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.
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 (Sat 12 Sep): 16° to 9°C, gusts to 41 mph, 34.5 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 335 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Swarth Fell (Kinniside) at a glance
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Swarth Fell (Kinniside) a Wainwright?
Swarth Fell (Kinniside) is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.
Where do you park for Swarth Fell (Kinniside)?
The nearest car park we hold is Swarth Fell (layby), about 0.4 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Cold Fell road (verge), 1.0 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 Swarth Fell (Kinniside)
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg — starts 1.8 km away
Parking & buses for Swarth Fell (Kinniside)
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).
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 Swarth Fell (Kinniside) by bus
The nearest bus stop we hold is the 77 at Buttermere, outside Court Hotel, 16.5 km of walking from the start — not realistically reachable without a car. It is a seasonal service too: 1 November 2026 is its last day of the year (confirmed with the operator, 29 August 2026).
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Swarth Fell (Kinniside)
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: Swarth Fell (layby), about 0.4 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.
Other fells near Swarth Fell (Kinniside)
- Base Brown
- Blake Fell
- Brandreth
- Buckbarrow
- Burnbank Fell
- Caw Fell
- Crag Fell
- Fellbarrow - Mosser Fell
- Fleetwith Pike
- Gavel Fell
- Great Borne
- Great Gable
- Green Gable
- Grey Knotts
- Grike
- Haycock
- Haystacks (Buttermere)
- Hen Comb
- High Crag (Buttermere)
- High Stile
- Kirk Fell
- Lank Rigg
- Low Fell
- Mellbreak (Mellbreak South Top)
- Middle Fell
- Pillar
- Red Pike (Buttermere)
- Red Pike (Wasdale)
- Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell)
- Seatallan
- Starling Dodd
- Steeple
- Yewbarrow