⛰️ Carling Knott

544 m · Birkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

544 mBirkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit)+15 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Carling Knott at 544m (1,785ft) is a heathery ridge summit above Loweswater, giving fine views of the lake and the Grasmoor massif beyond. Wainwright included it as a separate fell, noting its pleasant position above Loweswater. The ascent from Loweswater is straightforward. Combined naturally with Blake Fell and Gavel Fell for a Loweswater circuit. The views of Loweswater are excellent.

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts 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.

0.5 km NELoweswater End - Carling Knott519 m · Western
1.0 km WSWSharp Knott482 m · North Western
1.4 km SSEGavel Fell - High Nook (Gavel Fell North Top)488 m · North Western
1.6 km SSWHigh Pen475 m · North Western
1.8 km WNWOwsen Fell409 m · Western
1.8 km SELittle Dodd (Loweswater)362 m · North Western
1.9 km SWLow Pen435 m · North Western
2.1 km WHigh Hows (Lamplugh)313 m · Western
2.5 km NNEDarling Fell392 m · Western
2.5 km WSWMurton Fell (Knock Murton)446 m · North Western
2.6 km SWGodworth365 m · Western
2.7 km NELoweswater Fell (Low Fell South Top)417 m · Western
2.7 km ESEMellbreak North Top509 m · North Western
2.9 km SBanna Fell455 m · Western
3.0 km SFloutern Cop451 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Carling Knott (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free) — 1.3 km from summit (straight line)
Small free car park for Mellbreak, Hen Comb and the Loweswater fells.
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Lanthwaite Green (NT) — 3.3 km from summit (straight line)
At the foot of Grasmoor and Whiteside, Crummock Water.
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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

No regular bus serves the start points for this fell — this is one for the car (or a long approach from the nearest served valley). The nearest hubs are Penrith (X4/X5 & 508), Ambleside and Windermere (555, 505, 516).

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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