Arnside Knott - G/LD-058 SOTA (2023)

Summits on the Air Activation Report

Activation Date: Monday 24th July, 2023.
Activator(s): Richard M1HAX.
Summit: Arnside Knott, Lake District, England.
Summit ID: SOTA reference G/LD-058 (1 point).
Summit Height: 159m elevation, 151m prominence.
Summit Location: Lat./Long. 54.19019, -2.83503. Maidenhead Grid IO84ne.
Distance: 1.4km travelled with 80m of ascent.
Difficulty: SAC Grade T1.^(?)
Elapsed Time: 35m (including operating).
Weather: 16°C, moderate breeze, sunny.
Radio Equipment: Yaesu FTM100D, MFJ-1714, Zippy 4200mAh 4S LiFePo4.
Callsign Used: M1HAX/P.
Contacts: 6 (2m FM).

Trip Notes

Arnside Knott is a 159-metre hill near Arnside, Cumbria, England. It is part of the South Lakeland district but lies outside the Lake District National Park, south of the River Kent. The hill is within the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is managed by the National Trust. Arnside Knott is the lowest Marilyn in England, a designation for hills with at least 150 metres of prominence. It was added to the list of Marilyns in 2004-05, after being omitted from the original 1992 listing.

For my walk up Arnside Knott, I started from the gravel car park at the end of Saul’s Drive. This car park is already some way up the hillside and facilitates a quick walk to the summit and back in under a mile of horizontal distance. I followed an obvious footpath east towards the summit. There is a network of paths around the hill which can facilitate a more significant walking route if desired.

As I climbed the gentle slopes of the hill I enjoyed great views of the Lakes. This easily accessible hill is popular with local walkers and was quite busy.

The SOTA activation zone for Arnside Knott is quite sizeable, with a summit covered in trees and bushes, making it easy to find a good spot to activate from. I chose to use the trig point briefly as a table for my Yaesu radio.

After exhausting the available station contacts on the two-metre band I packed away my equipment and walked back down to the car following a similar route.

This is a very picturesque hill and worth visiting for the wooded trails and great views. The car park makes it an easy Marilyn summit to complete.

Photos

Below are some photographs taken during my activation of Arnside Knott on Monday 24th July, 2023.

Walking Route for Arnside Knott

The interactive map below shows my GPS track taken to the SOTA activation zone for Arnside Knott. The G/LD-058 summit area is marked on the map with a blue pin icon.

You can download the route shown above as a GPX file suitable for use with most GPS devices. This file is provided for information only, to support your own walk planning and research (it may contain navigation errors, detours and/or safety hazards). The route downloads provided here are governed by the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.

Station Log

I logged the following 6 amateur radio contacts operating as M1HAX/P from G/LD-058 Arnside Knott on Monday 24th July, 2023 (all times shown are UTC):

In the notes field I will usually log the other operator’s name and the signal report they provided. In accordance with the Summits on the Air rules, I do not make a log entry where a complete exchange of callsigns and signal reports was unsuccessful.

Additional Information

The following resources may be helpful to walkers, mountaineers and SOTA activators interested in Arnside Knott:

• Sotl.as Summit Page for G/LD-058 Arnside Knott.
• Hill Bagging UK Summit Page for Arnside Knott.
• Google Maps Page for Arnside Knott.
• Wikipedia entry for Arnside Knott.

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