⛰️ Sale Fell

359 m · Wainwright — Northern Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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359 mWainwright — Northern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+3 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Sale Fell at 359m (1,178ft) is a pleasant little summit above Bassenthwaite Lake, its low summit giving fine views of the lake and across to Skiddaw above. Wainwright described it as an excellent evening walk from Keswick — the views of Bassenthwaite and the Skiddaw group are very fine for such a modest height. The ascent from Wythop Mill is short and enjoyable. Combined naturally with Ling Fell for a gentle half-day outing.

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

🎯 Bonus Birketts 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.

0.4 km ESERivings335 m · Northern
0.9 km ELothwaite345 m · Northern
1.5 km SSWBurthwaite Heights318 m · North Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Sale Fell (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Dodd Wood (paid) — 4.3 km from summit (straight line)
Forestry car park for Dodd, Carl Side and the Ullock Pike ridge onto Skiddaw.
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Whinlatter Visitor Centre (paid) — 5.4 km from summit (straight line)
Forest centre — Lord's Seat, Barf, Whinlatter fells, Grisedale Pike's back route.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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