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Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Kinniside

Kinniside at 375m (1,230ft) is a Birkett fell above the Calder valley in the far western fells, its open summit giving views across the coastal plain and inland to the Western Fells.

375 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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375 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 375 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 15°C, gusts to 31 mph, 0.6 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 15°
💨 31 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (90%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
15° / 12°
💨 26 mph
🌧 10.3 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 7°
💨 28 mph
🌧 3.7 mm (75%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 5°
💨 21 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (76%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 8°
💨 14 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (73%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
16° / 10°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (27%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
17° / 8°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (22%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 375 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

Kinniside

Kinniside at 375m (1,230ft) is a Birkett fell above the Calder valley in the far western fells, its open summit giving views across the coastal plain and inland to the Western Fells. The ancient Kinniside Stone Circle on the surrounding moorland is a notable feature. A quiet fell with a strong sense of history.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
375 m
Height
1,230 ft
In feet
NY 0784 1163
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Cold Fell road (verge), about 4.7 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Kinniside (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.

0.4 km WSWLatter Barrow354 m · Western
1.3 km NWBurn Edge320 m · Western
1.4 km WNWSwarth Fell (Kinniside)335 m · Western
2.1 km NNWBlakeley Raise389 m · Western
2.4 km ENEWhoap511 m · Western

Best parking to hike Kinniside

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

Cold Fell road (verge) — 4.7 km from summit (straight line)
Verge parking on the Calder Bridge–Ennerdale road for Lank Rigg and Ponsonby Fell.
Directions
Bowness Knott, Ennerdale (Forestry, paid) — 4.9 km from summit (straight line)
Forestry England car park at the end of the Ennerdale valley road, on the lake's north shore (OS NY 110 154; parking charges apply since 2023) — Great Borne, Starling Dodd, and the long walk-ins to Pillar and Steeple.
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 Kinniside from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

No regular bus serves the start points for this fell — this is one for the car (or a long approach from the nearest served valley). The nearest hubs are Penrith (X4/X5 & 508), Ambleside and Windermere (555, 505, 516).

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

Other fells near Kinniside

Maps & guidebooks for Kinniside

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