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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

Ulgraves

Ulgraves is a listed Lakeland top, a quiet South Lakeland top reached by few walkers.

333 m
Height
+0
Bonus Birketts
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333 mOutlying Fell — South Lakelandsummit is not a Birkett top+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 333 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 17° to 15°C, gusts to 27 mph, 7.0 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
17° / 15°
💨 27 mph
🌧 7.0 mm (98%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
18° / 14°
💨 25 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (98%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
16° / 6°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (63%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
17° / 2°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (82%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
17° / 4°
💨 16 mph
🌧 3.6 mm (31%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
18° / 7°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (25%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
18° / 7°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (24%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 333 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

About the walk

Key information

Ulgraves

Ulgraves is a listed Lakeland top, a quiet South Lakeland top reached by few walkers. The name is not securely explained, though it is likely Old Norse or Old English in origin. Its nearest tops are nameless (Potter Fell - 2) (Potter Fell) (1.6 km NW); Whiteside Pike (2.1 km NE); nameless (Potter Fell - 1) (Brunt Knott South Top) (2.1 km W) — usually taken in together. It rewards the list-ticker or anyone exploring this quieter corner of the District.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
Synge
333 m
Height
1,093 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Staveley village (paid/free mix), about 4.3 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Ulgraves (within 3 km)

No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.

Terrain & access

A 333 m top with a mapped path to within about 21 m of the summit. The summit is not on CRoW open access land, and the direct approach crosses land that is neither access land nor a right of way — there may be no public right to the top, so check access before you go.

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 Ulgraves

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

Sadgill, Longsleddale (free, limited) — 6.5 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Longsleddale — Kentmere Pike, Shipman Knotts, Grey Crag, Tarn Crag.
Directions (opens in new tab)

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 Ulgraves from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Maps & guidebooks for Ulgraves

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