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Wool Knott
213m (699ft)

The Southern Marches, The Lake District, Cumbria, England


Record Wool Knott as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


Walk Wool Knott walking UK Mountains in The Southern Marches The Lake District National Park Cumbria, England

Wool Knott Summit

Photo: Andy Malcolm

You can find Wool Knott & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Lake District National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

96 Barrow-in-Furness & South Lakeland


97 Kendal & Morecambe, Windermere & Lancaster


See Wool Knott and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

A go4awalk.com downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map featuring Wool Knott should be available soon.


You can walk to the top of Wool Knott by using this easy‑to‑follow route map:
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Walk c400 Beacon (Blawith Fells) and Yew Bank from Brown Howe

Short but challenging with superb views

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 6.25ml (10km)
Ascent:1,382ft (421m)
Time:4 hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 4 Icon (Moderate)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Wool Knott Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Wool Knott

Julie Hill walked up Wool Knott on July 6th, 2020 [from/via/route] Brown Howe [with] Dave Hill [weather] Showery, occasionally windy

Tracey Cowell climbed Wool Knott on March 11th, 2018 [with] Lakeland Meetup Group [weather] Sunny & warm

Trevor Williams bagged Wool Knott on January 22nd, 2017 [with] Bob mitchell

Andy Pearce hiked Wool Knott on May 16th, 2015 [from/via/route] Blawith to Torver Road via Beacon & Beacon Tarn [with] Anita Pearce & Stanley [weather] Sunny, gusty on top

Mark Davidson summited Wool Knott on April 23rd, 2015 [with] Alone [weather] Warm & sunny & warm - glorious - Lost my map en-route & had to do the walk via GPS & my memory of the planned route - only got lost once!

Christine Shepherd conquered Wool Knott on April 10th, 2015 [from/via/route] Walked from Brown Howe using walk c400 [with] On my own [weather] Warm but hazy - A lovely walk from Beacon Fell to this summit past the beautiful Beacon Tarn.

Adrian Howard, Louise Sandwith, David Preston and Paul Booth have all walked, climbed & bagged Wool Knott.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Wool Knott

Beacon Tarn and Beacon (Blawith Fells) from Wool Knott

Beacon Tarn and Beacon (Blawith Fells) from Wool Knott

Photo: Mike Knipe (161)

Looking down on Beacon Tarn from Wool Knott summit

Looking down on Beacon Tarn from Wool Knott summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (273)


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