⛰️ Swarth Fell (Ullswater)

545 m · Birkett — Far Eastern (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

545 mBirkett — Far Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)+2 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Swarth Fell at 681m (2,234ft) is a moorland summit between Baugh Fell and Wild Boar Fell in the Mallerstang area, giving views across the Eden Valley and west to the Lake District. Wainwright explored this area in his Outlying Fells guide. The ascent from Garsdale Head or Aisgill is straightforward across open moorland. Part of the circuit of the Mallerstang and upper Eden Valley fells.

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

🎯 Bonus Birketts 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.

2.4 km SSWBrownthwaite Crag444 m · Far Eastern
3.0 km SSWGowk Hill471 m · Far Eastern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Swarth Fell (Ullswater) (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Martindale, St Peter's church (free, limited) — 1.0 km from summit (straight line)
Quiet side of Ullswater — Hallin Fell, Steel Knotts, Beda Fell, Pikeawassa.
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The Hause, Little Mell Fell (verge) — 4.5 km from summit (straight line)
Verge parking at the high point of the Watermillock road.
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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

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.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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