Black Combe
Black Combe at 600m (1,969ft) is the great isolated summit of the Furness peninsula, standing entirely separate from the main Lakeland fells above the Cumbrian coast.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 600 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Sat 12 Sep): 14° to 8°C, gusts to 45 mph, 24.7 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 12 Sep 2026, 18:50 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 600 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Black Combe at a glance
Black Combe
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Black Combe a Wainwright?
Black Combe is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides. It is also on the Birkett list, the Synge list, the Fellranger list and the Marilyn list.
Where do you park for Black Combe?
The nearest car park we hold is White Hall Knott (layby), about 1.8 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Whitbeck (layby) 2, 2.2 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 Black Combe
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Awkward Around Swinside Fell — starts 4.4 km away
- Around Sele Bottom — starts 4.4 km away
Parking & buses for Black Combe
Best parking to hike Black Combe
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 Black Combe by bus
We don’t know yet. The path network around this start isn’t mapped well enough for us to measure a walk from the nearest stop. That’s a gap in our data, not a sign that no bus comes here.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Black Combe
Hazard & Incident Information for Black Combe
Incident data is not available online for this area. For the latest information, visit the Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team (opens in new tab) website.
Safety: Hazard guidance compiled from published Mountain Rescue reports and well-documented accident history - editorial background, not a live feed of callouts. Always check current conditions, carry proper navigation equipment, and seek qualified instruction before heading onto the fells. In an emergency, call 999, ask for Police, then Mountain Rescue.
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: White Hall Knott (layby), about 1.8 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Black Combe (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.