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.
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 (Fri 11 Sep): 12° to 10°C, gusts to 29 mph, 1.2 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 514 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Threlkeld Knotts at a glance
Routes up Threlkeld Knotts
Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Threlkeld Knotts a Wainwright?
Threlkeld Knotts is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.
Where do you park for Threlkeld Knotts?
The nearest car park we hold is High Rigg, north-east (layby), about 1.4 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is High Rigg (layby), 1.4 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 Threlkeld Knotts?
The shortest way up we hold is Threlkeld Knotts & Clough Head — 11.2 km, 793 m of ascent, about 3.6 hours. On our scale its hardest axis is steepness — Severe.
All axes: steepness: Severe · exposure: Hard · length: Moderate · navigation: Moderate · terrain: Moderate.
Parking & buses for Threlkeld Knotts
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).
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 Threlkeld Knotts by bus
The 509 stops at Threlkeld West End (near). From there it is 2.4 km and 58 m of ascent to the start of Threlkeld Knotts & Clough Head — a walk in before the walk. Last bus: Monday to Friday 22:05 towards Penrith (X5) and 17:02 towards Patterdale (509) and 14:37 towards Hartsop (509); Saturday 22:05 towards Penrith (X5) and 17:02 towards Patterdale (509) and 14:37 towards Hartsop (509); Sunday 18:31 towards Penrith (X5) and 17:02 towards Patterdale (509) and 14:37 towards Hartsop (509). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 7 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Threlkeld Knotts
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: High Rigg, north-east (layby), about 1.4 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.
Routes over Threlkeld Knotts
✎️ 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.
On the hill: terrain and water on Threlkeld Knotts
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 144 fells.
Places to stay near this fell
From Wanthwaite Bridge: 4 places in Keswick
Other fells near Threlkeld Knotts
- Arnison Crag
- Birkhouse Moor
- Birks
- Catstye Cam
- Clough Head
- Dollywaggon Pike
- Dove Crag
- Fairfield
- Glenridding Dodd
- Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit)
- Great Dodd
- Great Mell Fell
- Great Rigg
- Hart Crag
- Hart Side
- Hartsop Above How (Gill Crag)
- Helvellyn
- Heron Pike (Rydal)
- High Hartsop Dodd
- High Pike (Scandale)
- Little Hart Crag (West Top)
- Little Mell Fell
- Low Pike
- Middle Dodd
- Nab Scar
- Nethermost Pike
- Raise
- Red Screes
- Seat Sandal
- Sheffield Pike
- St Sunday Crag
- Stone Arthur
- Stybarrow Dodd
- Watson's Dodd
- White Side