⛰️ School Knott

232 m · Outlying Fell — South Lakeland · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

232 mOutlying Fell — South Lakelandsummit is not a Birkett top+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

School Knott at 253m (830ft) is a small, heathery fell above Windermere town, its open top giving fine views of the lake. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide as an ideal short walk for visitors to Windermere. The ascent from Windermere village is very short and the views of the lake are an immediate reward.

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts within 3 km

No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over School Knott (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Staveley village (paid/free mix) — 4.5 km from summit (straight line)
For Reston Scar, Hugill Fell and Potter Fell.
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Church Bridge, Troutbeck (limited) — 5.6 km from summit (straight line)
For Wansfell, Troutbeck Tongue and the Ill Bell ridge via Garburn Pass.
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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 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.
Stagecoach 508 “Ullswater Bus”
Penrith – Pooley Bridge – Aira Force – Glenridding – Patterdale (summer services continue over Kirkstone Pass to Troutbeck and Windermere)
Catch it from: Penrith · Windermere (summer only)
The key route from Penrith for the Eastern and Far Eastern fells: Helvellyn from Glenridding, Place Fell, the Hartsop fells. The summer Kirkstone extension drops you at the pass for Red Screes and Caudale Moor.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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