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Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)

Short entry: no route or hazard notes for this fell yet.

Nearest route starts ↓
612 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+6 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam) (612 m / 2,008 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), in the Southern Fells. It also features on the Synge, Nuttall lists.

Summit conditions on Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 11° to 6°C, gusts to 58 mph, 8.7 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

The forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses

Seatoller, south-east field car park (paid)
1.8 km from summit (straight line)
Thornythwaite Fell, north-west (layby)
2.0 km from summit (straight line)
Stagecoach 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”

Parking & buses ↓

Routes near Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)

No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest route starts we publish, in a straight line from the summit:

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 612 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Tue 27 Oct
11° / 6°
58 mph
8.7 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
9° / 6°
44 mph
14.3 mm (100%)
Thu 29 Oct
9° / 7°
24 mph
0.4 mm (67%)
Fri 30 Oct
8° / 6°
25 mph
0.0 mm (12%)
Sat 31 Oct
7° / 4°
6 mph
0.0 mm (8%)
Sun 1 Nov
8° / 3°
14 mph
0.6 mm (2%)
Mon 2 Nov
6° / 0°
9 mph
0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 20:59 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses for Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)

Parking

Seatoller, south-east field car park (paid) — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)
A paid field by the River Derwent, 0.5 km south-east of Seatoller; operator not identified. The 'Seathwaite, Green Gable, Base Brown' route starts 78 m away. Paid parking (OSM-tagged).
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Thornythwaite Fell, north-west (layby) — 2.0 km from summit (straight line)
Walking base for Allen Crags, High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags), Red Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara) and Looking Steads (Glaramara) — the 'Allan Crags & Glaramara' route starts 255 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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Thornythwaite Fell (layby) — 2.0 km from summit (straight line)
Walking base for Allen Crags, High House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags), Red Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara) and Looking Steads (Glaramara) — the 'Allan Crags & Glaramara' route starts 135 m away. Also serves 'Scafell Pike via the Corridor Route'. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
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2 more places to park near Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)
Stonethwaite village (roadside, free) — 2.0 km from summit (straight line)
In Stonethwaite. The 'Ullscarf, Eagle Crag & Sergeant's Crag' route starts 304 m away. Added from the 5 August 2026 OSM candidate review.
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Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (free verge) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
Free verge parking on the Seathwaite lane — the honeypot start for the Scafells, Great Gable and Glaramara. It fills early; the farm’s own field just down the lane takes the pressure off, and the lane needs to stay clear for residents, farm traffic and emergency vehicles.
Typically full before 09:00 on fine weekends, Apr-Oct — Lee McCoy, local observation, 9 August 2026.
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If it is full: Honister Pass (paid, slate mine) (1.8 km); Seatoller (NT, paid) (2.0 km); Rosthwaite (NT, paid) (3.8 km)
Public toilets (opens in new tab) (~188 m straight line) — Free

Positions are approximate.

Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.

Buses

The 77 and 78 stop at Seatoller, at National Trust car park, a 900 m walk 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. The 77 runs until 1 November 2026, the last day of its season. As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Keswick (78): Tuesday to Sunday 20:00. Checked against the operator’s timetable, 12 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

Stagecoach 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, about 2 km up the lane).

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat

Hazards on Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)

We have not written a hazard card for this fell yet, and that is not a sign that it is low-hazard. Check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected. The National Park Authority’s What to pack page, AdventureSmart’s hill walking kit list and Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s safety page are linked from our what to carry guide.

If you need Mountain Rescue

Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.

Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.

If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.

From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (opens in new tab) (read 26 October 2026).

Map & nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).

Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.

Birketts within 3 km of Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.

1.0 km WThornythwaite Fell574 m · Southern
1.1 km SWCombe Head735 m · Southern
1.9 km SSWLooking Steads (Glaramara)775 m · Southern
2.8 km ESELining Crag542 m · Central

About Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)

Its nearest tops are Dovenest Top (Dovenest Crag) (Stonethwaite Fell) (0.4 km SSE), Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot (0.7 km NNE) and Thornythwaite Fell (1.0 km W). Bessyboot, at 551 m, is the Wainwright summit of Rosthwaite Fell; the Cam is a separate, higher Birkett top. We hold no route over it. It's a worthwhile objective for anyone working through the Birkett list.

Classifications & hill data

Is Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam) a Wainwright?

Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam) is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list, the Synge list and the Nuttall list.

Selected lists

612 m
Height
2,008 ft
In feet
NY 2558 1183
Grid ref

This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.

Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →

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