Beacon Fell
Beacon Fell at 336m (1,102ft) is a small, pleasant summit in the lower fells south of Coniston, its heathery top giving a fine view of Coniston Water and the higher fells of the Old Man group behind the town.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 255 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Fri 11 Sep): 15° to 11°C, gusts to 26 mph, 1.2 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 11 Sep 2026, 08:30 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 255 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Beacon Fell at a glance
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Beacon Fell a Wainwright?
Beacon Fell is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides. It is also on the HuMP list.
Where do you park for Beacon Fell?
The nearest car park we hold is Beacon Fell, east (layby), about 0.9 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Beacon Fell, south-east (layby 2), 1.0 km out. We only look within 2.5 km, measured straight-line: over longer distances a road may cross a pass and the drive bears no relation to the line.
Routes up Beacon Fell
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Low Light Haw — starts 1.8 km away
- Top o' Selside — starts 3.0 km away
- Dunnerdale Fells — starts 5.5 km away
Parking & buses for Beacon Fell
Best parking to hike Beacon Fell
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.
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.
Getting to Beacon Fell by bus
The nearest bus stop we hold is the 505 at Coniston, outside John Ruskin School, 8.1 km of walking from the start — not realistically reachable without a car.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Beacon Fell
No hazard card for this fell. The usual open-fell rules apply: check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected.
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Beacon Fell, east (layby), about 0.9 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Beacon Fell (within 3 km)
No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.