Rannerdale Knotts
355m (1165ft)
The North Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.25ml (5km) |
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| Ascent: | 968ft (295m) |
| Time: | 2.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Easy) |
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7ml (11km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,243ft (988m) |
| Time: | 5.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Lanthwaite Green - Grasmoor - Wandope - Whiteless Edge - Whiteless Pike - Whiteless Breast - Low Bank - Rannerdale Knotts - Crummock Water - Lanthwaite Green
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,043ft (1,232m) |
| Time: | 7.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Lanthwaite Green - Liza Beck - Whin Ben - Whiteside (Crummock) (West Top) - Whiteside (Crummock) - Gasgale Crags - Hopegill Head - Sand Hill - Coledale Hause - Grasmoor - Wandope - Whiteless Edge - Whiteless Pike - Whiteless Breast - Low Bank - Rannerdale Knotts - Crummock Water - Hause Point - Lanthwaite Green
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Rannerdale Knotts
Pete George walked up on August 30th, 2025 [from/via/route] Crummock Water [with] Roco [weather] Chilly on tops & slight rain
James Hughes climbed it on July 12th, 2025 [from/via/route] c196 Grasnoor & Rannerdale Knotts from Lanthwaite Green. [weather] Boi-ling... Got hotter as day progressed. Clear skies with big yellow disc. - Epic day. Started early (8amish). Steep ascent up Whiteside & pleasant ridge walk to Hopegill Head. Familiar descent off Sand Hill due to last walk before stopping & cooling in Liza Beck. Brief ascent to Grasmoor, stunning views both of Whiteside & towards Red Pike range. Direct down & up to Wandope. Impressive drop off. Returned to main path to Whiteless Pike & beginning to feel the heat. Tricky, steep & draining descent over Whiteless Breast for final climb of Rannerdale Knotts. Completely spent at this point & needed to summon all energy to climb & descend Rannerdale Knotts to edge of Crummock water. Hot but easier road walk with break in the shade. Finished with dip in beck near footbridge at start. Pint of Buttermere Beauty Lager at Kirkstile Inn.
Martin Hartshorne bagged it on March 21st, 2025 [from/via/route] Rannerdale parking area [with] finley [weather] Started warm & sunny, then strong winds clouded over quite cold
Clare Tait hiked it on May 11th, 2024 [from/via/route] Our no:94 Wainwright in May while the Bluebells were at their peak. Early start from home & got a parking space. Extremely busy as the weather was perfect. Met Youtuber we follow. [with] Charlie [weather] Sun 🌞
Ian Ashton summited on April 27th, 2024 [with] Solo - Ì
Claire Kirk conquered it on July 26th, 2023 [from/via/route] Buttermere Hostel [with] Alone
Geoff Hand scaled on February 26th, 2024 [from/via/route] Walk c196,Walked up from Lanthwaite Green on the Banks of Crummock Water climbed Whiteside West Top then Whiteside.Then West to Hopegill Head, South to Sandside & then struck out Southwest to Grasmore.Retraced my steps uptowards Wandope, then SW to Whiteless Pike, continued SW past Whiteless Breast & onto Low Bank & upto Rannerdale Knotts.Then North up the road & water shore back to the carpark. [weather] Sunny Intervals, warm in the sun. Windy at times - Excellent walk, very challenging after a long rest from walking. Great contrast between the big mountains (however very quiet) & the tranquil banks of Crummock Water.
Christine Shepherd walked up on October 25th, 2007 [from/via/route] Walked from Lanthwaite Green using walk c256 Climbed again on 29.04.2021 with a broken arm! Walked from the NT Carpark over the top & down into Buttermere. Climbed again on 7.9.22 after climbing Low Fell & Fellbarrow in the morning. [with] On my own [weather] Sun breaking through cloudy skies occasionally
Paul Macey climbed it on June 14th, 2023 [from/via/route] Using walk c196 [with] Luke [weather] Sunny & warm 23 degrees at start 27 at end no cloud
Angeline Grieveson bagged it on May 30th, 2023 [with] Dotty
Kate Peacock hiked it on September 13th, 2022 [from/via/route] Mine road from Braithwaite [with] Me & Sheila [weather] No rain, low winds & not too hot. Pretty good walking weather - Enjoyable walking from one valley to another
Claire Murray summited on November 16th, 2021 [from/via/route] Whiteless Pike, Wandope, Grasmoor & Rannerdale Knotts [with] Vitor - Lovely circular with a stop in Buttermere
Richard Marchant conquered it on June 16th, 2022 [from/via/route] Early start from Lanthwaite Green Farm north up Whin Ben & then on to Whiteside. From here it was just a case of following the narrow ridge around to Hopegill Head down Sand Hill to Coledale Hause. From here I headed South to the top of Wandope Moss then headed West up on to the summit of Grasmoor. I then back tracked to Wandope & proceeded South along Whiteless Edge on to Whiteless Pike. Continued South to Whiteless Breast before eventually turning West & climbing the ridge to Rannerdale Knotts. From here I dropped down to the B5289 & followed the road back to my car. [with] On my Own [weather] Clear hot sunny day with little or no breeze.
