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Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Scale Knott

Scale Knott at 338m (1,109ft) is a Birkett fell above the lower Ennerdale valley, its heathery summit giving views across Ennerdale Water and west to the coast.

338 m
Height
+7
Bonus Birketts
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338 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+7 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast

Modelled guidance for the 338 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 17° to 15°C, gusts to 30 mph, 2.2 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
17° / 15°
💨 30 mph
🌧 2.2 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
17° / 13°
💨 27 mph
🌧 11.0 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 6°
💨 28 mph
🌧 2.8 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
16° / 4°
💨 22 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
16° / 7°
💨 15 mph
🌧 1.2 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌤️
17° / 6°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
17° / 6°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 338 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

Scale Knott

Scale Knott at 338m (1,109ft) is a Birkett fell above the lower Ennerdale valley, its heathery summit giving views across Ennerdale Water and west to the coast. Part of the low fell country on the south side of Ennerdale. A short, pleasant walk with views of the lakeshore.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
338 m
Height
1,109 ft
In feet
NY 1497 1777
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Buttermere village (NT, paid), about 2.6 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Scale Knott (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.

1.8 km NNWMellbreak North Top509 m · North Western
2.1 km SWGale Fell518 m · Western
2.3 km SLittle Dodd (Ennerdale)590 m · Western
2.3 km NWLittle Dodd (Loweswater)362 m · North Western
2.5 km SEDodd (Buttermere)641 m · North Western
2.7 km NELad Hows426 m · North Western
2.8 km WFloutern Cop451 m · Western

Best parking to hike Scale Knott

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

Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 2.6 km from summit (straight line)
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts.
Directions
🚺 Buttermere village (132m) — Accessible☕ Syke Farm Tea Room☕ Croft House Farm Café🍺 The Buttermere Court Hotel
Maggie's Bridge, Loweswater (NT, free) — 3.6 km from summit (straight line)
Small free car park for Mellbreak, Hen Comb and the Loweswater fells.
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 Scale Knott 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.

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