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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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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 (Tue 28 Jul): 18° to 15°C, gusts to 30 mph, 3.2 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
18° / 15°
💨 30 mph
🌧 3.2 mm (82%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
18° / 14°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.1 mm (89%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
15° / 9°
💨 28 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (73%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
17° / 5°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (65%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
16° / 7°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.4 mm (41%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
19° / 8°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (27%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
19° / 10°
💨 13 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (16%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 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.

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

About the walk

Key information

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.

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

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Dodgson Wood car park, Coniston Water east shore (Forestry England), about 1.9 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
1.0 km SStang Hill (Arnsbarrow Hill South Top)316 m · Southern

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).

Dodgson Wood car park, Coniston Water east shore (Forestry England) — 1.9 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.
Directions
Crab Haws car park, Bethecar Moor (free) — 2.2 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.
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.

Buses to Top o' Selside (Wainwright summit) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

No regular bus serves the start points for this fell — this is one for the car (or a long approach from the nearest served valley). The nearest hubs are Penrith (X4/X5 & 508), Ambleside and Windermere (555, 505, 516).

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

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