Pike) (1.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stone Arthur (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 8 spaces
1.2 km from Stone Arthur.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stone Pike (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 1 space
1.3 km from Stone Pike.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stonethwaite (roadside, limited)
Charge not verifiedVergeBus route
Small roadside area near the hamlet — Eagle Crag, Sergeant's Crag, Langstrath approaches.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stoneycroft Ghyll, Newlands (free)
FreeCar parkabout 15 spaces
Roadside car park in the Newlands valley - Causey Pike and Barrow.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stricklandgate House Car Park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.7 km from Cunswick Scar. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Stybarrow Crag layby (free)
FreeLay-byBus route
Nearest fells: Glenridding Dodd (0.7 km), Heron Pike (Glenridding) (1.4 km), Birk Fell (Bleaberry Knott - Birk Fell) (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Sunnyside Car Park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Walking base for Heughscar Hill and Arthur's Pike — the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route starts 187 m away. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Surprise View (NT) - accessible bays
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 4 spaces
Start of: Watendlath & the packhorse bridge
1.9 km from Bleaberry Fell. Four bays for blue-badge holders.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Swarth Fell (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Swarth Fell (Kinniside) (0.4 km), Burn Edge (1.0 km), Latter Barrow (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Swimming Pool Car Park
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Eycott Hill, 5.6 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Swineside Knott (layby)
PaidLay-by
Nearest fells: Swineside Knott (1.1 km), Brown Hills (1.1 km), Common Fell (1.5 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Swinklebank Crag (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Swinklebank Crag (Ancrow Brow) (1.0 km), Cocklaw Fell (1.4 km), Ancrow Brow North Top (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Swinside (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Swinside (0.8 km), Dodd (Lorton) (1.1 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Tarbarrel Moss car park (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 4 spacesBus route
Walking base for Hobcarton End, Grisedale Pike, Hobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head) and Sand Hill — the 'Birketts around Grisedale Pike' route starts 53 m away. Also serves 'Whinlatter Forest: Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill & Seat How'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Tarn Crags Top (layby)
FreeLay-by
Start of: Great Calva, Knott, High Pike and Carrock Fell
Walking base for Coomb Height, Knott, Great Calva and Carrock Fell — the 'Great Calva, Knott, High Pike and Carrock Fell' route starts 100 m away. Also serves 'Birketts by Carrock Fell'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Tarn Crags Top, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Tarn Crags Top (Bowscale Fell East Top) (1.4 km), Carrock Fell (1.4 km), Round Knott (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Gill, Ulverston (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 43 spaces
Charges apply 08:00-18:00, 7 days a week incl. bank holidays. Closed one week in May and one in September for the Fair. The council's own page is contradictory about access outside those hours - it says both open all day and open from 8am to 6pm - so do not count on getting in before 08:00 (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Open 7 days a week incl. bank holidays; charges apply 08:00-18:00. Closed one week in May and one in September for the Fair (W&F council, checked Aug 2026). Blue Badge: +1h free. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Hause, Little Mell Fell (verge)
Charge not verifiedVerge
Verge parking at the high point of the Watermillock road.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Hawk (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: The Knott (1.5 km), Raven's Crag (Stickle Pike) (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Hill (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.6 km from White Hall Knott. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Knott car park (donation)
Honesty boxCar park
Start of: Dunnerdale Fells
Nearest fells: The Knott (1.4 km), Great Stickle (1.5 km). Honesty-box donation (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Knott, east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: The Knott (1.5 km), Raven's Crag (Stickle Pike) (1.6 km), Fox Haw (2.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Pike (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spaces
Start of: Ulpha Birketts
Nearest fells: The Pike (1.1 km), Dunnerdale Fells (1.5 km), Stickle Pike (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Pike (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
1.1 km from The Pike.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Pike, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: The Pike (1.2 km), Dunnerdale Fells (1.4 km), Tarn Hill (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Ruddings (layby) 2
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from the 'Rivings and Lothwaite' route start; 2.5 km from Lothwaite. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Ruddings car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.1 km from the 'Rivings and Lothwaite' route start; 2.3 km from Lothwaite. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Square (free)
FreeCar parkBus route
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 7.9 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The Tram (free)
FreeLay-byabout 9 spaces
Nearest published walking: 2.4 km from Cunswick Scar. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
The White Horse (free)
FreeLay-by
Start of: Blencathra by Sharp Edge
Walking base for Atkinson Pike (Foule Crag), Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Doddick Fell and Scales Fell — the 'Blencathra by Sharp Edge' route starts 33 m away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Thornythwaite Fell (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Allen Crags, High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags), Red Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara) and Looking Steads (Glaramara) — the 'Allan Crags & Glaramara' route starts 135 m away. Also serves 'Scafell Pike via the Corridor Route'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Thornythwaite Fell, north-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Allen Crags, High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags), Red Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara) and Looking Steads (Glaramara) — the 'Allan Crags & Glaramara' route starts 255 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge)
Charge not verifiedVerge
