⛰️ King's How - Grange Fell

392 m · Birkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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392 mBirkett — Central (not a Wainwright summit)+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

King's How at 392m (1,286ft) is the summit of Grange Fell above Borrowdale — a named memorial tor on the rocky crest above the Jaws of Borrowdale, given to the nation in memory of King Edward VII. Wainwright described the view from King's How looking down into the Jaws of Borrowdale as one of the most beautiful small panoramas in Lakeland. The ascent from Rosthwaite or Grange is short and pleasant. An excellent short walk for visitors to Borrowdale.

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over King's How - Grange Fell (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Rosthwaite (NT, paid) — 1.9 km from summit (straight line)
Village car park for the central Borrowdale fells and Watendlath ridge.
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Watendlath (NT, paid) — 2.4 km from summit (straight line)
End of the narrow Watendlath road — Grange Fell, Great Crag, Armboth fells.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).
Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

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

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