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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

Hugill Fell (Wainwright summit)

Hugill Fell at 318m (1,043ft) is a heathery fell above the Kentmere and Windermere area, its open top giving views of Windermere and the surrounding South Lakeland countryside.

265 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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265 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 265 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
☁️
19° / 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 265 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

About the walk

Key information

Hugill Fell (Wainwright summit)

Hugill Fell at 318m (1,043ft) is a heathery fell above the Kentmere and Windermere area, its open top giving views of Windermere and the surrounding South Lakeland countryside. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide. A pleasant, easy walk in the lower fell country south-east of Windermere.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
265 m
Height
869 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 1.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Hugill Fell (Wainwright summit) (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 Hugill Fell (Wainwright summit)

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

Kentmere Institute (donation, very limited) — 4.4 km from summit (straight line)
Tiny — arrive by 8am or use the verges lower down. Kentmere Horseshoe: Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Kentmere Pike.
Directions (opens in new tab)

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 Hugill Fell (Wainwright summit) 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 (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Maps & guidebooks for Hugill Fell (Wainwright summit)

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