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247 m · Outlying Fell — South Lakeland · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

Unnamed top (School Knott)

247 m · Outlying Fell — South Lakeland · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses and live summit weather.

247 m
Height
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Bonus Birketts
See routes & download GPX →
247 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 247 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Sat 1 Aug): 16° to 9°C, gusts to 24 mph, 0.3 mm of rain forecast.

Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
16° / 9°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (69%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌦️
19° / 8°
💨 21 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (6%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
21° / 13°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.8 mm (39%)
Tue 4 Aug
🌦️
21° / 15°
💨 21 mph
🌧 2.6 mm (92%)
Wed 5 Aug
🌦️
17° / 12°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.9 mm (86%)
Thu 6 Aug
☁️
15° / 7°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (38%)
Fri 7 Aug
☁️
18° / 10°
💨 20 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (28%)

Forecast snapshot from 1 Aug 2026, 15:22 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 247 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Getting there
🅿️ Staveley village (paid/free mix)
For Reston Scar, Hugill Fell and Potter Fell.
🅿️ Church Bridge, Troutbeck (limited)
For Wansfell, Troutbeck Tongue and the Ill Bell ridge via Garburn Pass.
🚌 Stagecoach 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌦️ 16°low 9°C
Gusts24 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
247 m
Height
810 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 4.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Unnamed top (School Knott) (within 3 km)

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

Best parking to hike Unnamed top (School Knott)

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

Church Bridge, Troutbeck (limited) — 6.2 km from summit (straight line)
For Wansfell, Troutbeck Tongue and the Ill Bell ridge via Garburn Pass.
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 Unnamed top (School Knott) 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.
Stagecoach 508 “Ullswater Bus”
Penrith – Pooley Bridge – Aira Force – Glenridding – Patterdale (summer services continue over Kirkstone Pass to Troutbeck and Windermere)
Catch it from: Penrith · Windermere (summer only)
The key route from Penrith for the Eastern and Far Eastern fells: Helvellyn from Glenridding, Place Fell, the Hartsop fells. The summer Kirkstone extension drops you at the pass for Red Screes and Caudale Moor.

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

Maps & guidebooks for Unnamed top (School Knott)

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