Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top)
Armboth Fell at 479m (1,572ft) is a broad, peaty summit on the central plateau between Thirlmere and Watendlath, giving adequate views across to the Helvellyn range.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 475 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 14°C, gusts to 32 mph, 4.0 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 475 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
About the walk
Routes up Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top)
Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Watendlath (NT, paid), about 2.3 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top) (within 3 km)
These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits — detour to them on this walk and they are pure profit. Distances are straight-line; allow extra for terrain.
Routes over Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top)
A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.
The View from Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top)
A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.
What you can see from Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top), by direction
- North: Knowe Crags (11 km), Gategill Fell Top (12 km), Blencathra (12 km), Doddick Fell (12 km)
- North-east: Watson's Dodd (6 km), Little Dodd (6 km), Great Dodd (7 km)
- East: Helvellyn Lower Man (4 km), White Side (4 km), Helvellyn (5 km), Nethermost Pike (5 km), Raise (5 km)
- South-east: High Crag (5 km), Dollywaggon Pike (6 km), Seat Sandal (6 km), Fairfield (7 km)
- South-west: Glaramara (7 km), Looking Steads (8 km), Allen Crags (9 km), Great End (10 km), Great Gable (10 km), Esk Pike (10 km), Bowfell (11 km), Kirk Fell East Top (11 km), Ill Crag (11 km), Kirk Fell (11 km), Lingmell (12 km), Scafell Pike (12 km)
- West: Dale Head (7 km), Wandope (12 km), High Crag (12 km), Grasmoor (13 km), Pillar (13 km)
- North-west: Sail (11 km), Crag Hill (11 km), Eel Crag (12 km), Grisedale Pike (12 km), Hobcarton Crag (12 km), Sand Hill (12 km), Hopegill Head (13 km)
Computed from terrain in perfect clarity, not photographed · distances are straight-line.
Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills (opens in new tab) (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.
What you can see from Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top)
On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.All 41 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)
High Tove, High Seat, Raven Crag, White Side, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Raise, Steel Fell (Dead Pike - Steel Fell), Watson's Dodd, Dollywaggon Pike, Stybarrow Dodd, High Spy, Seat Sandal, Great Dodd, Glaramara, Dale Head, Fairfield, Hindscarth, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Fleetwith Pike, Green Gable, Heron Pike (Rydal), Great End, Great Gable, Bowfell, Haystacks (Buttermere), Sail, Crag Hill (Eel Crag), Kirk Fell, Lingmell, Wandope, Lonscale Fell, High Crag (Buttermere), Grisedale Pike, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Hopegill Head, Grasmoor, Pillar, Great Calva, Knott
How Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top)’s view compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.
Sightlines from a bare-earth terrain model (forests and buildings not included), corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.
Best parking to hike Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top)
Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).
Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.
Tip: pan and zoom the interactive map at the top of this page to spot other potential parking near your route.
Water & shelter on the way up
On the Standing Crag, High Tove, Armboth route:
On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.
Buses to Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
My hikes over Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top) (Strava)
1 logged hike pass over this summit:
- Some Central Fells on my Todd (opens in new tab) — 17.2 km · 806 m ascent · 4h 04m moving · 24 Aug 2025
Interactive route maps and photos load here for visitors with JavaScript. Data from Strava.
Navigating Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top) in cloud
SevereA broad, gently-sloping top with little to steer by — easy to lose your bearings and hard to relocate in mist. A serious place to be caught in cloud: carry map and compass (or GPS) and know how to use them, or save it for a clear day.
In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.
How Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top) compares with all 214 — the Clag Index: navigating in cloud. A relative, deliberately cautious guide; the site can’t navigate for you.
Other fells near Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top)
- Blea Rigg
- Bleaberry Fell
- Calf Crag
- Eagle Crag
- Gibson Knott
- Grange Fell (Brund Fell)
- Great Crag (Stonethwaite)
- Harrison Stickle
- Helm Crag
- High Raise (High White Stones)
- High Rigg (Naddle Fell)
- High Seat
- High Tove
- Loft Crag
- Loughrigg Fell
- Pavey Ark
- Pike of Stickle
- Raven Crag
- Sergeant Man
- Sergeant's Crag
- Silver How
- Steel Fell (Dead Pike - Steel Fell)
- Tarn Crag (Easedale)
- Thunacar Knott
- Ullscarf
- Walla Crag
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