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| Name: | White Knott |
| Hill number: | 8009 |
| Height: | 422m / 1385ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2528 High Street |
| RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Cumbria (CoU) |
| Catchment: | Eden (Carlisle) |
| Class: | Synge (Sy) |
| Grid ref: | NY 46855 21543 |
| Summit feature: | cairn by path |
| Drop: | 0m |
| Col: | 421m NY468215  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
| Observations: | small cairn 50m S at NY 46849 21494 is higher but probably not Synge's intended summit |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 131 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 1/5 From Askham, Revisit White Knott, Revisit Arthur's Pike, Revisit Bonscale Pike, Swarth Fell then over the common to Knott and back to Askham. About 12 Miles easy walking. Tea shop in Askham at the Hall is well worth a visit! | nickywood1 | 15/09/2019 |
| White Knott, Arthur's Pike, Bonscale Pike, Swarth Fell, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, Low Kop, Bampton Fell, Four Stones Hill, Little Birkhouse Hill, Pinnacle Howe, Knotts | keithouk | 21/04/2019 |
| From Howtown: White Knott, Whinney Crag, Arthur's Pike, Bonscale Pike, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, Gowk Hill, Brownthwaite Crag, Steel Knotts. Wonderful walk, depsite rain showers. Breathtaking views. | Lazylizzie | 09/09/2017 |
| Walk with VJ after being rained off from Borrowdale. Clear all day until last hill Pikawassa when rain ame in. Cloud base above summits so great views. Nice walk out, 10 tops in total. | Mark T | 23/07/2017 |
| From Arthur's Pike then beeline to Scalegate. Best bit of walk was seeing the big fells silhouetted in the haze and the sun gleaming off Ullswater. Worst bit was a dying lamb being eaten by flies. Beat the rain. 2.5 hours | Wycombe Wanderer | 21/06/2017 |
| White Knott - Arthur's Pike - Loadpot Hill - Wether Hill (W) - Wether Hill (N) - High Kop from GR: NY 47824 23707 | ronaldo333 | 03/06/2017 |
| 11 of 12 on a 21k round, parking at Martindale. From Arthur's Pike, then directly (and steeply) NW down to FP, picking up Hallin Fell on return to Martindale. Tidy cairn marks the HP. | jonglew | 10/03/2017 |
| +CLG | SimonK | 27/08/2016 |
| on my own | darren-synges | 28/05/2016 |
| on my own | darren-646 | 28/05/2016 |
| From head of Heltondale on cool,cloudy day-Knotts-Swarth Fell(now a tiny cairn on mound}-Bonscale Pike-Arthur's Pike-White Knott.Return via The Cockpit and Cop Stone.With Catman. | oscarrosie | 13/05/2016 |
| With Oscar. | catman | 13/05/2016 |
| Horsehoe of Steel Knotts, Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill, Wether Hill, Loadpot Hill, Swarth Fell, Bonscale Pike and White Knott from Howtown Pier to Pooley Bridge. | Eddie | 07/05/2016 |
| Pooley Bridge to Keswick 2-7 May 2016 | Ajm0310 | 02/05/2016 |
| SR | Frank | 27/04/2016 |
| Windermere Holiday 2016 | cwrci | 05/04/2016 |
| Hardly a hill in its own right. Do you think Synge just threw darts at a wall map?! With Damian, Eire, Evan, Sail, Coel & Alfie. Very windy. | Dangerous Dave | 26/03/2016 |
| Circuit from Roehead > White Knotts, Arthur's Pike, Knotts then back to Roehead. Small cairn at summit, large cairn lower. That drop of 1m to col seems optimistic! | Aye Jimmy | 12/10/2015 |
| Parked on open road from Helton to Scales Farm. Knotts - Arthur's Pike - White Knott. | Jacqdaw | 30/08/2015 |
| Supporting Steve Cliff's Joss Naylor Challenge - I ran Leg 1 Pooley Bridge to Kirkstone with him. This top isn't a counter but we visited it. | RHW | 18/07/2015 |