Chris Sheard scaled on May 19th, 2022 [from/via/route] Along & down from Whiteless pike - off was a lot easier than reciorded but much rnager work obvious [with] George [weather] Pleasant at ground level, heavy gusting winds, no rain brightened later later with sunshine as we completed the round - Made this ascent as part of a nice circular coming down the other side of a horse shoe
Tim Winn walked up on February 4th, 2022 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] Barry [weather] Wet & windy
Stuart Rigby climbed it on May 2nd, 2021 [from/via/route] B2589 [with] Mandy Rigby [weather] Sunny & cloudy hardly any breeze.
Claire Rigg bagged it on September 30th, 2000 [from/via/route] Did as part of Kentmere horseshoe [with] Lesley & Lisa [weather] Overcast - Tricked my other half into this one
Richard Fulcher hiked it on October 10th, 2020 [from/via/route] Buttermere. [with] Jen [weather] Cloudy, sunshine, chilly winds. - Walked up through the woods .. two red squirrels spotted. The walk up to the Knotts was fairly straightforward but the descent was steep, wet & slippery. Extremely tricky.
Nick Christian summited on September 18th, 2020 [from/via/route] Whiteless Pike [with] Karen Brown [weather] Good Sunny
Deborah Johnson conquered it on June 2nd, 2015 [from/via/route] Road by start [with] Andy, Cait Tim, Tom, Bethan and C’s boyfriend [weather] Heavy rain on the way down
Richard Banks scaled on February 12th, 2020 [from/via/route] Crummock Water
Simon Boddy walked up on September 17th, 2019 [from/via/route] Rannerdale [with] HF Holidays [weather] Sunny & clear
Neil Heywood climbed it on July 23rd, 2018 [from/via/route] Howtown
Bill Salisbury bagged it on August 20th, 2018 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] Sue [weather] Low cloud overcast
Wayne Baxter hiked it on February 24th, 2019 [from/via/route] National Trust Car park, across road to stile to Grassscarth Coppice, onto Low Bank & finally to the cairn & returned same route [with] Sue [weather] Sunny & warm for February
Andrew Johnson summited on January 28th, 2019 [from/via/route] Cinderdale car park, Buttermere [weather] Clear & snowy
Richard Marshall conquered it on December 14th, 2018 [from/via/route] C379 [with] Bo [weather] Bright
Richard Beardsley scaled on October 10th, 2018 [from/via/route] Walked route c256. Final summit of this walk. [with] Gillian [weather] Beautiful sunny day but windy at height. - Parked car, (free). Commenced walk at 1030 hrs. Due to detouring to the summit of Crag Hill did not complete whole walk until 1730hrs.
Iain Jones walked up on July 4th, 2018 [from/via/route] Buttermere
Vic Royle climbed it on May 19th, 2018 [from/via/route] Michelle & Steve [with] Team Wiggle [weather] vest & shorts, sweaty heads - Field of bruisebells, easy peasy
John Tippins bagged it on March 28th, 2018 [from/via/route] Started at Lanthwaite Green, go4awalk c196, via Whiteless Pike. [with] Solo [weather] Sleet & rain showers on the way there, thick low cloud with the sun breaking through very occasionally. Quite windy on top making it cold enough for gloves - fingers freezing! Walking through fresh hail (or was it sleet?) near the summits. Towards late afternoon, as I was coming back down, the cloud lifted & the sun came out - a really beautiful day then.
Nick Dobson hiked it on September 23rd, 2017 [from/via/route] Buttermere national trust car park, completed Rannerdale Knotts then onto Whiteless Pike [with] Margaret & Ralph [weather] breezy with cloud cover & very light rain - intended to go on to Wandope & Grassmoor, but low cloud covering both tops deterred us
Craig Steeland summited on June 9th, 2017 [from/via/route] From Crummock Water over the tops to Braithwaite taking in six Wainwrights [with] Sue [weather] Partly cloudy & quite cool with moderate winds - Took the bus from Braithwaite to Keswick & then another bus to Crummock Water. The second bus cost £7.70 per person one way!