High-level start for Pike o' Blisco, Cold Pike, Wet Side Edge and the Greenburn fells.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Threlkeld (layby) 2
FreeLay-byBus route
0.5 km from the 'Blencathra via Blease Fell' route start. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Threlkeld Car Park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Walking base for Knowe Crags (Blease Fell), Gategill Fell Top, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top and Doddick Fell — the 'Blencathra via Blease Fell' route starts 249 m away.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Threlkeld Knotts (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Threlkeld Knotts (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Threlkeld Old Station (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest fells: Threlkeld Knotts (1.8 km). Fees: pay by app only (no cash) (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Overnight occupation of vehicles is not permitted (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Pay by RingGo only; RingGo ID 37324 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Threlkeld village (free/donation)
Charge not verifiedCar parkBus route
Start of: Blencathra via Blease Fell
Blencathra via Hall's Fell ridge; Clough Head across the valley. No public car park is mapped here - the nearest parking areas are the Horse and Farrier's and the village hall's own customer land, and one is tagged private. Do not rely on a donation box (checked Aug 2026).
Position: lee · details: entry · checked 2026-08-07 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Thrimby (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.0 km from the 'Knipe Scar - Birkett' route start; 2.9 km from Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Thrushwood car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
0.9 km from the 'Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore' route start; 1.2 km from the 'Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell from Keswick' route start. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Tongue House (layby)
FreeLay-by
0.7 km from the 'Birketts by Dunnerdale Fells' route start. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Top o' Selside car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit) (1.7 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Torver (layby)
FreeLay-by
1.1 km from the 'Top o' Selside' route start. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Torver Common (free)
FreeCar park
1.3 km from the 'Top o' Selside' route start. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Torver car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.4 km from the 'Top o' Selside' route start; 2.0 km from High Pike Haw. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Torver, north car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.1 km from the 'Top o' Selside' route start; 2.2 km from High Pike Haw. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Torver, north-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.2 km from the 'Top o' Selside' route start; 2.4 km from High Pike Haw. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Town End car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.8 km from Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Town End, south car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.7 km from Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Town End, south car park 2
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 3.0 km from Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Trough House Bridge
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 2.6 km from the 'Green Crag & Great Whinscale — the wild Birker Fell round' route start; 2.7 km from Rough Crag (Birker Moor). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Troutbeck (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.1 km from the 'Great Mell Fell' route start; 2.1 km from Great Mell Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Troutbeck Bridge car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest published walking: 1.5 km from the 'Wray Castle & the Windermere west shore' route start; 3.0 km from Latterbarrow. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Troutbeck Tongue (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 3 spaces
Nearest fells: Troutbeck Tongue (1.2 km), Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (1.5 km), Baystones (Wansfell) (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Troutbeck Tongue car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 4 spaces
Nearest fells: Troutbeck Tongue (1.5 km), Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (1.5 km), St Raven's Edge (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Troutbeck Tongue, west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Troutbeck Tongue (0.9 km), Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (1.4 km), Baystones (Wansfell) (1.5 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Troutbeck, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
1.1 km from the 'Capple Howe & Sallows' route start. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Troutbeck, west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from the 'Great Mell Fell' route start; 2.2 km from Great Mell Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Ullock Pike car park (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Ullock Pike (1.1 km), Watches (1.3 km), Long Side (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Underscar (paid)
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Latrigg (1.3 km), Jenkin Hill (1.8 km), Skiddaw Lesser Man (1.9 km).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.1887,-2.8313
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights), 6.2 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.2001,-3.3083
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Black Combe South Top, 6.2 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.2058,-2.8153
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 6 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights), 6.0 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.2274,-2.7762
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 7.6 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.2691,-2.7591 (free)
FreeCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Scout Scar (Wainwright summit), 6.1 km away. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.3037,-3.4151
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Kinmont Buck Barrow, 6.6 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.4006,-2.6052 (free)
FreeCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start, 5.9 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.4074,-2.6085 (free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start, 5.6 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.4523,-2.6068 (free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Crookdale Birketts' route start, 5.4 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.4529,-2.6061 (free)
FreeCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Crookdale Birketts' route start, 5.4 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.4531,-2.6064 (free)
FreeCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Crookdale Birketts' route start, 5.4 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.6405,-2.7256
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Heughscar Hill, 6.2 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed car park at 54.6548,-2.7558
Charge not verifiedCar park
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start, 6.3 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.2135,-3.0652 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Bigland Barrow, 6.8 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.2214,-2.7732 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 8.2 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.2255,-2.7845 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 8 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 7.4 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.2336,-2.7730 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 7.3 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.2469,-2.7762 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spacesBus route
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 6.3 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.2476,-2.7763 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spacesBus route
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, 6.2 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.2602,-2.7485 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Scout Scar (Wainwright summit), 7.3 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.3629,-2.5922 (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start, 8.2 km away. Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.3704,-2.6351 (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start, 5.5 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.3836,-2.5975 (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start, 6.8 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.6430,-2.7320 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Heughscar Hill, 6.1 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.6481,-2.7393 (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byBus route
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Heughscar Hill, 6.3 km away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.6534,-2.7543 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike' route start, 6.3 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed layby at 54.6535,-2.7471 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Heughscar Hill, 6.6 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed roadside parking at 54.3731,-3.4655 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-by
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag, 6.3 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed roadside parking at 54.3762,-2.5720 (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 6 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start, 8.6 km away. Ground surface (OSM-tagged). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival. OSM records access=unknown here - check the restriction before relying on it.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed roadside parking at 54.3901,-2.5803 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag' route start, 7.7 km away. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged). OSM records access=unknown here - check the restriction before relying on it.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed roadside parking at 54.4345,-2.5887 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 6 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Crookdale Birketts' route start, 6.8 km away. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed roadside parking at 54.4406,-2.5921 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 10 spaces
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is the 'Crookdale Birketts' route start, 6.4 km away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Unnamed roadside parking at 54.6472,-2.7452 (free) (layby)
FreeLay-byBus route
No published walk starts within 5 km; the nearest is Heughscar Hill, 6.0 km away. Free (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Waberthwaite (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.4 km from The Knott (Stainton Fell). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Walla Crag car park (free)
FreeCar parkBus route
Start of: Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove and Armboth Fell
Walking base for Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat and Armboth Fell (Birkett) — the 'Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove and Armboth Fell' route starts 4 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Walla Crag car park (paid)
PaidCar park
Nearest fells: Walla Crag (1.4 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wallthwaite (layby)
PaidLay-by
1.1 km from the 'Blencathra by Sharp Edge' route start. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Walna Scar Road, Coniston (paid, rough track)
PaidCar parkabout 60 spaces
Start of: The Coniston Horseshoe
High paid car park above Coniston — Old Man, Dow Crag, Brown Pike with a head start. Fees: pay and display; cards only; RingGo ID 37321 (LDNPA, checked Aug 2026).
Position: osm · details: operator · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wansfell (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Wansfell (Wansfell North Top) (1.5 km), Baystones (Wansfell) (1.5 km), Wansfell Pike (1.6 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wansfell Pike (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 4 spacesBus route
Start of: Ambleside, Todd Crag, Rydal Cave
Walking base for Loughrigg Fell — the 'Ambleside, Todd Crag, Rydal Cave' route starts 85 m away. Also serves 'Stock Ghyll Force'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wansfell Pike (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
2.3 km from Wansfell Pike.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wansfell Pike car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 6 spaces
Nearest fells: Wansfell Pike (2.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wansfell Pike, west car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 9 spacesBus route
Start of: Stock Ghyll Force
Walking base for Loughrigg Fell — the 'Stock Ghyll Force' route starts 64 m away. Also serves 'Ambleside, Todd Crag, Rydal Cave'. Free (OSM-tagged). OpenStreetMap also records a 20-minute maximum stay here (9 spaces; fee last surveyed 1 Apr 2026), so treat it as a short-stay bay rather than a base for a walk. Twenty-minute maximum stay - OSM records maxstay=20 minutes here, so this is not a car park to leave a car in for a walk; check the signs on arrival (OSM element way/561321012, 2026-07-24 extract). OSM records a 20-minute maximum stay here (24 Jul 2026 extract) - check the restriction before relying on it.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watch Hill (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 15 spaces
2.7 km from Watch Hill. Supplied to 4 dp (~11 m) where the rest of the batch is 6 dp (~0.1 m).
