The Knott
The Knott is a modest top of 284m (932ft) among the Dunnerdale Fells, on the rough moorland east of the Duddon valley between Broughton Mills and Ulpha.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 284 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Fri 11 Sep): 15° to 9°C, gusts to 21 mph, 0.8 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 11 Sep 2026, 08:30 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 284 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
The Knott at a glance
Routes up The Knott
Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is The Knott a Wainwright?
The Knott is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides.
Where do you park for The Knott?
The nearest car park we hold is The Knott car park (donation), about 1.4 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is The Knott, east (layby), 1.5 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.
How hard is The Knott?
The shortest way up we hold is Dunnerdale Fells — 8.6 km, 484 m of ascent, about 2.5 hours. On our scale its hardest axis is navigation — Hard.
All axes: navigation: Hard · steepness: Hard · exposure: Moderate · length: Moderate · terrain: Moderate.
Parking & buses for The Knott
Best parking to hike The Knott
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 The Knott by bus
The nearest bus stop we hold is the 505 at Coniston, outside John Ruskin School, 11.6 km of walking from the start — not realistically reachable without a car.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on The Knott
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: The Knott car park (donation), about 1.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near The Knott (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.
Routes over The Knott
✎️ Planned route — drawn but not personally walked or checked yet.
A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass. How to use this guide.