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Wainwright — Far Eastern FellsAlso a Birkett

The Knott (High Street)

The Knott at 739m (2,425ft) stands above Hayeswater tarn, the highest and most secluded of the Eastern Fell tarns.

739 m
Height
~3–4 h
Typical time
+3
Bonus Birketts
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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

739 mWainwright — Far Eastern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+3 bonus Birketts within 3 km Serious in Clag

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

Modelled guidance for the 739 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 14° to 13°C, gusts to 38 mph, 15.1 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
14° / 13°
💨 38 mph
🌧 15.1 mm (98%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
14° / 11°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.8 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 4°
💨 28 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (63%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
14° / 1°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (82%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
14° / 2°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.3 mm (31%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
15° / 3°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (25%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 5°
💨 12 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (24%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 739 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

The Knott (High Street)

The Knott at 739m (2,425ft) stands above Hayeswater tarn, the highest and most secluded of the Eastern Fell tarns. Wainwright described the view from the summit across Hayeswater as one of the most satisfying in the Far Eastern Fells — the tarn cradled in its glaciated bowl with the High Street ridge rising behind. The ascent from Hartsop is short and direct via the tarn path. Often combined with Rest Dodd and Angletarn Pikes for a fine circuit above Patterdale. A good viewpoint for the whole High Street range.

Routes up The Knott (High Street)

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

Mardale Horseshoe
15.3 km · ~4.6 hr
Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, High Raise and Kidsty Pike
13.7 km · ~4.2 hr
Classifications & hill data
Wainwright
Far Eastern
Birkett
Synge
739 m
Height
2,425 ft
In feet
NY 4371 1268
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Hartsop village (free, donation), about 2.7 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near The Knott (High Street) (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.

2.2 km ENELow Raise754 m · Far Eastern
2.2 km SERough Crag (Riggindale)628 m · Far Eastern
2.8 km NNERed Crag711 m · Far Eastern

Routes over The Knott (High Street)

Mardale HorseshoeRevised
15.33 km · ~900 m ascent · loop · ~4.5–6 h
Summits: Kidsty PikeRampsgill HeadThe Knott (High Street)High StreetMardale Ill BellHarter Fell (Mardale)Little Harter Fell

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Full route guide ↗

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, High Raise and Kidsty PikeRevised
13.7 km · ~862 m ascent · loop · ~4–5.5 h
Summits: Mardale Ill BellHigh StreetThe Knott (High Street)Rampsgill HeadHigh Raise (High Street)Kidsty Pike

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Full route guide ↗

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

The View from The Knott (High Street)

A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.

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Computed 360-degree skyline from The Knott (High Street)24 labelled tops shown (9 distant behind the far-horizon toggle). Theoretical visibility in perfect clarity; computed from terrain, not photographed.eye levelNNEESESSWWNWScafell Pike · 23 kmHelvellyn · 10 kmSkiddaw · 24 kmPillar · 27 kmHigh Crag · 9 kmRaise · 11 kmFairfield · 8 kmBlencathra · 19 kmCrinkle Crags · 20 kmStybarrow Dodd · 11 kmSwirl How · 20 kmThornthwaite Crag · 3 kmRed Screes · 6 kmStony Cove Pike · 3 kmBowscale Fell · 21 kmCarrock Fell · 23 kmHarter Fell · 25 kmHigh Raise · 1 kmRed Crag · 3 kmLoadpot Hill · 6 kmThe Nab · 2 kmSwarth Fell · 7 kmGreat Mell Fell · 13 kmBrownthwaite Crag · 5 kmBowfell · 20 kmNethermost Pike · 10 kmCatstye Cam · 9 kmDollywaggon Pike · 9 kmGreat Dodd · 12 kmKnowe Crags · 19 kmBrim Fell · 22 kmCaudale Moor · 4 kmLittle Stand · 21 kmHell Gill Pike · 20 kmBirkhouse Moor · 8 kmThe Tongue · 20 kmBeda Fell · 5 kmHigh Dodd · 6 kmGowk Hill · 4 kmGreat Meldrum · 10 kmSteel Knotts · 5 kmHallin Fell · 7 kmSnowdon · 179 km · a handful of days a yearBroad Law · 115 km · a rare clear dayArenig Fawr · 186 km · a handful of days a yearTinto · 131 km · a handful of days a yearSighty Crag · 70 km · a rare clear dayWisp Hill · 87 km · a rare clear dayRoan Fell · 80 km · a rare clear dayDun Rig · 120 km · a handful of days a yearBlackwood Hill · 84 km · a rare clear day
What you can see from The Knott (High Street), by direction
  • South-west: Crinkle Crags South Top (20 km), Swirl How (20 km), Brim Fell (22 km)
  • West: St Sunday Crag (7 km), Hart Crag (7 km), Fairfield (8 km), Dollywaggon Pike (9 km), Catstye Cam (9 km), High Crag (9 km), Nethermost Pike (10 km), Helvellyn (10 km), Helvellyn Lower Man (10 km), White Side (11 km), Bowfell (20 km), Crinkle Crags (20 km), Crinkle Crags (20 km), Crinkle Crags (20 km), Esk Pike (21 km), Ill Crag (22 km), Broad Crag (22 km), Scafell Pike (23 km), Scafell (24 km), Pillar (27 km), Black Crag (27 km), Scoat Fell (28 km), Steeple (28 km)
  • North-west: Raise (11 km), Stybarrow Dodd (11 km), Great Dodd (12 km), Blencathra (19 km), Gategill Fell Top (19 km), Knowe Crags (19 km), Atkinson Pike (19 km), Skiddaw Lesser Man (22 km), Skiddaw Little Man (23 km), Skiddaw South Top (24 km), Skiddaw Middle Top (24 km), Skiddaw (24 km), Skiddaw North Top (24 km), Broad End (25 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Snowdon (179 km, Wales), Carnedd Llewelyn (166 km, Wales), Broad Law (115 km, Scotland), Moel Siabod (174 km, Wales), Arenig Fawr (186 km, Wales), Tinto (131 km, Scotland), Craig Cwm Silyn (186 km, Wales), White Coomb (106 km, Scotland).

