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Outlying Fell — South LakelandAlso a Birkett

Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)

Top o' Selside at 335m (1,099ft) is a heathery summit between Coniston Water and the Grizedale Forest, giving fine views of Coniston Water and the Coniston Fells.

332 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
See routes & download GPX → Parking & buses →
332 mOutlying Fell — South Lakeland✓ summit is also a Birkett+2 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 332 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Fri 11 Sep): 15° to 10°C, gusts to 19 mph, 0.8 mm of rain forecast.

Fri 11 Sep
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15° / 10°
💨 19 mph
🌧 0.8 mm (94%)
Sat 12 Sep
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17° / 11°
💨 36 mph
🌧 29.7 mm (100%)
Sun 13 Sep
☁️
15° / 9°
💨 13 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (33%)
Mon 14 Sep
🌧️
16° / 9°
💨 28 mph
🌧 14.5 mm (89%)
Tue 15 Sep
🌦️
15° / 10°
💨 33 mph
🌧 3.8 mm (78%)
Wed 16 Sep
🌦️
13° / 10°
💨 26 mph
🌧 1.6 mm (57%)
Thu 17 Sep
🌦️
13° / 10°
💨 34 mph
🌧 4.2 mm (79%)

Forecast snapshot from 11 Sep 2026, 08:30 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 332 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit) at a glance

Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)

Top o' Selside at 335m (1,099ft) is a heathery summit between Coniston Water and the Grizedale Forest, giving fine views of Coniston Water and the Coniston Fells. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide. The views of Coniston Water from this elevated eastern shore are excellent. A pleasant short walk above the wooded country east of Coniston.

Routes up Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)

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

Classifications & hill data

Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
Birkett
Synge
332 m
Height
1,089 ft
In feet
SD 3080 9186
Grid ref

The short answers

Is Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit) a Wainwright?

Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit) is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides. It is also on the Birkett list and the Synge list.

Where do you park for Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)?

The nearest car park we hold is Rigg Wood Car Park, about 1.0 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Dodgson Wood car park, Coniston Water east shore (Forestry England), 1.2 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 Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)?

The shortest way up we hold is Top o' Selside — 8.7 km, 369 m of ascent, about 2.4 hours. On our scale its hardest axis is navigation — Hard.

All axes: navigation: Hard · terrain: Moderate · length: Moderate · steepness: Moderate · exposure: Easy.

Parking & buses for Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)

Best parking to hike Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)

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

Rigg Wood Car Park — 1.0 km from summit (straight line)
Walking base for Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit), Arnsbarrow Hill and Stang Hill (Arnsbarrow Hill South Top) — the 'Top o' Selside' route starts 496 m away. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
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Dodgson Wood car park, Coniston Water east shore (Forestry England) — 1.2 km from summit (straight line)
Forestry England car park on the east side of the lake road south of Brantwood (OS SD 301 893). A steeper alternative start for the Bethecar Moor fells, climbing through the woodland past Parkamoor.
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Crab Haws car park, Bethecar Moor (free) — 1.5 km from summit (straight line)
Small, free car park about 0.8 miles N of High Nibthwaite (OS SD 296 909; what3words ///fault.swordfish.insect). The hidden entrance is immediately after a field on the right. The natural start for the quiet Bethecar Moor / Blawith Birketts (Low & High Light Haw, Arnsbarrow Hill), with a path up through the woods. High Nibthwaite's own roadside laybys are very limited, so use Crab Haws to avoid blocking farm access.
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Top o' Selside car park — 1.7 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit) (1.7 km). Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
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Beacon Fell, north-east (layby 2) — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Beacon Fell (1.4 km), High Light Haw (1.5 km), Low Light Haw (1.7 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
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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 Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit) by bus

The nearest bus stop we hold is the 505 at Monk Coniston, at Hall, 6.4 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 Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)

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

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

Nearest parking: Rigg Wood Car Park, about 1.0 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit) (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.

0.8 km SSEArnsbarrow Hill322 m · Southern

Routes over Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)

8.71 km · ~369 m ascent · loop · ~2–3 h
Summits: Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit)Arnsbarrow HillStang Hill (Arnsbarrow Hill South Top)

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

✎️ 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.

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