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.
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 (Fri 11 Sep): 16° to 9°C, gusts to 17 mph, 1.0 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 11 Sep 2026, 08:30 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.
Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat at a glance
Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat a Wainwright?
Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides. It is also on the Marilyn list.
Where do you park for Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat?
The nearest car park we hold is Whitbarrow, south-west (layby), about 1.2 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Howe car park (free), 2.4 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.
Routes up Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Gummer's How & Birch Fell — starts 5.2 km away
Parking & buses for Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat
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).
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 Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat by bus
The X6 stops at Mill Side road end (at), 3.0 km from the nearest parking for this fell. We haven’t mapped a route up it, so we can’t tell you the walk from there to the start. Last bus: Monday to Friday 22:51 towards Kendal (X6); Saturday 22:51 towards Kendal (X6); Sunday 16:53 towards Kendal (X6). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 7 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat
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
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Whitbarrow, south-west (layby), about 1.2 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.