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 (Sat 12 Sep): 18° to 8°C, gusts to 37 mph, 17.6 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 12 Sep 2026, 18:50 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.
Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) at a glance
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) a Wainwright?
Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides.
Where do you park for Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights)?
The nearest car park we hold is Newton Fell South, south car park, about 0.9 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Newton Fell South, north-west (layby 3), 1.0 km out. We only look within 2.5 km, measured straight-line: over longer distances a road may cross a pass and the drive bears no relation to the line.
Routes up Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights)
No route guide for this fell yet.
Parking & buses for Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights)
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.
Vehicles are left entirely at their owner’s risk. We list places people park; we cannot vouch for any of them. Judge it on the day: take valuables with you, leave nothing on show, and if a spot feels wrong when you get there, park somewhere else.
Getting to Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) by bus
The X6 stops at Lindale Lyngarth (near), 150 m from the nearest parking for this fell. We haven’t mapped a route up it, so we can’t tell you the walk from there to the start. Last bus: Monday to Friday 22:37 towards Kendal (X6); Saturday 22:37 towards Kendal (X6); Sunday 16:37 towards Kendal (X6). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 12 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights)
No hazard card for this fell. The usual open-fell rules apply: check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected.
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Newton Fell South, south car park, about 0.9 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.
On the hill: terrain and water on Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights)
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 144 fells.