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.
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 (Sat 12 Sep): 18° to 8°C, gusts to 34 mph, 11.7 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 12 Sep 2026, 18:50 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.
Scout Scar (Wainwright summit) at a glance
Scout Scar (Wainwright summit)
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Scout Scar (Wainwright summit) a Wainwright?
Scout Scar (Wainwright summit) is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides.
Where do you park for Scout Scar (Wainwright summit)?
The nearest car park we hold is Scout Scar / Underbarrow Road, Kendal (paid), about 0.5 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Scout Scar, north-east car park (free), 0.5 km out. We only look within 2.5 km, measured straight-line: over longer distances a road may cross a pass and the drive bears no relation to the line.
Routes up Scout Scar (Wainwright summit)
No route guide for this fell yet.
Parking & buses for Scout Scar (Wainwright summit)
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).
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.
Vehicles are left entirely at their owner’s risk. We list places people park; we cannot vouch for any of them. Judge it on the day: take valuables with you, leave nothing on show, and if a spot feels wrong when you get there, park somewhere else.
Getting to Scout Scar (Wainwright summit) by bus
The 555 stops at Kendal, at Highgate, 3.3 km from the nearest parking for this fell. We haven’t mapped a route up it, so we can’t tell you the walk from there to the start. Last bus: Monday to Friday 17:27 towards Bowness on Windermere (755); Saturday 17:57 towards Bowness on Windermere (755); Sunday 15:47 towards Bowness on Windermere (755). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 7 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Scout Scar (Wainwright summit)
No hazard card for this fell. The usual open-fell rules apply: check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected.
Map & nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Scout Scar / Underbarrow Road, Kendal (paid), 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.