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King's How - Grange Fell

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.

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

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

Modelled guidance for the 392 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Fri 11 Sep): 14° to 10°C, gusts to 26 mph, 2.0 mm of rain forecast.

Fri 11 Sep
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14° / 10°
💨 26 mph
🌧 2.0 mm (100%)
Sat 12 Sep
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16° / 10°
💨 43 mph
🌧 21.7 mm (100%)
Sun 13 Sep
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13° / 9°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.1 mm (74%)
Mon 14 Sep
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16° / 8°
💨 32 mph
🌧 10.3 mm (96%)
Tue 15 Sep
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15° / 9°
💨 33 mph
🌧 10.5 mm (100%)
Wed 16 Sep
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12° / 10°
💨 33 mph
🌧 3.4 mm (96%)
Thu 17 Sep
🌦️
12° / 9°
💨 38 mph
🌧 7.2 mm (98%)

Forecast snapshot from 11 Sep 2026, 08:30 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 392 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

King's How - Grange Fell at a glance

King's How - Grange Fell

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.

Routes up King's How - Grange Fell

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

Classifications & hill data

Birkett
Synge
392 m
Height
1,286 ft
In feet
NY 2581 1665
Grid ref

The short answers

Is King's How - Grange Fell a Wainwright?

King's How - Grange Fell is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.

Where do you park for King's How - Grange Fell?

The nearest car park we hold is Quay Foot Quarry, Borrowdale (NT, paid), about 0.5 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Castle Crag (layby), 0.9 km out. We only look within 2.5 km, measured straight-line: over longer distances a road may cross a pass and the drive bears no relation to the line.

How hard is King's How - Grange Fell?

The shortest way up we hold is Castle Crag, Brund Fell & Great Crag — 14.1 km, 795 m of ascent, about 4.1 hours. On our scale its hardest axis is steepness — Severe.

All axes: steepness: Severe · length: Hard · exposure: Moderate · navigation: Moderate · terrain: Moderate.

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

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Interactive route maps and photos load here for visitors with JavaScript. Data from Strava.

Parking & buses for King's How - Grange Fell

Best parking to hike King's How - Grange Fell

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

Quay Foot Quarry, Borrowdale (NT, paid) — 0.5 km from summit (straight line)
Old quarry car park below the Bowder Stone and Castle Crag. Fees: £7 up to 2 hours; £8 up to 4 hours; £9.50 all day. Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026). Free for NT members (checked Aug 2026). Charges apply at all times. Cash at machine; JustPark app at some car parks; card/phone payment not available in all car parks (NT, checked Aug 2026).
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Castle Crag (layby) — 0.9 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Castle Crag (0.7 km), King's How - Grange Fell (0.9 km), Grange Fell (Brund Fell) (1.0 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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King's How car park — 1.0 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: King's How - Grange Fell (1.0 km), Castle Crag (1.6 km), Grange Fell (Brund Fell) (1.6 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
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King's How (layby) — 1.0 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: King's How - Grange Fell (1.0 km), Grange Fell (Brund Fell) (1.6 km), Castle Crag (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Ground surface (OSM-tagged).
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Rosthwaite (NT, paid) — 1.4 km from summit (straight line)
Village car park for the central Borrowdale fells and Watendlath ridge. Fees: pay and display (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked Aug 2026). The National Trust does not allow overnight parking here (NT, checked Aug 2026).
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If it is full: Stonethwaite (roadside, limited) (1.8 km); Quay Foot Quarry, Borrowdale (NT, paid) (1.8 km); Seatoller (NT, paid) (1.8 km)
🚺 Rosthwaite Village (opens in new tab) (~389 m straight line) — Free · AccessibleThe Flock-in (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.

Vehicles are left entirely at their owner’s risk. We list places people park; we cannot vouch for any of them. Judge it on the day: take valuables with you, leave nothing on show, and if a spot feels wrong when you get there, park somewhere else.

Getting to King's How - Grange Fell by bus

The 77 stops at Rosthwaite General Store (near), 180 m from the start of Castle Crag, Brund Fell & Great Crag. The last bus is 20:05 towards Keswick (78), every day. Checked against the operator’s timetable, 7 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

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 (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Hazards on King's How - Grange Fell

No hazard card for this fell. The usual open-fell rules apply: check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected.

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Quay Foot Quarry, Borrowdale (NT, paid), about 0.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near King's How - Grange Fell (within 3 km)

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

Routes over King's How - Grange Fell

14.11 km · ~795 m ascent · loop · ~4–5.5 h

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass. How to use this guide.

On the hill: terrain and water on King's How - Grange Fell

Water & shelter on the way up

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

Places to stay near this fell

Seatoller House B&B (opens in new tab) guest house

about 1.6 km from the start, in a straight line

Two named family rooms (Rabbit and Stag), both large with a private bathroom opposite, plus a dog policy precise enough to plan around — dogs in, but never in the dining room and dried off at the back door. The catch is timing: breakfast runs 8.00–8.30 only, which is late for a long Ullscarf day, and dinner is a single 7pm sitting that must be pre-booked 48 hours ahead if you did not book direct. It also shuts for the winter.

Worth knowing: “Well behaved dogs are allowed, they are not allowed in the dining room at any time,Please clean and dry all dogs on entering Seatoller via the back door.”

The house is 400 years old, has taken guests for more than a century, and is the largest building in the hamlet of Seatoller; every bedroom is named for a local animal — Badger, Eagle, Osprey, Otter, Owl, Rabbit, Squirrel, Stag, Hedgehog and the Bakehouse annexe.

  • Dogs “Well behaved dogs are allowed, they are not allowed in the dining room at any time,Please clean and dry all dogs on entering Seatoller via the back door.”
  • Family rooms “Rabbit Large Family room, Private bathroom directly opposite, great views of garden & Fells”
  • Evening meal “dinner is a set menu served at 7.00pm with the exception of Wednesdays, when Dinner is not served”
  • Parking “There are 10 bedrooms all with private bathrooms, a large award winning garden surrounding the house and ample private car parking.”

Worth knowing before you book

These places state on their own site that they do not take children.

What each place says about itself, quoted from their own site. We have not stayed at any of them, and there are no prices, no booking and no affiliate links. Distances are straight lines from each route start, never walking times. Properties found via OpenStreetMap (opens in new tab).

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