⛰️ Little Mell Fell

📖 Key Information

Little Mell Fell at 505m (1,657ft) is the smaller companion of Great Mell Fell, standing above the Matterdale valley with views across to Ullswater and the Eastern Fells. Wainwright noted its pleasant, easy character — the short ascent from the road near Thackthwaite is straightforward and gives wide views for relatively little effort. Often combined with Great Mell Fell as a gentle dual summit circuit. The views north-east across the Eden Valley are a distinctive bonus not available from the higher Eastern Fells.

🎯 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.

🦶 My hikes over Little Mell Fell (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses 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.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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Other fells in this region

• Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top)
• Arnison Crag
• Arthur's Pike
• Birkhouse Moor
• Birks
• Bonscale Pike
• Brock Crags (Wainwright)
• Catstye Cam
• Clough Head
• Dollywaggon Pike
• Dove Crag
• Fairfield
• Glenridding Dodd
• Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit)
• Great Dodd
• Great Mell Fell
• Great Rigg
• Hallin Fell
• Hart Crag
• Hart Side
• Helvellyn
• Heron Pike (Rydal)
• High Pike (Scandale)
• High Rigg (Naddle Fell)
• Loughrigg Fell
• Low Pike
• Nab Scar
• Nethermost Pike
• Place Fell
• Raise
• Red Screes
• Seat Sandal
• Sheffield Pike
• St Sunday Crag
• Stone Arthur
• Stybarrow Dodd
• Watson's Dodd
• White Side