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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

Reston Scar

Reston Scar at 255m (837ft) is an Outlying Fell on the limestone escarpment above the Winster valley in the South Lakeland group, its rocky scarp edge giving views across the pastoral valley towards Windermere and the Lake District fells.

255 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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255 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 255 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 18° to 16°C, gusts to 23 mph, 5.0 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
18° / 16°
💨 23 mph
🌧 5.0 mm (98%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
18° / 14°
💨 25 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
16° / 7°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (63%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
17° / 3°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (82%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
17° / 5°
💨 16 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (31%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
19° / 8°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (25%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
19° / 8°
💨 16 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 255 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

Reston Scar

Reston Scar at 255m (837ft) is an Outlying Fell on the limestone escarpment above the Winster valley in the South Lakeland group, its rocky scarp edge giving views across the pastoral valley towards Windermere and the Lake District fells. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide. A pleasant walk along the limestone edge.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
255 m
Height
837 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 1.1 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Reston Scar (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 Reston Scar

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

Staveley village (paid/free mix) — 1.1 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) — 5.0 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 Reston Scar 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.

Other fells near Reston Scar

Maps & guidebooks for Reston Scar

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