⛰️ Fellbarrow - Mosser Fell

416 m · Wainwright — North Western Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

416 mWainwright — North Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Fellbarrow at 416m (1,365ft) is a heathery summit above Lorton Vale, giving fine views of the vale and Bassenthwaite Lake. Wainwright included it as part of the northern North Western Fells group, noting its pleasant views of the Lorton country. The ascent from Lorton is easy. Combined naturally with Low Fell (Loweswater) for a circuit of the Lorton fells.

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 SSmithy Fell392 m · Western
0.5 km NHatteringill Head - Whin Fell385 m · Western
0.9 km SSESourfoot Fell411 m · Western
1.8 km SDarling Fell392 m · Western
2.0 km SSELoweswater Fell (Low Fell South Top)417 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Fellbarrow - Mosser Fell (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free) — 3.0 km from summit (straight line)
Small free car park for Mellbreak, Hen Comb and the Loweswater fells.
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Lanthwaite Green (NT) — 3.9 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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