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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

Grandsire

Grandsire is a low, grassy fell of 251m (823ft) in the gentle country south-east of Windermere, near Ings.

251 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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251 mOutlying Fell — South Lakelandsummit is not a Birkett top+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast

Modelled guidance for the 251 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 18° to 16°C, gusts to 23 mph, 4.0 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
18° / 16°
💨 23 mph
🌧 4.0 mm (82%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
19° / 15°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (89%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
16° / 7°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (73%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
17° / 3°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (65%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
17° / 5°
💨 16 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (41%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
19° / 8°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (27%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
19° / 8°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (16%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 251 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

About the walk

Key information

Grandsire

Grandsire is a low, grassy fell of 251m (823ft) in the gentle country south-east of Windermere, near Ings. An Outlying Fell, it is most often combined with its neighbour School Knott on a short walk from Ings or Windermere, and gives a surprisingly good view over the lake to the central fells for very little effort. A pleasant, easy half-day on the quieter edge of the Lakes.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
251 m
Height
823 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Staveley village (paid/free mix), about 3.9 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Grandsire (within 3 km)

No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.

Best parking to hike Grandsire

Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).

Staveley village (paid/free mix) — 3.9 km from summit (straight line)
For Reston Scar, Hugill Fell and Potter Fell.
Directions
🚺 Staveley, Abbey Square Bus Stop (276m) — Free · Accessible☕ Wilf's Cafe☕ Mr Duffins Coffee☕ Eclec Cafe🍺 Eagle and Child🏪 Inov-8🏪 Merrell Showroom🏪 Pogu
Church Bridge, Troutbeck (limited) — 5.8 km from summit (straight line)
For Wansfell, Troutbeck Tongue and the Ill Bell ridge via Garburn Pass.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (423m) — Free🚺 Public toilets (1904m) — Free☕ The Old Post Office

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

Tip: pan and zoom the interactive map at the top of this page to spot other potential parking near your route.

Buses to Grandsire 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.
Stagecoach 508 “Ullswater Bus”
Penrith – Pooley Bridge – Aira Force – Glenridding – Patterdale (summer services continue over Kirkstone Pass to Troutbeck and Windermere)
Catch it from: Penrith · Windermere (summer only)
The key route from Penrith for the Eastern and Far Eastern fells: Helvellyn from Glenridding, Place Fell, the Hartsop fells. The summer Kirkstone extension drops you at the pass for Red Screes and Caudale Moor.

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

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Maps & guidebooks for Grandsire

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