Start point: Grange Fell road (SD 396 779)

Hampsfell (OF) from the Grange Fell road

Distance: 2 miles     Total Ascent: 200 metres     Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes

Weather: Warm and sunny, 11°C.

Lying between Grange-over-Sands and Cartmel, Hampsfell is an elevated ridge of Limestone overlooking the Kent Estuary and Morecambe Bay. It was an easy and pleasant stroll this morning in the sunshine from the Grange Fell road up to the crowning glory on the summit –  a tower called The Hospice.

Hampsfell is described in Wainwright’s Hampsfell chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 58.

Morecambe Bay from the ascent to Hampsfell.

Angus and Connie at the beacon on Fell End.

Looking down to Cartmel.

Limestone pavement on Hampsfell.

The approach to Hampsfell with The Hospice in view.

The Hospice, provided for "the shelter and entertainment of travellers over the fell".

One of the poetry panels inside The Hospice.

The Kent Estuary.