Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)
Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam) (612 m / 2,008 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Southern tops.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 612 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Sat 12 Sep): 14° to 8°C, gusts to 46 mph, 36.8 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 612 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam) at a glance
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
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.
Where do you park for Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)?
The nearest car park we hold is Rosthwaite Fell car park (paid), about 1.8 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Thornythwaite Fell, north-west (layby), 2.0 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 Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Seathwaite, Green Gable, Base Brown — starts 1.8 km away
- Allan Crags & Glaramara — starts 2.1 km away
- Scafell Pike via the Corridor Route — starts 2.1 km away
Parking & buses for Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)
Best parking to hike Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)
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.
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 Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam) by bus
The 77 stops at Seatoller, at National Trust car park, 900 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. The last bus is 20:00 towards Keswick (78), every day. 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 Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)
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: Rosthwaite Fell car park (paid), about 1.8 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam) (within 3 km)
These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits — detour to them on this walk and they are pure profit. Distances are straight-line; allow extra for terrain.
Other fells near Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam)
- Allen Crags
- Black Fell
- Bowfell
- Brim Fell
- Cold Pike
- Crinkle Crags - Long Top (Second Crinkle)
- Dow Crag
- Esk Pike
- Glaramara
- Great Carrs
- Great End
- Green Crag
- Grey Friar
- Hard Knott
- Harter Fell (Eskdale)
- Holme Fell
- Illgill Head
- Lingmell
- Lingmoor Fell (Brown How)
- Pike of Blisco
- Rossett Pike
- Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot
- Scafell
- Scafell Pike
- Seathwaite Fell (Wainwright summit)
- Slight Side
- Swirl How
- The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man)
- Wetherlam
- Whin Rigg (Wasdale)