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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

High Knott

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

275 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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275 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 275 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 25 mph, 5.0 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
18° / 16°
💨 25 mph
🌧 5.0 mm (98%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
18° / 14°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.5 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
16° / 7°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (63%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
17° / 3°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (82%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
17° / 5°
💨 16 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (31%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
18° / 8°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (25%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
19° / 8°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (24%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 275 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
Getting there
🅿️ Staveley village (paid/free mix)
For Reston Scar, Hugill Fell and Potter Fell.
🅿️ Kentmere Institute (donation, very limited)
Tiny — arrive by 8am or use the verges lower down. Kentmere Horseshoe: Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Kentmere Pike.
🚌 Stagecoach 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌧️ 18°low 16°C
Gusts25 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
275 m
Height
902 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 2.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near High Knott (within 3 km)

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

Terrain & access

A 275 m top with a mapped path to within about 2 m of the summit. The summit is not on CRoW open access land, and the direct approach crosses land that is neither access land nor a right of way — there may be no public right to the top, so check access before you go.

Computed from open data, not walked — pathless ground needs confident navigation, and mapped paths, barriers and access boundaries can be incomplete. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass); Natural England CRoW Access Land; DoBIH; Copernicus GLO-30. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 145 fells.

Best parking to hike High Knott

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

Staveley village (paid/free mix) — 2.4 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
Kentmere Institute (donation, very limited) — 3.6 km from summit (straight line)
Tiny — arrive by 8am or use the verges lower down. Kentmere Horseshoe: Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Kentmere Pike.
Directions

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 High Knott 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.

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

Other fells near High Knott

Maps & guidebooks for High Knott

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