⛰️ Finsthwaite Heights

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

180 mOutlying Fell — South Lakelandsummit is not a Birkett top+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Finsthwaite Heights at 235m (771ft) is a wooded and heathery ridge above the southern end of Windermere, giving pleasant views of the lake. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide. The walk through the woods above Newby Bridge and Finsthwaite is pleasant. A good lower-level alternative for days when the higher fells are in cloud.

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 Finsthwaite Heights (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Gummer's How car park (free) — 3.9 km from summit (straight line)
Short, family-grade climb of Gummer's How above Windermere's foot.
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Mill Side, Whitbarrow (verge) — 9.6 km from summit (straight line)
For Whitbarrow (Lord's Seat) — limestone pavement and easy walking.
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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 X6
Kendal – Levens – Grange-over-Sands – Ulverston – Barrow (A590 corridor)
Catch it from: Kendal/Windermere (change at Kendal)
Year-round. Handy for the South Lakeland outliers: Whitbarrow (Mill Side area), Gummer's How (Newby Bridge) and Hampsfell (Grange-over-Sands, which also has trains).

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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