⛰️ Brunt Knott

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

427 mOutlying Fell — South Lakeland✓ summit is also a Birkett+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Brunt Knott at 433m (1,421ft) is a heathery fell summit above Kentmere and the Longsleddale valley, giving pleasant views of the Kent valley and the Far Eastern Fells above. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide as part of the South Lakeland group. A quiet, unhurried summit in the lower fell country above the Kentmere valley. The views of the Ill Bell ridge to the north are fine.

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 Brunt Knott (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Staveley village (paid/free mix) — 2.9 km from summit (straight line)
For Reston Scar, Hugill Fell and Potter Fell.
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Sadgill, Longsleddale (free, limited) — 3.9 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Longsleddale — Kentmere Pike, Shipman Knotts, Grey Crag, Tarn Crag.
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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 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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