Computed from terrain in perfect clarity, not photographed · distances are straight-line.

Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.

What you can see from The Knott (High Street)

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.
63Wainwrights in view+14 marginal
179 kmFurthest sightlineSnowdon (Yr Wyddfa) · possible under favourable refraction
—Sea in viewnone from here

On the clearest days the view reaches across to Wales.

Far horizons
  • Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) WalesSSW · 179 km clear
  • Carnedd Llewelyn WalesSSW · 163 km clear
All 63 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

Rest Dodd, High Raise (High Street), Gray Crag, Brock Crags (Wainwright), The Nab, Thornthwaite Crag, Hartsop Dodd, Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top), Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Beda Fell (Beda Head), High Hartsop Dodd, Arnison Crag, Place Fell, Hartsop Above How (Gill Crag - Hartsop Above How), Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts), Red Screes, Little Hart Crag (Little Hart Crag - West Top), Loadpot Hill, Birks, Dove Crag, St Sunday Crag, Hart Crag, Hallin Fell, High Pike (Scandale), Glenridding Dodd, Fairfield, Birkhouse Moor, Great Rigg, Sheffield Pike, Dollywaggon Pike, Catstye Cam, Nethermost Pike, Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit), Helvellyn, Hart Side, Raise, White Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Little Mell Fell, Great Dodd, Great Mell Fell, Souther Fell, Pike of Blisco, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Wetherlam, Cold Pike, Crinkle Crags - Long Top (Second Crinkle), Swirl How, Great Carrs, Esk Pike, Bowscale Fell, Grey Friar, Brim Fell, Scafell Pike, Skiddaw Little Man, Carrock Fell, Scafell, Skiddaw, Bakestall, Harter Fell (Eskdale), Pillar, Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), Steeple

How The Knott (High Street)’s view compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.

Sightlines from a bare-earth terrain model (forests and buildings not included), corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.

Best parking to hike The Knott (High Street)

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

Hartsop village (free, donation) — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)
For Hartsop Dodd, Gray Crag, High Street via Hayeswater, Brock Crags.
Directions
Cow Bridge, Hartsop (free) — 3.5 km from summit (straight line)
Free car park by Brothers Water — Hartsop above How, Dovedale, Caudale Moor.
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.

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, High Raise and Kidsty Pike route:

🛖 map (6 m)🛖 map (6 m)🛖 map (6 m)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

Buses to The Knott (High Street) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 508 “Ullswater Bus”
Penrith – Pooley Bridge – Aira Force – Glenridding – Patterdale (summer services continue over Kirkstone Pass to Troutbeck and Windermere)
Catch it from: Penrith · Windermere (summer only)
The key route from Penrith for the Eastern and Far Eastern fells: Helvellyn from Glenridding, Place Fell, the Hartsop fells. The summer Kirkstone extension drops you at the pass for Red Screes and Caudale Moor.

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

My hikes over The Knott (High Street) (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Interactive route maps and photos load here for visitors with JavaScript. Data from Strava.

Navigating The Knott (High Street) in cloud

Serious in cloud

A rough, rocky summit ringed by crags, with no single obvious way off in poor visibility. A serious place to be caught in cloud: carry map and compass (or GPS) and know how to use them, or save it for a clear day.

In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.

How The Knott (High Street) compares with all 214 — the Clag Index: navigating in cloud. A relative, deliberately cautious guide; the site can’t navigate for you.

Other fells near The Knott (High Street)

Maps & guidebooks for The Knott (High Street)

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