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Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Swarth Fell (Kinniside)

Swarth Fell (Kinniside) (335 m / 1,099 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Western tops.

335 m
Height
+4
Bonus Birketts
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335 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 335 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 15°C, gusts to 31 mph, 0.6 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 15°
💨 31 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (90%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
15° / 13°
💨 26 mph
🌧 10.3 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 7°
💨 26 mph
🌧 2.0 mm (75%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌦️
16° / 3°
💨 20 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (76%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 7°
💨 14 mph
🌧 0.9 mm (73%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
17° / 9°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (27%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
17° / 9°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (22%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 335 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

Swarth Fell (Kinniside)

Swarth Fell (Kinniside) (335 m / 1,099 ft) is a Birkett (one of the 541 tops in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells), one of the lesser-known Western tops. It rises the Calder valley. The name comes from fell (Old Norse fjall, a mountain or hill). It also features on the Synge list. Its nearest tops are Burn Edge (0.7 km NE); Latter Barrow (1.1 km SE); Kinniside (1.4 km E) — it's usually taken in on a round of these neighbours. It's a worthwhile objective for anyone working through the Birkett list, or as a short extension to a bigger day on the higher neighbouring fells.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
335 m
Height
1,099 ft
In feet
NY 0647 1204
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Cold Fell road (verge), about 4.3 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Swarth Fell (Kinniside) (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.

0.7 km NEBurn Edge320 m · Western
1.1 km ESELatter Barrow354 m · Western
1.4 km ESEKinniside375 m · Western
1.6 km NNEBlakeley Raise389 m · Western

Best parking to hike Swarth Fell (Kinniside)

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

Cold Fell road (verge) — 4.3 km from summit (straight line)
Verge parking on the Calder Bridge–Ennerdale road for Lank Rigg and Ponsonby Fell.
Directions
Wath Brow, Cleator Moor (roadside) — 4.9 km from summit (straight line)
Start of the Nannycatch/Dent paths for the far-western outliers.
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 Swarth Fell (Kinniside) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

No regular bus serves the start points for this fell — this is one for the car (or a long approach from the nearest served valley). The nearest hubs are Penrith (X4/X5 & 508), Ambleside and Windermere (555, 505, 516).

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

Other fells near Swarth Fell (Kinniside)

Maps & guidebooks for Swarth Fell (Kinniside)

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