Low Fell
Low Fell at 423m (1,388ft) above Loweswater is a delightful, craggy little fell giving outstanding views of Loweswater lake and the Grasmoor group above.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 422 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 32 mph, 1.8 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 422 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
About the walk
Low Fell
Routes up Low Fell
Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free), about 1.6 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Low Fell (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.
Routes over Low Fell
A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.
The View from Low Fell
A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.
What you can see from Low Fell, by direction
- North-east: Skiddaw South Top (14 km), Skiddaw Middle Top (14 km), Skiddaw (14 km), Skiddaw North Top (14 km), Broad End (14 km), Great Sca Fell (19 km)
- East: Whiteside (3 km), Ladyside Pike (5 km), Hopegill Head (5 km), Eel Crag (6 km), Grisedale Pike (6 km), Skiddaw Little Man (14 km), Skiddaw Lesser Man (14 km), Jenkin Hill (14 km), Blencathra (19 km), Atkinson Pike (20 km)
- South-east: Grasmoor (4 km), Whiteless Pike (6 km), High Stile (8 km), Robinson (9 km), High Crag (10 km), Grey Knotts (13 km), Brandreth (13 km), Green Gable (14 km), Great Gable (14 km), Combe Head (16 km), Glaramara (16 km), Looking Steads (16 km), Great End (17 km), Broad Crag (17 km), Ill Crag (18 km), Bowfell (19 km)
- South: Red Pike (8 km), High Stile (8 km), Steeple (11 km), Black Crag (11 km), Scoat Fell (11 km), Little Gowder Crag (12 km), Caw Fell (12 km), Haycock (12 km)
On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Slieve Donard (174 km, Ireland), Merrick (95 km, Scotland), Cairnsmore of Carsphairn (93 km, Scotland), Cairnsmore of Fleet (78 km, Scotland), Corserine (91 km, Scotland), Lamachan Hill (89 km, Scotland), Slieve Croob (173 km, Ireland), White Coomb (92 km, Scotland).
Computed from terrain in perfect clarity, not photographed · distances are straight-line.
Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills (opens in new tab) (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.
What you can see from Low Fell
On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.On the clearest days the view reaches across to Scotland.
- Merrick Scotland
- Criffel Scotland
- Solway Firth bay/estuary
- Irish Sea open water
All 41 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)
Fellbarrow - Mosser Fell, Burnbank Fell, Whiteside (Whiteside West Top), Mellbreak (Mellbreak South Top), Grasmoor, Hen Comb, Gavel Fell, Hopegill Head, Rannerdale Knotts, Whiteless Pike, Graystones (Graystones North Top), Whinlatter (Brown How - Whinlatter), Grisedale Pike, Great Borne, Starling Dodd, Broom Fell, Ling Fell, Red Pike (Buttermere), Lord's Seat, High Stile, Robinson, High Crag (Buttermere), Fleetwith Pike, Haystacks (Buttermere), Steeple, Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), Caw Fell, Haycock, Ullock Pike, Long Side, Grey Knotts, Carl Side, Brandreth, Skiddaw, Skiddaw Little Man, Green Gable, Great Gable, Binsey, Glaramara, Great End, Great Sca Fell
How Low Fell’s view compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.
Sightlines from a bare-earth terrain model (forests and buildings not included), corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.
Best parking to hike Low Fell
Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).
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 Low Fell 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 (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Navigating Low Fell in cloud
StraightforwardWalkable ground sits close to a lethal drop — in cloud it’s easy to walk straight onto steep ground. Navigation here is relatively straightforward even in cloud — but carry map and compass and know how to use them; a low score never means “safe”.
In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.
How Low Fell compares with all 214 — the Clag Index: navigating in cloud. A relative, deliberately cautious guide; the site can’t navigate for you.
Other fells near Low Fell
- Base Brown
- Blake Fell
- Brandreth
- Buckbarrow
- Burnbank Fell
- Caw Fell
- Crag Fell
- Fellbarrow - Mosser Fell
- Fleetwith Pike
- Gavel Fell
- Great Borne
- Great Gable
- Green Gable
- Grey Knotts
- Grike
- Haycock
- Haystacks (Buttermere)
- Hen Comb
- High Crag (Buttermere)
- High Stile
- Kirk Fell
- Lank Rigg
- Mellbreak (Mellbreak South Top)
- Middle Fell
- Pillar
- Red Pike (Buttermere)
- Red Pike (Wasdale)
- Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell)
- Seatallan
- Starling Dodd
- Steeple
- Yewbarrow
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