⛰️ Beacon Fell

255 m · Outlying Fell — South Lakeland · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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255 mOutlying Fell — South Lakelandsummit is not a Birkett top+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Beacon Fell at 336m (1,102ft) is a small summit south of Coniston, its heathery top giving good views across the southern Lake District and towards Morecambe Bay. A Birkett summit in the lower country south of the main Coniston Fells. The ascent from Coniston or the surrounding lanes is short and pleasant. Good views of the Coniston Fells to the north and south to the coast.

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

🎯 Bonus Birketts within 3 km

No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Beacon Fell (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Walna Scar Road, Coniston (free, rough track) — 6.6 km from summit (straight line)
High free car park above Coniston — Old Man, Dow Crag, Brown Pike with a head start.
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Coniston village (paid) — 7.3 km from summit (straight line)
Main village car parks — full Coniston round.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 505 “Coniston Rambler”
Windermere – Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Hawkshead – Coniston
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Daily in season (reduced winter service). Best access for the Coniston fells (Old Man, Wetherlam group).

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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