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Floutern Cop

Short entry: no route or hazard notes for this fell yet.

Nearest route starts ↓
451 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+14 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Floutern Cop is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), a Western top. It also features on the Synge list.

Summit conditions on Floutern Cop

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 13° to 7°C, gusts to 61 mph, 2.3 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

The forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses

Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid)
2.4 km from summit (straight line)
Kelton Fell (layby)
3.6 km from summit (straight line)

Parking & buses ↓

Routes near Floutern Cop

No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest route starts we publish, in a straight line from the summit:

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 451 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Tue 27 Oct
13° / 7°
61 mph
2.3 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
10° / 8°
43 mph
3.1 mm (100%)
Thu 29 Oct
10° / 8°
25 mph
0.5 mm (26%)
Fri 30 Oct
10° / 7°
25 mph
0.3 mm (31%)
Sat 31 Oct
12° / 3°
6 mph
0.0 mm (25%)
Sun 1 Nov
9° / 2°
7 mph
0.0 mm (12%)
Mon 2 Nov
8° / 1°
15 mph
0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 08:13 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses for Floutern Cop

Parking

Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
Forestry England car park at the end of the Ennerdale valley road, on the lake's north shore (OS NY 110 154; parking charges apply since 2023) — Great Borne, Starling Dodd, and the long walk-ins to Pillar and Steeple. Fees (Forestry England, read 17 October 2026): up to 2 hours £3, up to 4 hours £6, all day £10; cards only, or RingGo within 48 hours; Blue Badge holders pay; free to Forestry England members; no overnight stays. The last 4 km of road to the car park is narrow and bendy, with few passing places, and there is no vehicle access beyond it.
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Kelton Fell (layby) — 3.6 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Kelton Fell (0.7 km), Murton Fell (Knock Murton) (1.2 km), Godworth (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
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Kelton Fell, west (layby) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Kelton Fell (0.8 km), Murton Fell (Knock Murton) (1.1 km), Godworth (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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1 more place to park near Floutern Cop
Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, paid) — 3.9 km from summit (straight line)
Small paid car park for Mellbreak, Hen Comb and the Loweswater fells. Free for NT members (checked August 2026).
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If it is full: Car park for Loweswater Fell (free) (1.0 km, 38 m up); Lanthwaite Wood, Crummock Water (NT, paid) (1.7 km, 61 m up); Darling Fell (layby) (2.9 km, 141 m up)

Positions are approximate.

Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.

Buses

The nearest bus stop we hold is the 77 and 77A stop at Buttermere, outside Court Hotel, 8.9 km of walking from the nearest parking for this fell — no bus route we hold serves it. It is a seasonal service too: 1 November 2026 is its last day of the year (confirmed with the operator, 29 August 2026); it returns on 22 March 2027.

Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat

Hazards on Floutern Cop

We have not written a hazard card for this fell yet, and that is not a sign that it is low-hazard. Check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected. The National Park Authority’s What to pack page, AdventureSmart’s hill walking kit list and Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s safety page are linked from our what to carry guide.

If you need Mountain Rescue

Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.

Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.

If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.

From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (opens in new tab) (read 26 October 2026).

Map & nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).

Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.

Birketts within 3 km of Floutern Cop

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.

0.6 km WBanna Fell455 m · Western
1.1 km SSWHerdus562 m · Western
1.5 km SEGale Fell518 m · Western
1.7 km SSWBrown How (Ennerdale)330 m · Western
2.0 km NWHigh Pen475 m · Western
2.1 km SSWBowness Knott333 m · Western
2.1 km NNELittle Dodd (Loweswater)362 m · Western
2.3 km WNWGodworth365 m · Western
2.4 km NWLow Pen435 m · Western
2.8 km EScale Knott338 m · Western
2.9 km WNWKelton Fell311 m · Western
2.9 km NEMellbreak North Top509 m · Western
3.0 km NCarling Knott544 m · Western

About Floutern Cop

Its nearest tops are Banna Fell (0.6 km W); Great Borne (1.0 km S); Herdus (1.1 km SW) — it's usually taken in on a round of these neighbours. It's a worthwhile objective for anyone working through the Birkett list.

Classifications & hill data

Is Floutern Cop a Wainwright?

Floutern Cop is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.

Selected lists

451 m
Height
1,480 ft
In feet
NY 1223 1737
Grid ref

This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.

Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →

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