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519 m · Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Loweswater End - Carling Knott

519 m · Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses and live summit weather.

519 m
Height
+11
Bonus Birketts
See routes & download GPX →
519 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+11 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 519 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 14°C, gusts to 33 mph, 1.9 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
15° / 14°
💨 33 mph
🌧 1.9 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 12°
💨 27 mph
🌧 13.2 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 5°
💨 28 mph
🌧 2.8 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 3°
💨 22 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 15 mph
🌧 1.2 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌤️
16° / 5°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 5°
💨 15 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 519 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Getting there
🅿️ Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free)
Small free car park for Mellbreak, Hen Comb and the Loweswater fells.
🅿️ Lanthwaite Green (NT)
At the foot of Grasmoor and Whiteside, Crummock Water.

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌦️ 15°low 14°C
Gusts33 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Routes up Loweswater End - Carling Knott

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

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
519 m
Height
1,703 ft
In feet
NY 1209 2060
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free), about 1.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Loweswater End - Carling Knott (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.

0.5 km SWCarling Knott544 m · North Western
1.5 km WSWSharp Knott482 m · North Western
1.7 km SGavel Fell - High Nook (Gavel Fell North Top)488 m · North Western
1.7 km SELittle Dodd (Loweswater)362 m · North Western
2.0 km SSWHigh Pen475 m · North Western
2.1 km WOwsen Fell409 m · Western
2.1 km NNEDarling Fell392 m · Western
2.2 km NELoweswater Fell (Low Fell South Top)417 m · Western
2.3 km SWLow Pen435 m · North Western
2.5 km ESEMellbreak North Top509 m · North Western
2.5 km WHigh Hows (Lamplugh)313 m · Western

Routes over Loweswater End - Carling Knott

18.69 km · ~995 m ascent · loop · ~5–7 h

⬇️ 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 Loweswater End - Carling Knott

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

Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free) — 1.4 km from summit (straight line)
Small free car park for Mellbreak, Hen Comb and the Loweswater fells.
Directions (opens in new tab)
Lanthwaite Green (NT) — 3.8 km from summit (straight line)
At the foot of Grasmoor and Whiteside, Crummock Water.
Directions (opens in new tab)

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 Loweswater End - Carling Knott 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.

Maps & guidebooks for Loweswater End - Carling Knott

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