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Birkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

White Hall Knott

White Hall Knott at 311m (1,020ft) is a Birkett fell in the West Cumbria group above the Duddon estuary, giving views across the coastal plain and the Duddon Sands.

311 m
Height
+1
Bonus Birkett
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311 mBirkett — Western (not a Wainwright summit)+1 bonus Birkett within 3 km

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

Modelled guidance for the 311 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Fri 11 Sep): 14° to 11°C, gusts to 29 mph, 0.1 mm of rain forecast.

Fri 11 Sep
🌦️
14° / 11°
💨 29 mph
🌧 0.1 mm (95%)
Sat 12 Sep
🌧️
16° / 12°
💨 47 mph
🌧 16.1 mm (100%)
Sun 13 Sep
🌦️
14° / 10°
💨 22 mph
🌧 0.1 mm (50%)
Mon 14 Sep
🌧️
16° / 9°
💨 30 mph
🌧 20.6 mm (88%)
Tue 15 Sep
🌦️
15° / 10°
💨 34 mph
🌧 9.5 mm (84%)
Wed 16 Sep
🌦️
12° / 10°
💨 30 mph
🌧 4.2 mm (84%)
Thu 17 Sep
🌦️
13° / 10°
💨 37 mph
🌧 7.8 mm (83%)

Forecast snapshot from 11 Sep 2026, 08:30 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 311 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

White Hall Knott at a glance

White Hall Knott

White Hall Knott at 311m (1,020ft) is a Birkett fell in the West Cumbria group above the Duddon estuary, giving views across the coastal plain and the Duddon Sands. Part of the low fell country between Dunnerdale and the coast. A quiet, remote summit.

Getting there

🅿️ White Hall Knott (layby)
Nearest fells: White Hall Knott (1.2 km), Black Combe South Top (1.6 km), Black Combe (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
🅿️ Hallthwaites (layby)
Nearest published walking: 2.3 km from White Hall Knott. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.

Full parking & bus details ↓

Right now on the summit

🌦️ 14°low 11°C
Gusts29 mph

Full 7-day summit forecast →

Classifications & hill data

Birkett
Synge
311 m
Height
1,020 ft
In feet
SD 1556 8559
Grid ref

The short answers

Is White Hall Knott a Wainwright?

White Hall Knott is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.

Where do you park for White Hall Knott?

The nearest car park we hold is White Hall Knott (layby), about 1.2 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Hallthwaites (layby), 2.3 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 White Hall Knott

No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:

Parking & buses for White Hall Knott

Best parking to hike White Hall Knott

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

White Hall Knott (layby) — 1.2 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: White Hall Knott (1.2 km), Black Combe South Top (1.6 km), Black Combe (1.8 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
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Hallthwaites (layby) — 2.3 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest published walking: 2.3 km from White Hall Knott. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
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Arnaby (layby) — 2.9 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest published walking: 2.9 km from White Hall Knott. Free (OSM-tagged).
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Whicham church, Silecroft road (verge) — 3.5 km from summit (straight line)
The standard start for Black Combe. Silecroft station (Cumbrian Coast line) is ~2 km.
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The Hill (layby) 2 — 3.6 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest published walking: 3.6 km from White Hall Knott. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
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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 White Hall Knott by bus

We don’t know yet. The path network around this start isn’t mapped well enough for us to measure a walk from the nearest stop. That’s a gap in our data, not a sign that no bus comes here.

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

Hazards on White Hall Knott

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

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

Nearest parking: White Hall Knott (layby), about 1.2 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near White Hall Knott (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.

2.0 km WSWBlack Combe South Top588 m · Western

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