England · Lake District National Park

Scalebarrow Knott

2 classifications here — Birkett and Synge — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
338 m · 1,109 ft
Grid reference
NY 51985 15313
Coordinates
54.53082, -2.74348
County / area
Westmorland and Furness
OS Landranger
90
OS Explorer
OL5S
Summit feature
cairn on outcrop
Key col
NY517150 (329 m)

Access rights here

Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.

Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.

General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 54.531, -2.743. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (338 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

ground 30m W at NY 51954 15315 is 20cm lower.

The recorded summit point is cairn on outcrop. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level
Record revised
10-May-05
Drop measured from
NY517150 · 329 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

RouteTotal lengthFrom summit
Coast to Coast Walk303 km0.8 km

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Scalebarrow Knott
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Haweswater HotelRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 51 km · W
Mardale InnPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 52.9 km · N
New Ing LodgeHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 54.2 km · E

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Scalebarrow Knott is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to High Street (829 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 329 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Harper Hills420 m1.5 km
nameless (Naddle Horseshoe - 3)395 m1.5 km
Hugh's Laithes Pike419 m1.8 km
Langhowe Pike401 m2 km
Wallow Crag433 m2.4 km
Naddle High Forest435 m2.9 km