| From Howtown Path to Barton Fell. White Knott, Arthur's Pike and Bonscale Pike. Descent to Howtown. | afoster | 12/07/2015 |
| Goska | Mountain Goat | 05/07/2015 |
| Steel Knotts, Wether Hill, Loadpot Hill, Bonscale Pike and Arthur's Pike from Howtown cattlegrid. 10.15 miles. | crax73 | 19/04/2015 |
| Parked at the top of the lane near Roehead NY 47824 23707 > The Cockpit > WHITE KNOTT unmarked grassy mound at NY 46852 21498 there is a cairn 35m NE at NY 46855 21533 which is 3m lower > Arthur's Pike > Bonscale Pike > Swarth Fell (Ullswater) > High Street Roman Road > The Cockpit > Heughscar Hill > NY 47824 23707 | Tony Hartry II | 11/09/2014 |
| Howtown - Hallin Fell - Steel Knotts - Wether Hill - Loadpot Hill - the two pikes - Heughscar Hill - Pooley Bridge. | Jake994 | 27/11/2013 |
| From Martindale (NY 43584 19214) - Steel End - Steel Knotts - Brownthwaite Crag - Wether Hill - Loadpot Hill - Swarth Fell - Bonscale Pike - Arthur's Pike - White Knott. | david230201 | 25/08/2013 |
| Arthurs Pike | bevandy114 | 14/08/2013 |
| Walked up from the dead-end road running away from Helton. Plenty of parking at the start of the bridleway and excellent, dry, easy to follow tracks all the way to the summit. Wouldn't do this on its own, best suited to part of a walk to the higher fells beyond. | moorsman | 02/05/2013 |
| With Jo, linear walk from Howtown: bridleway pass Swarthbeck Gill, White Knott, Arthurs Pike, The Cockpit, Pooley Bridge. Weather; low cloud, mizzle, very poor visibility. | amblerbob | 06/01/2013 |
| On route to Arthur's Pike | Jess | 03/06/2012 |
| On route to Arthur's Pike | Dave | 03/06/2012 |
| With Jo, circular walk from Heltonhead: over Knotts onto Loadpot Hill, Swarth Fell, Bonscale Fell, Arthurs Pike, White Knott, returning via The Cockpit and Cop Stone. Weather; high intermittent cloud, sunny intervals, cold wind, very good visibility. | amblerbob | 15/04/2012 |
| W Jenx from Roehead above Pooley B. Fell running up to Cockpit and out to Barton Park and Fell. Tracks running w water. Both cairned tops to be sure and back down track from Loadpot to start in just under an hour. | nordicstar | 08/01/2012 |
| With Alf Bill and Andy en route for Arthurs Pike | mick | 07/04/2011 |
| With David en route to Loadpot Hill. | citygent | 10/10/2010 |
| Pooley Bridge, Askham Fell, White Knott, Arthurs Pike, Pooley Bridge. Fine and warm spring day. | Walker Dan | 04/03/2010 |
| covered in snow | JohnStoneham | 01/03/2010 |
| Parked at the side of the road near Sharrow Bay on the East side of Ullswater. Then path across the road through woods then very boggy ground NE up to a track going South (ish) up to Arthur's Pike, then Roman Road up to Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, path NW into valley & N | joseph mitchell | 13/09/2009 |
| Howtown Outdoor Centre > Swarthbeck > Barton Park > White Knott > Arthur's Pike grassy summit topped with a cairn > Swarth Fell > Bonscale Pike > Howtown Outdoor Centre | Tony Hartry | 12/11/2008 |
| From Pooley Bridge on a wet day with A&C. White Knott, Arthur's Pike and Bonscale Pike | PeterD | 29/12/2007 |
| Solo | PeteF | 08/03/2007 |
| With L and Loadpot Hill and Arthur's Pike repeats. | Chris Pearson | 11/08/2006 |
| Whilst on the Westmorland Way | nickywood1 | 01/10/2005 |
| PeteN | 12/11/2019 | |
| The Parkers | 22/06/2019 | |
| Craig67 | 18/06/2019 | |
| Lucky | 05/06/2019 | |
| David84 | 18/05/2019 | |
| Jim.Fothergill | 12/05/2019 | |
| lnanson | 10/05/2019 |