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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

nameless (Potter Fell - 1) (Brunt Knott South Top)

This unnamed summit at 395m (1,296ft) on Potter Fell is an Outlying Fell above the Kentmere and Staveley area, forming part of the Potter Fell ridge.

395 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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395 mOutlying Fell — South Lakelandsummit is not a Birkett top+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 395 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 17° to 15°C, gusts to 27 mph, 6.6 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
17° / 15°
💨 27 mph
🌧 6.6 mm (98%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
17° / 14°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (63%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
16° / 2°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (82%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
16° / 4°
💨 16 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (31%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
18° / 7°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (25%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
18° / 7°
💨 17 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 395 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

nameless (Potter Fell - 1) (Brunt Knott South Top)

This unnamed summit at 395m (1,296ft) on Potter Fell is an Outlying Fell above the Kentmere and Staveley area, forming part of the Potter Fell ridge. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide as part of the South Lakeland group. The views across the Kent valley and towards the higher fells make it a pleasant objective.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
Synge
395 m
Height
1,296 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Staveley village (paid/free mix), about 2.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near nameless (Potter Fell - 1) (Brunt Knott South Top) (within 3 km)

No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.

Terrain & access

A near-path top (about 395 m): a mapped path comes within about 102 m of the summit, with a last stretch of open ground (about 11 m of ascent, up to ~11°). The summit is on CRoW open access land.

Computed from open data, not walked — pathless ground needs confident navigation, and mapped paths, barriers and access boundaries can be incomplete. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass); Natural England CRoW Access Land; DoBIH; Copernicus GLO-30. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 145 fells.

Best parking to hike nameless (Potter Fell - 1) (Brunt Knott South Top)

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

Staveley village (paid/free mix) — 2.5 km from summit (straight line)
For Reston Scar, Hugill Fell and Potter Fell.
Directions
🚺 Staveley, Abbey Square Bus Stop (276m) — Free · Accessible☕ Wilf's Cafe☕ Mr Duffins Coffee☕ Eclec Cafe🍺 Eagle and Child🏪 Inov-8🏪 Merrell Showroom🏪 Pogu
Kentmere Institute (donation, very limited) — 5.2 km from summit (straight line)
Tiny — arrive by 8am or use the verges lower down. Kentmere Horseshoe: Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Kentmere Pike.
Directions

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 nameless (Potter Fell - 1) (Brunt Knott South Top) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.

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

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