⛰️ Knott Rigg

556 m · Wainwright — North Western Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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556 mWainwright — North Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+8 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Knott Rigg at 556m (1,824ft) is a pleasant, grassy ridge summit above the Newlands valley between Ard Crags and the Buttermere road, giving fine views of the Grasmoor and Newlands Horseshoe ranges. Wainwright included it as part of the North Western group, noting its pleasant character and good views. Most naturally combined with Ard Crags as a short circuit above the Newlands Pass. A good lower-level option for the North Western Fells.

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts 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 NEIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western
1.6 km WNWThirdgill Head Man734 m · North Western
1.9 km NNWEel Crag (Birkett)807 m · North Western
2.2 km SSWHigh Snockrigg526 m · North Western
2.4 km ESEHigh Crags (Newlands)529 m · Western
2.5 km ESERed Knott452 m · Western
2.6 km WLad Hows426 m · North Western
2.7 km EScope End412 m · Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Knott Rigg (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 2.9 km from summit (straight line)
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts.
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Little Town, Newlands (paid, small) — 3.6 km from summit (straight line)
Newlands valley — Catbells, Maiden Moor, Hindscarth, Robinson.
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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 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.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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