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Birkett — Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

Threlkeld Knotts

Threlkeld Knotts at 514m (1,686ft) is a Birkett top above the Threlkeld valley between Blencathra and the Helvellyn range, giving views along St John's in the Vale and towards Blencathra's dramatic southern ridges.

514 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
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514 mBirkett — Eastern (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 514 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 14°C, gusts to 37 mph, 3.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 14°
💨 37 mph
🌧 3.7 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
16° / 12°
💨 30 mph
🌧 5.1 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 4°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.1 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 2°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 3°
💨 14 mph
🌧 5.4 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌫️
16° / 4°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
17° / 5°
💨 15 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 514 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

Threlkeld Knotts

Threlkeld Knotts at 514m (1,686ft) is a Birkett top above the Threlkeld valley between Blencathra and the Helvellyn range, giving views along St John's in the Vale and towards Blencathra's dramatic southern ridges. Part of the fell country between Thirlmere and the Threlkeld valley. A fine viewpoint for the classic view of Blencathra's southern face.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
514 m
Height
1,686 ft
In feet
NY 3301 2302
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Threlkeld village (free/donation), about 2.6 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Threlkeld Knotts (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.

1.9 km SCalfhow Pike660 m · Eastern
2.7 km SERanderside729 m · Eastern
2.7 km SSELittle Dodd (St John's Common)785 m · Eastern
2.8 km SWHigh Rigg (High Rigg South Top)343 m · Eastern

Terrain & access

A near-path top (about 514 m): a mapped path comes within about 136 m of the summit, with a last stretch of open ground (about 32 m of ascent, up to ~35°). There is steep ground (over 30°) on the direct line — pick your line with care. The summit is on CRoW open access land.

Computed from open data, not walked — pathless ground needs confident navigation, and mapped paths, barriers and access boundaries can be incomplete. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass); Natural England CRoW Access Land; DoBIH; Copernicus GLO-30. See the terrain & access report for how this is worked out across all 145 fells.

Best parking to hike Threlkeld Knotts

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

Threlkeld village (free/donation) — 2.6 km from summit (straight line)
Blencathra via Hall's Fell ridge; Clough Head across the valley.
Directions
🚺 Threlkeld Village Hall (57m) — Free · Accessible☕ Threlkeld Coffee Shop🍺 Horse & Farrier Inn🍺 Salutation Inn
Scales, A66 (layby) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
Laybys near the White Horse Inn — Blencathra via Scales Fell or Sharp Edge.
Directions
🚺 Threlkeld Village Hall (1856m) — Free · Accessible

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 Threlkeld Knotts from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach X4 / X5
Penrith – Rheged – Threlkeld – Keswick – Braithwaite – Cockermouth – Workington
Catch it from: Penrith
Year-round, frequent. From Penrith this is your way into Keswick and the Northern fells — Threlkeld/Scales stops serve Blencathra directly, Braithwaite serves the Coledale fells.

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

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Maps & guidebooks for Threlkeld Knotts

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