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Outlying Fell — Around PenrithAlso a Birkett

Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar)

Knipescar Common at 341m (1,119ft) is an Outlying Fell on the limestone escarpment above the Lowther valley near Shap, giving views across the Haweswater fells and over the pastoral Lowther valley.

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Bonus Birketts
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341 mOutlying Fell — Around Penrith✓ summit is also a Birkett+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 341 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 19° to 16°C, gusts to 35 mph, 0.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
19° / 16°
💨 35 mph
🌧 0.7 mm (98%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
19° / 14°
💨 28 mph
🌧 1.1 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
☁️
16° / 8°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (63%)
Fri 31 Jul
☁️
18° / 2°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (82%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
17° / 6°
💨 12 mph
🌧 5.1 mm (31%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌫️
18° / 5°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (25%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
18° / 8°
💨 13 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 341 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

Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar)

Knipescar Common at 341m (1,119ft) is an Outlying Fell on the limestone escarpment above the Lowther valley near Shap, giving views across the Haweswater fells and over the pastoral Lowther valley. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide as part of the Around Penrith group. The limestone pavement and scar give the fell its distinctive character.

Routes up Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar)

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

Knipe Scar - Birkett
5.7 km · ~1.4 hr
Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
Around Penrith
Birkett
Synge
341 m
Height
1,119 ft
In feet
NY 5266 1912
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Shap village (free), about 5.3 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar) (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 Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar)

Knipe Scar - BirkettPlanned
5.74 km · ~166 m ascent · loop · ~1–2 h
Summits: Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar)

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

✎️ Planned route — drawn but not personally walked or checked yet.

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

Best parking to hike Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar)

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

Shap village (free) — 5.3 km from summit (straight line)
For the Shap fells and Crosby Ravensworth commons.
Directions
🚺 Public toilets (352m) — Free☕ Birchwood Cafe🍺 The Crown Inn🏪 New Balance
Pooley Bridge (paid) — 7.7 km from summit (straight line)
For Heughscar Hill, Dunmallard Hill, Arthur's Pike and the Roman road onto High Street's north end.
Directions
🚺 Pooley Bridge (254m) — Accessible · RADAR key🚺 Public toilets (1369m) — Free☕ Secret Garden☕ Pooley Bridge Pier House☕ Granny Dowbekins Tea Rooms🍺 The Sun Inn🍺 Pooley Bridge Inn🍺 Crown Inn🏪 The Barn

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 Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Route 106
Penrith – Eamont Bridge – Askham – Shap – Kendal
Catch it from: Penrith
Monday–Saturday, infrequent — plan carefully. Useful for the Shap and Crosby Ravensworth outlying fells.
Stagecoach 508 “Ullswater Bus”
Penrith – Pooley Bridge – Aira Force – Glenridding – Patterdale (summer services continue over Kirkstone Pass to Troutbeck and Windermere)
Catch it from: Penrith · Windermere (summer only)
The key route from Penrith for the Eastern and Far Eastern fells: Helvellyn from Glenridding, Place Fell, the Hartsop fells. The summer Kirkstone extension drops you at the pass for Red Screes and Caudale Moor.

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

Other fells near Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar)

Maps & guidebooks for Knipescar Common (Knipe Scar)

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