Potter Fell
390 m · Outlying Fell — South Lakeland · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses and live summit weather.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 390 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Sat 12 Sep): 16° to 8°C, gusts to 40 mph, 17.0 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 12 Sep 2026, 15:36 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 390 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Potter Fell a Wainwright?
Potter Fell is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides. It is also on the Synge list.
Where do you park for Potter Fell?
We hold no car park within 2.5 km of the summit, so there is no short walk-in to recommend here. 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 Potter Fell
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Brunt Knott from Staveley — starts 3.3 km away
- Bannisdale Fell - Long Crag — starts 5.4 km away
- Harrop Pike & Ancrow Brow - Birketts — starts 5.5 km away
Parking & buses for Potter Fell
Best parking to hike Potter Fell
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 Potter Fell by bus
The 555 stops at Staveley, outside Abbey Square, 540 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 23:51 towards Kendal (555); Saturday 23:51 towards Kendal (555); Sunday 22:29 towards Kendal (6). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 12 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.
By train: Staveley station is 860 m on foot from the nearest parking for this fell (Roadside parking for Reston Scar (free)). We haven’t mapped a route up it from there, so we can’t tell you the walk to the start. First train in 06:30, last train out 22:52, Monday to Friday, checked 12 September; Saturday and Sunday.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Potter Fell
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: Roadside parking for Reston Scar (free), about 3.1 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Potter Fell (within 3 km)
No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.