⛰️ Hampsfell (Wainwright summit)

220 m · Outlying Fell — South Lakeland · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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220 mOutlying Fell — South Lakelandsummit is not a Birkett top+0 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Hampsfell at 225m (738ft) is the fine limestone summit above Grange-over-Sands, its open top giving outstanding views of Morecambe Bay, the Lakeland fells and the Pennines from the famous Hospice — a stone shelter built in 1846 for the use of walkers. Wainwright included it in his Outlying Fells guide, noting the excellent panoramic view. The ascent from Grange is short and the bay views are magnificent.

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

🎯 Bonus Birketts within 3 km

No bonus Birketts within 3 km — every Birkett near here is already a Wainwright summit, so just enjoy the walk.

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Grange-over-Sands (paid + railway station) — 1.6 km from summit (straight line)
Hampsfell (Hampsfield Fell) and its hospice viewpoint straight from the town. Train access on the Furness line.
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Mill Side, Whitbarrow (verge) — 7.1 km from summit (straight line)
For Whitbarrow (Lord's Seat) — limestone pavement and easy walking.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach X6
Kendal – Levens – Grange-over-Sands – Ulverston – Barrow (A590 corridor)
Catch it from: Kendal/Windermere (change at Kendal)
Year-round. Handy for the South Lakeland outliers: Whitbarrow (Mill Side area), Gummer's How (Newby Bridge) and Hampsfell (Grange-over-Sands, which also has trains).

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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