Wool Knott
Wool Knott at 448m (1,470ft) is a small, grassy summit in the Dunnerdale Fells, its open top giving views across the moorland to the Coniston group.
Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast
Modelled guidance for the 223 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
On the summit today (Sat 12 Sep): 17° to 7°C, gusts to 36 mph, 31.8 mm of rain forecast.
Forecast snapshot from 12 Sep 2026, 18:50 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 223 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.
Wool Knott at a glance
Getting there
Classifications & hill data
The short answers
Is Wool Knott a Wainwright?
Wool Knott is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells, not one of the 214 in the Pictorial Guides.
Where do you park for Wool Knott?
The nearest car park we hold is Beacon Fell, south-east (layby 2), about 1.5 km from the summit in a straight line. The next is Wool Knott (layby), 1.5 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 Wool Knott
No route guide for this fell yet. The nearest routes we publish start close by:
- Low Light Haw — starts 2.7 km away
- Top o' Selside — starts 4.1 km away
- Dunnerdale Fells — starts 5.1 km away
Parking & buses for Wool Knott
Best parking to hike Wool Knott
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 Wool Knott by bus
The nearest bus stop we hold is the 505 at Coniston, outside John Ruskin School, 8.3 km of walking from the start — not realistically reachable without a car.
Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.
Hazards on Wool 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
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.
Nearest parking: Beacon Fell, south-east (layby 2), about 1.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.
Birketts near Wool Knott (within 3 km)
No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.