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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

Newton Fell North

Newton Fell at 225m (738ft) is a heathery ridge above the Winster valley between Windermere and Cartmel, giving views across the Winster valley and south to Morecambe Bay.

237 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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237 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 237 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 19° to 16°C, gusts to 29 mph, 1.2 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
19° / 16°
💨 29 mph
🌧 1.2 mm (82%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
19° / 14°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.5 mm (89%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
16° / 7°
💨 27 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (73%)
Fri 31 Jul
☁️
18° / 4°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (65%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
17° / 8°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.4 mm (41%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
20° / 10°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (27%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
20° / 10°
💨 12 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (16%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 237 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

Newton Fell North

Newton Fell at 225m (738ft) is a heathery ridge above the Winster valley between Windermere and Cartmel, giving views across the Winster valley and south to Morecambe Bay. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide. A pleasant, easy walk in the lovely pastoral country between Windermere and the Cartmel peninsula.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
237 m
Height
778 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Gummer's How car park (free), about 3.3 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Newton Fell North (within 3 km)

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

Best parking to hike Newton Fell North

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

Gummer's How car park (free) — 3.3 km from summit (straight line)
Short, family-grade climb of Gummer's How above Windermere's foot.
Directions
Mill Side, Whitbarrow (verge) — 5.1 km from summit (straight line)
For Whitbarrow (Lord's Seat) — limestone pavement and easy walking.
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 Newton Fell North from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach X6
Kendal – Levens – Grange-over-Sands – Ulverston – Barrow (A590 corridor)
Catch it from: Kendal/Windermere (change at Kendal)
Year-round. Handy for the South Lakeland outliers: Whitbarrow (Mill Side area), Gummer's How (Newby Bridge) and Hampsfell (Grange-over-Sands, which also has trains).

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

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