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Outlying Fell — South Lakeland

Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat

Whitbarrow at 215m (705ft) is a magnificent limestone escarpment above the Lyth valley, its white scarp edge — visible from miles around — giving outstanding views of Morecambe Bay, the Kent estuary and the Lakeland fells.

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216 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 216 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 19° to 16°C, gusts to 28 mph, 2.0 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
19° / 16°
💨 28 mph
🌧 2.0 mm (92%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌦️
19° / 15°
💨 22 mph
🌧 0.3 mm (90%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
17° / 8°
💨 26 mph
🌧 0.6 mm (73%)
Fri 31 Jul
☁️
18° / 4°
💨 25 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (69%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
17° / 8°
💨 16 mph
🌧 4.2 mm (47%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
20° / 9°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
19° / 8°
💨 13 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (18%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 216 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

Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat

Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat, a Lake District fell
Photo: The original uploader was StephenDawson at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Whitbarrow at 215m (705ft) is a magnificent limestone escarpment above the Lyth valley, its white scarp edge — visible from miles around — giving outstanding views of Morecambe Bay, the Kent estuary and the Lakeland fells. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide, praising the fine bay views and the unusual character of the limestone plateau. An SSSI of rare limestone flora. The traverse of the scarp edge is a classic South Lakeland walk.

Classifications & hill data
Outlying Fell
South Lakeland
Marilyn
216 m
Height
709 ft
In feet

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Mill Side, Whitbarrow (verge), about 3.4 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat (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 Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat

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

Mill Side, Whitbarrow (verge) — 3.4 km from summit (straight line)
For Whitbarrow (Lord's Seat) — limestone pavement and easy walking.
Directions
Gummer's How car park (free) — 5.3 km from summit (straight line)
Short, family-grade climb of Gummer's How above Windermere's foot.
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 Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach X6
Kendal – Levens – Grange-over-Sands – Ulverston – Barrow (A590 corridor)
Catch it from: Kendal/Windermere (change at Kendal)
Year-round. Handy for the South Lakeland outliers: Whitbarrow (Mill Side area), Gummer's How (Newby Bridge) and Hampsfell (Grange-over-Sands, which also has trains).

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

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