Richard Wilkinson conquered it on May 5th, 2017 [from/via/route] 6 Peak Circular from Lanthwaite NT Car Park - Whiteside, Hopegill Head, Grasmoor, Wandope, Whiteless Pike & Rannerdale Knotts (finishing with a detour into the secret valley of Rannerdale). [weather] Sunny day, but with strong winds. - Good ridge walk from Whiteside to Hopegill Head - fantastic lake views from the top of Grasmoor, but difficult to stay still in the wind - enjoyable descent from Whiteless giving views of the Bluebells in the secret valley. Camera battery went on Wandope, only for me to realise that I was already using the spare!... best part of the walk with no camera! DOH!
Jo Dixon scaled on April 22nd, 2017 [from/via/route] Crummock water, Rannerdale Knotts, Whiteless Pike, Wandope [with] Myself [weather] Dry, sunny
Leon Harvey walked up on May 29th, 2016 [with] Solo
Mark Davidson climbed it on March 12th, 2014 [with] Alone [weather] Gloriously sunny
Jon Mapp bagged it on October 8th, 2016 [from/via/route] walk C196 [with] Suzzanné, Caroline and Robin [weather] Glorious day, light wind, good sunshine - Great views, a strenuous walk over 4000ft of climb
Andrew Joss hiked it on October 7th, 2016 [from/via/route] Buttermere [weather] Cloudy but dry
Christina Lander summited on July 25th, 2016 [from/via/route] Buttermere - Rannerdale Knotts - Buttermere [with] Dick, Kath & Mick [weather] Mostly dry but cloudy
Anthony Scott conquered it on July 20th, 2016 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] me [weather] Terrible! Thunderstorms, heavy rain but warm enough.
Victoria Bates scaled on February 23rd, 2016 [from/via/route] C196 from Buttermere [with] Mark [weather] Beautiful
Kevin Parnham walked up on October 31st, 2015 [from/via/route] Whiteless Pike [with] Jo [weather] Cloudy but lifting as we reached summit - Cloud lifted from all the fells we had walked by the time we came off Rannerdale Knotts to car
Chris Bramley climbed it on August 8th, 2015 [from/via/route] rannerdale via whiteless pike [with] janet
Claire Lloyd bagged it on August 22nd, 2007 [from/via/route] Car park at Crummock [with] Family
Jane Crowther hiked it on May 4th, 2015 [from/via/route] Rannerdale [with] Thomas [weather] Sunny
Elaine Evans summited on May 15th, 2015 [from/via/route] From car park at Cinderdale Common, via Lad Haws onto Grassmoor, across to Wandope & Whiteless Pike & over to Rannerdale Knotts. [with] Sue [weather] Dry, sunshine & cloud, a cold blustery wind. - First walk in several weeks so didn't do too badly. Walked back via the bluebells.
Joanne Mcgawley conquered it on April 11th, 2015 [with] Rich [weather] Horrendous wind, aborted other peaks! - 4.07 miles
David Noble scaled on April 17th, 2015 [from/via/route] Lanthwaite Green [with] Jack [weather] Sunny - First stay in car
Colin Egan walked up on March 27th, 2011 [from/via/route] From Buttermere via Low Bank [with] My wife Faith, friend Anita and Boris the cocker spaniel [weather] Good conditions, light winds
Clive Ward climbed it on November 13th, 2014 [from/via/route] Car park next to lake [with] Ian & Gill, Conrad & Hillary, Hazel [weather] Fair, windy - Day after the last 2 Wainwrights for Ian & Conrad. Stayed at Kirkstile last night
John Nicholson bagged it on November 7th, 2014 [from/via/route] Buttermere - Fish Inn [with] Bob & Charlie [weather] dull but no rain - Limber up walk on the rememberance weekend
Phillip Bulley hiked it on September 9th, 2014 [from/via/route] High Rannerdale [with] Judith and Toby [weather] Sunny
Andy James summited during October, 2013 [with] Suzie James
Ann Davis conquered it on April 6th, 2014 [with] andy [weather] sunny fresh - 40th birthday walk ;-)
Michael Vaughn scaled on June 16th, 2014 [from/via/route] Crummock [with] alone [weather] clear
Christine Knowles walked up on June 13th, 2014 [from/via/route] Direct from road outside Buttermere, up steep bit & back down valley [with] Graham [weather] Good
Jacqueline Debbie Tonks climbed it on April 10th, 2014 [from/via/route] Rannerdale Car park [with] Pete Tonks [weather] Clear, dry
Raymond Barnett bagged it on March 13th, 2014 [with] self [weather] fine
Harry Meijer hiked it on June 11th, 2014 [from/via/route] Rannerdale Knotts,Grasmoor,Whiteside (Crummock) [with] The Lake District Walker
Gill Watson summited during October, 2010 [from/via/route] from buttermere [with] Gill
Carl Murphy conquered it on November 23rd, 2013 [weather] cold dry
Tim Buckley scaled on August 26th, 2013 [from/via/route] From Whiteless Pike en-route to Lanthwaite Green & the car. [with] Solo walk. [weather] Very hot & sunny. - Got to the summit at 3.30pm after a long hard walk & 4000 ft of climb in total. It is a wonderful spot with views along Buttermere & Crummock Water. Its dwarfed by Grasmoor where I'd been earlier in the day. A chap came ambling along with a parasol to keep the sun off........
