Walk c436 Hampsfell and Humphrey Head from Grange-over-Sands
This 10¼ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Grange-over-Sands & will take you about 5¼ hrs to complete.
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| Length: | 10¼ miles (16.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1375 ft (419m) | |
| Time: | 5¼ hours | |
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Route outline for this walk:
Grange-over-Sands - Eggerslack Wood - Hampsfell - Fell End - High Fell Gate Farm - Allithwaite - Wraysholme Tower - The Cumbria Coastal Way - Humphrey Head - Humphrey Head Wood - Wyke Farm - Kirkhead End - Allithwaite - Kents Bank - Morecambe Bay - Grange-over-Sands
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 2 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Hampsfell at 221m (725ft). Hampsfell is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 106) The summit of Hampsfell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Humphrey Head at 53m (173ft). Humphrey Head is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 116) The summit of Humphrey Head is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Humphrey Head actually lies just outside the Lake District National Park southern boundary but it is classified as being within the park for Peak Bagging purposes to stop it getting missed.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Cumbria Coastal Way, a 305km (189 miles) linear footpath connecting Silverdale in Lancashire, England with Gretna in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Cumbria Coastal Way is waymarked by named posts (from Milnthorpe to Carlisle). For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Cumbria Coastal Way.
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c436 Hampsfell and Humphrey Head from Grange-over-Sands
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