Sallows
Sallows at 516m (1,693ft) is a smooth, grassy summit on the Kentmere ridge above the Troutbeck valley, its open top giving views south to Windermere and east to the Kentmere fells.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 516 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 14°C, gusts to 34 mph, 13.0 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 516 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
About the walk
Sallows
Routes up Sallows
Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Kentmere Institute (donation, very limited), about 1.8 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Sallows (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.
Routes over Sallows
✎️ Planned route — drawn but not personally walked or checked yet.
A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.
A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.
The View from Sallows
A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.
What you can see from Sallows, by direction
- North: Stony Cove Pike (6 km), Caudale Moor (6 km)
- North-east: Harter Fell (6 km)
- West: Wetherlam (15 km), Black Sails (16 km), Sergeant Man (16 km), Harrison Stickle (16 km), High Raise (16 km), Swirl How (17 km), Great How (17 km), Great Carrs (17 km), Brim Fell (17 km), The Old Man of Coniston (18 km), Little Stand (19 km), Crinkle Crags (19 km), Crinkle Crags South Top (19 km), Crinkle Crags (19 km), Crinkle Crags (19 km), Shelter Crags (19 km), Crinkle Crags (19 km), Bowfell (19 km), Esk Pike (20 km), Allen Crags (20 km), Great End (21 km), Ill Crag (22 km), Broad Crag (22 km), Scafell Pike (22 km), Scafell (23 km), Green Gable (23 km), Great Gable (23 km), Pillar (28 km)
- North-west: Red Screes (6 km), Great Rigg (10 km), Gavel Pike (11 km), St Sunday Crag (12 km), Green Side (17 km), Stybarrow Dodd (18 km), Great Dodd (19 km), Crag Hill (29 km), Grasmoor (31 km)
On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Snowdon (171 km, Wales), Carnedd Llewelyn (159 km, Wales), Aran Fawddwy (190 km, Wales), Moel Siabod (166 km, Wales), Arenig Fawr (178 km, Wales), Craig Cwm Silyn (179 km, Wales), Pendle Hill (73 km, England), Moel y Gamelin (160 km, Wales).
Computed from terrain in perfect clarity, not photographed · distances are straight-line.
Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills (opens in new tab) (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.
What you can see from Sallows
On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.On the clearest days the view reaches across to Wales.
- Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) Wales
- Carnedd Llewelyn Wales
- Irish Sea open water
- Ingleborough Yorkshire Dales
- Whernside Yorkshire Dales
- Morecambe Bay bay/estuary
All 44 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)
Sour Howes, Yoke, Troutbeck Tongue, Baystones (Wansfell), Shipman Knotts, Kentmere Pike, Harter Fell (Mardale), Red Screes, Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Tarn Crag (Sleddale), Grey Crag (Sleddale Fell), Nab Scar, Black Fell, Silver How, St Sunday Crag, Holme Fell, Lingmoor Fell (Brown How), Blea Rigg, Wetherlam, Pavey Ark, Sergeant Man, Harrison Stickle, Thunacar Knott, Loft Crag, High Raise (High White Stones), Pike of Blisco, Pike of Stickle, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Brim Fell, Cold Pike, The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man), Crinkle Crags - Long Top (Second Crinkle), Rossett Pike, Bowfell, Esk Pike, Allen Crags, Hard Knott, Great End, Scafell Pike, Scafell, Green Gable, Great Gable, Pillar
How Sallows’s view compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.
Sightlines from a bare-earth terrain model (forests and buildings not included), corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.
Best parking to hike Sallows
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.
Water & shelter on the way up
On the Capple Howe & Sallows route:
On the Sour Howes, Sallows, Yorke, Illl Bell, Frostwick and Troutbeck Tongue in the sun! route:
On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.
Buses to Sallows from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
My hikes over Sallows (Strava)
1 logged hike pass over this summit:
- Sour Howes, Sallows, Yorke, Illl Bell, Frostwick and Troutbeck Tongue in the sun! (opens in new tab) — 27.6 km · 1307 m ascent · 6h 45m moving · 6 Apr 2025
Interactive route maps and photos load here for visitors with JavaScript. Data from Strava.
Navigating Sallows in cloud
StraightforwardA broad, gently-sloping top with little to steer by — easy to lose your bearings and hard to relocate in mist. Navigation here is relatively straightforward even in cloud — but carry map and compass and know how to use them; a low score never means “safe”.
In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.
How Sallows compares with all 214 — the Clag Index: navigating in cloud. A relative, deliberately cautious guide; the site can’t navigate for you.
Other fells near Sallows
- Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top)
- Arthur's Pike
- Baystones (Wansfell)
- Beda Fell (Beda Head)
- Bonscale Pike
- Branstree
- Brock Crags (Wainwright)
- Froswick
- Gray Crag
- Grey Crag (Sleddale Fell)
- Hallin Fell
- Harter Fell (Mardale)
- Hartsop Dodd
- High Raise (High Street)
- High Street
- Ill Bell
- Kentmere Pike
- Kidsty Pike
- Loadpot Hill
- Mardale Ill Bell
- Place Fell
- Rampsgill Head
- Rest Dodd
- Selside Pike
- Shipman Knotts
- Sour Howes
- Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts)
- Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor)
- Tarn Crag (Sleddale)
- The Knott (High Street)
- The Nab
- Thornthwaite Crag
- Troutbeck Tongue
- Wether Hill
- Yoke
Maps & guidebooks for Sallows
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