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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

Scout Scar (Wainwright summit)

Scout Scar at 235m (771ft) is the dramatic limestone escarpment above Kendal, its long, airy ridge giving outstanding views of the Lakeland fells, the Pennines and Morecambe Bay.

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

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

Modelled guidance for the 233 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 19° to 16°C, gusts to 26 mph, 2.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
19° / 16°
💨 26 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (92%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
19° / 15°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.1 mm (90%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
17° / 8°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (73%)
Fri 31 Jul
☁️
18° / 4°
💨 25 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (69%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
17° / 8°
💨 16 mph
🌧 4.2 mm (47%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
20° / 9°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
19° / 8°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (18%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 233 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

Scout Scar (Wainwright summit)

Scout Scar (Wainwright summit), a Lake District fell
Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scout Scar at 235m (771ft) is the dramatic limestone escarpment above Kendal, its long, airy ridge giving outstanding views of the Lakeland fells, the Pennines and Morecambe Bay. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide, praising the remarkable panorama — one of the finest ridge-edge views in the north of England. The traverse from Kendal along the scarp edge is a classic South Lakeland walk accessible from the town.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
233 m
Height
764 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Scout Scar / Underbarrow Road, Kendal (free), about 0.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Scout Scar (Wainwright summit) (within 3 km)

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

Best parking to hike Scout Scar (Wainwright summit)

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

Scout Scar / Underbarrow Road, Kendal (free) — 0.5 km from summit (straight line)
Free car park on the racecourse road — Scout Scar and Cunswick Scar in an hour or two.
Directions
Staveley village (paid/free mix) — 6.5 km from summit (straight line)
For Reston Scar, Hugill Fell and Potter Fell.
Directions
🚺 Staveley, Abbey Square Bus Stop (276m) — Free · Accessible☕ Wilf's Cafe☕ Mr Duffins Coffee☕ Eclec Cafe🍺 Eagle and Child🏪 Inov-8🏪 Merrell Showroom🏪 Pogu

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 Scout Scar (Wainwright summit) 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.

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

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