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watch Hill car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 6 spaces
Nearest fells: Watch Hill (Setmurthy Common) (1.5 km), Watch Hill (1.9 km), Clints Crags (Wainwright summit) (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watch Hill, north (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Watch Hill (Setmurthy Common) (1.4 km), Watch Hill (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watch Hill, south (layby 3)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Watch Hill (Setmurthy Common) (1.7 km), Watch Hill (1.8 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watch Hill, south (layby 4)
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest fells: Watch Hill (1.9 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watch Hill, south (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Watch Hill (1.3 km), Watch Hill (Setmurthy Common) (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watch Hill, south-east (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Watch Hill (Setmurthy Common) (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watch Hill, south-east car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Watch Hill (Setmurthy Common) (1.2 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watch Hill, south-west car park
Charge not verifiedCar park
Nearest fells: Watch Hill (1.5 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: community · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watches (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 7 spaces
Nearest fells: Watches (0.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Watches, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spaces
Nearest fells: Watches (1.0 km), Ullock Pike (1.2 km), Long Side (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Water Crag (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 10 spaces
2.1 km from Water Crag.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Waterfoot Car Park (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Nearest fells: Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill) (0.4 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Gravel surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wath Brow, Cleator Moor (roadside)
Charge not verifiedVerge
Start of the Nannycatch/Dent paths for the far-western outliers.
Position: lee · details: none · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Welton (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 4.8 km from Faulds Brow. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wescoe (layby)
FreeLay-by
1.4 km from the 'Blencathra via Blease Fell' route start; 1.5 km from the 'High Rigg' route start. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wescoe (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 1.7 km from the 'High Rigg' route start; 2.2 km from Latrigg. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wescoe, east (layby)
FreeLay-by
1.1 km from the 'Blencathra via Blease Fell' route start. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wescoe, south-west (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 1.7 km from the 'High Rigg' route start; 2.1 km from Latrigg. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Westmorland Shopping Centre (paid)
PaidCar parkabout 629 spacesBus route
Nearest published walking: 2.8 km from Cunswick Scar. Paid parking (OSM-tagged). Multi-storey, pay on exit; OpenStreetMap records opening hours Mon-Sat 07:00-19:00, Sun and bank holidays 09:30-17:30 (OSM-tagged) - not confirmed with the centre.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-30 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wet Sleddale Reservoir Car Park
Charge not verifiedCar parkabout 10 spaces
Start of: Ulthwaite Rigg, West of Wet Sleddale - Birketts
2.4 km from Great Ladstones.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wet Sleddale dam (free)
FreeCar park
Start of: Borrowdale Birketts, Crookdale Birketts
For the quiet Shap-side fells: Seat Robert, Sleddale fells.
Position: original · details: entry · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whatshaw Common (layby)
FreeLay-by
Walking base for Robin Hood, Lord's Seat (Crookdale) (Lord's Seat - High House Fell), Harrop Pike and Great Saddle Crag — the 'Crookdale Birketts' route starts 237 m away. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whicham (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.5 km from Black Combe South Top. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whicham (layby) 2
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from Black Combe South Top. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whicham church, Silecroft road (verge)
Charge not verifiedVerge
The standard start for Black Combe. Silecroft station (Cumbrian Coast line) is ~2 km.
