Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights)
Newton Fell South at 177m (581ft) is an Outlying Fell on the low hills south of Grange-over-Sands in the South Lakeland group, giving views across the Kent estuary and Morecambe Bay.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 177 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 19° to 17°C, gusts to 30 mph, 0.9 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 177 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
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Grange-over-Sands (paid + railway station), about 3.8 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) (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 177 m): a mapped path comes within about 144 m of the summit, with a last stretch of open ground (about 44 m of ascent, up to ~35°). There is steep ground (over 30°) on the direct line — pick your line with care. The summit is on CRoW open access land, but the direct approach crosses land that is neither access land nor a right of way — check access.
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 Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights)
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 Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
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