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Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Great Knott

Great Knott at 695m (2,280ft) is a Birkett top on the Crinkle Crags ridge above Great Langdale, forming part of the southern end of that celebrated ridge.

695 m
Height
+12
Bonus Birketts
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695 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+12 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 695 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 14° to 13°C, gusts to 39 mph, 9.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
14° / 13°
💨 39 mph
🌧 9.7 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
13° / 11°
💨 32 mph
🌧 7.2 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
12° / 5°
💨 28 mph
🌧 1.3 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 1°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 3°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌫️
15° / 5°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 695 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

Great Knott

Great Knott at 695m (2,280ft) is a Birkett top on the Crinkle Crags ridge above Great Langdale, forming part of the southern end of that celebrated ridge. The rocky summit gives views across Langdale and towards Bowfell and the Scafell group. Often passed on the approach to Crinkle Crags from the Three Shire Stone at Wrynose.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
Nuttall
695 m
Height
2,280 ft
In feet
NY 2595 0427
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge), about 2.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Great Knott (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.

1.0 km WNWCrinkle Crags South Top (First Crinkle)834 m · Southern
1.0 km WStonesty Pike765 m · Southern
1.3 km NWCrinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle832 m · Southern
1.3 km SWLittle Stand740 m · Southern
1.3 km NWCrinkle Crags - Gunson Knott (Fifth Crinkle)822 m · Southern
1.4 km NWShelter Crags815 m · Southern
1.8 km NWhite Stones - The Band568 m · Southern
2.1 km EWrynose Fell - Long Crag547 m · Southern
2.6 km EBlake Rigg (Little Langdale)535 m · Southern
2.8 km SSEHell Gill Pike662 m · Southern
3.0 km SSELittle Carrs692 m · Southern
3.0 km WSWYew Bank499 m · Southern

Best parking to hike Great Knott

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

Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge) — 2.5 km from summit (straight line)
High-level start for Pike o' Blisco, Cold Pike, Wet Side Edge and the Greenburn fells.
Directions
Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 3.2 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (510m) — Free🚺 Public toilets (649m) — Free🍺 Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel🍺 Sticklebarn

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 Great Knott from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 516 “Langdale Rambler”
Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Elterwater – New Dungeon Ghyll – Old Dungeon Ghyll
Catch it from: Ambleside · Windermere (change at Ambleside)
The Langdale bus — Pikes, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco all walkable from the Dungeon Ghyll stops. Seasonal frequency varies; check before relying on the last bus back.

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

Other fells near Great Knott

Maps & guidebooks for Great Knott

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