Position: original · details: none · checked 2026-08-02 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whin Rigg (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: Whin Rigg (Wasdale) (1.7 km), Buckbarrow (1.7 km), Illgill Head (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whin Rigg, north (layby 2)
PaidLay-by
Nearest fells: Whin Rigg (Wasdale) (1.6 km), Buckbarrow (1.7 km), Illgill Head (1.9 km). Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whin Rigg, north (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Nearest fells: Whin Rigg (Wasdale) (1.3 km), Buckbarrow (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whinlatter - Forestry England (paid)
PaidCar parkBus route
Walking base for Hobcarton End, Grisedale Pike, Hobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head) and Sand Hill — the 'Birketts around Grisedale Pike' route starts 59 m away. Also serves 'Whinlatter Forest: Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill & Seat How'. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whinlatter Top (verge)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
0.4 km from Whinlatter Top. Gravel verge.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whitbarrow, south-west (layby)
Charge not verifiedLay-byabout 4 spaces
Nearest fells: Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat (1.2 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whitbeck (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.2 km from Black Combe South Top. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whitbeck (layby) 2
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.1 km from Black Combe South Top. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whitbeck (layby) 3
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.0 km from Black Combe South Top. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Whitbeck (layby) 4
Charge not verifiedLay-by
Nearest published walking: 2.1 km from Black Combe South Top. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
White Hall Knott (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest fells: White Hall Knott (1.2 km), Black Combe South Top (1.6 km), Black Combe (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
White Pike (layby)
FreeLay-by
Start of: Birketts by Dunnerdale Fells
Walking base for Walna Scar, White Maiden, White Pike (Seathwaite) and Pikes — the 'Birketts by Dunnerdale Fells' route starts 466 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Winster (layby)
FreeLay-by
Nearest published walking: 3.1 km from Brant Fell. Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Winster (layby) 2
FreeLay-byabout 6 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.5 km from Brant Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Winster (layby) 3
FreeLay-byabout 6 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.8 km from Brant Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Winster car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 3 spaces
Nearest published walking: 3.1 km from Brant Fell. Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Winster, north-west car park (free)
FreeCar parkabout 10 spaces
Nearest published walking: 4.5 km from the 'Orrest Head' route start; 2.0 km from Brant Fell. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Woodend Brow (Wood End) (free)
FreeCar park
Nearest fells: Barf (0.9 km), Lord's Seat (1.7 km), Ullister Hill (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: none · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wool Knott (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 5 spaces
Nearest fells: Unnamed top (Top o' Selside) (1.2 km), Wool Knott (1.5 km), Low Light Haw (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wrynose Fell (layby)
FreeLay-byabout 2 spaces
Walking base for Hell Gill Pike, Little Carrs, Great Carrs and Swirl How — the 'Black Sails & Great How' route starts 131 m away. Also serves 'Stonesty Pike, Great Knott & Wrynose Fell'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Position: osm · details: osm · checked 2026-08-10 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wrynose Fell - Long Crag (verge, east)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
1.1 km from Wrynose Fell - Long Crag.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wrynose Fell - Long Crag (verge, west)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
1.2 km from Wrynose Fell - Long Crag.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-09 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wrynose Fell Long Crag (verge, east)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 3 spaces
1.1 km from Wrynose Fell Long Crag.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Wrynose Fell Long Crag (verge, west)
Charge not verifiedVergeabout 2 spaces
1.2 km from Wrynose Fell Long Crag.
Position: lee · details: lee · checked 2026-08-08 · Directions (opens in new tab)
Where this comes from
Every one of the 1009 entries carries a checked date inside the last twelve months (100%), because the whole dataset was re-verified in August 2026. That clears the freshness bar this page was meant to be gated on, which is why the more useful number is where the DETAIL comes from: 550 entries have facts from OpenStreetMap, 72 from the operator’s own page, 108 are Lee’s own, 19 from the original site entry — and 254 have no details recorded at all beyond a position. Those 254 are the honest weak spot in this dataset.
Position tiers: lee means Lee has stood there or placed the
pin himself; osm means it came from OpenStreetMap’s geometry;
operator from the operator’s own page; community from a
community source with the precision recorded. Every entry links a way to tell us it has changed.
Why there are no risk ratings here
We are asked for this, and we have looked at the data. Police.uk publishes vehicle crime with every incident snapped to the nearest point on a list of anonymous map points — and “Parking Area” is one of those point categories. In a rural valley with few points, one car park becomes the sink for a whole catchment. A count rendered against that car park would look precise, carry police provenance, and overstate that specific place’s risk. That is a damaging claim about a named place, often somebody’s business, so we do not make it — in either direction. No place here is marked risky, and no place is marked safe.