Dave Eyes walked up on August 23rd, 2013 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] Christine Eyes [weather] lovely day - great views
Jeanette Coward climbed it during July, 2013 [weather] hot
Derek Parkin bagged it on May 24th, 2013 [with] Lynn Parkin [weather] sunny gusting winds
Doug Martin hiked it on May 22nd, 2013 [from/via/route] Rannerdale Bridge Car Park Whiteless Pike Crag Hill Wandope Sail & up to RK [with] Fellwalkers [weather] Excellent visability if a bit windy at times making it a bit on the cold side but OK when sat in shelter out of wind in sun.
Kevan Cassley summited on March 17th, 2013 [from/via/route] c379 - Rannerdale Knotts from Buttermere [with] Wife - Amanda [weather] Mixed bag of rain, snow, very cold with a bit of sun for good measure ! - Stopped at Honister Slate Mine for the tour ahead of walk. well recomended. A bit exposed one of the paths on standard route (ice) so took direct route up avioding exposed area. Amazing views today due to unexpected snow, higher crags looked like pencil drawings - amazing
Darren Mortimer conquered it on February 23rd, 2013 [from/via/route] Lanthwaite Green [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Sunshine & snow showers
Dale Verrall scaled on March 18th, 2012 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] Les & Amber [weather] Lovely
Charlie Housley walked up on July 9th, 2012 [from/via/route] From the NT car park near Hause Point. [with] Solo. [weather] Not tooo cracking to start with but soon brightened up once at the top. Good views to be had all around.
John Senior has climbed it [from/via/route] The Bridge Inn at Buttermere [with] Julie Senior [weather] wet & windy - Weather too bad to climb Whiteless Pike which was the original intention. Lakes were flooded, & we couldn't get to the Buttermere ridge
Matthew Thomas, Stephen Byrne, Patrick Rogozinski, Erin Ryan, Jenny Godfrey, Karen Lythgoe, Maxine Down, Jonathan Tobin, Melanie Dunn, Paul Woodhouse, David Watson, Paul Kendell, Louis Smith, Robert Maclean, David Shaw, John Walter, David Laws, Phyllis Mcgibbon, Adrian Roberts, Dennis Brown, Elaine Grayson, Adam Shewry, Louise Sandwith, Pam Armstrong, Simon Kirkbride, David Sheret, Simon Duerden, Michael Nolan, Steve Frank, Tracey Cowell, Paul Booth, Linda Mckeogh, Richard Price, Tracey Cordes, Michael Lewis, Trevor Williams, Paul Henderson, John Cuthbert, Stephen Millington, Rob Barklamb, Andy Nicholls, Jacqui Smith and Ray O'hara have all walked, climbed & bagged Rannerdale Knotts.To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Rannerdale Knotts
Great Gable (far left in the distance), Haystacks, Gamblin End and the Buttermere Fells - High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike (Buttermere) - from Rannerdale Knotts
Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End, High Crag (Buttermere), Mellbreak, Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Panorama from Rannerdale Knotts featuring the Haystacks, Buttermere Fells, Starling Dodd and Melbreak across Crummock Water
Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)
Crummock Water with Rannerdale Knotts (centre left), The High Stile Ridge (High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike (Buttermere) and the lower slopes of Mellbreak (far right) from Lanthwaite Wood
High Snockrigg summit with Red Pike (Buttermere) (left), Mellbreak (back centre) and Rannerdale Knotts ((right) surrounding Crummock Water in the background
Mellbreak (left) Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor (right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Looking down over Whiteless Pike and Rannerdale Knotts to Crummock Water from Wandope
High Stile (left) Buttermere, Mellbreak, Rannerdale Knotts, High Snockrigg and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Fleetwith Pike
Looking down over Whiteless Pike and Rannerdale Knotts to Crummock Water from Wandope
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