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| A small parking area just beyond Barley Bridge on the Kentmere Road north of Staveley is a convenient starting point for this walk. However it does tend to fill up early which leaves no alternative but to park in the village |
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| From the parking area walk along Kentmere Road for 500 yards and turn up the private drive to Hill Side cottage, a sign on the gate shows it allows access for walkers to Hugill Fell |
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| Continue past Hill Side cottage |
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| A field gate above the cottage gives access to the open fellside |
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| The continuing path passes through a larch coppice |
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| Looking back to Hill Side cottage |
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| The path above the coppice is the steepest part of the ascent |
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| Looking back to the lower part of the Kentmere Valley |
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| Looking over to Sleddale Forest and Brunt Knott |
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| The angle of the slope eases as the path runs along the side of a stream ..... |
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| .... before resuming its climb up to Black Crag |
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| Looking over towards Reston Scar |
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| Looking back to Sleddale Forest, Brunt Kott and Potter Fell |
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| On reaching a wall corner Black Crag comes into view which Wainwright considered to be the summit of Hugill Fell |
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| Climbing up to Black Crag |
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| Looking back to the wall corner |
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| Approaching the Wainwright summit |
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| Wainwright's summit on Hugill Fell |
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| Sledddale Forest and Potter Fell over Elfhowe Hill From Wainwright's summit |
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| The Kentmere Valley from Wainwright's summit |
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| Looking north-west, Wansfell Pike, Sour Howes, Red Screes, Sallows, Yoke and Ill Bell form the horizon |
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| Wetherlam, Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, scafell, Scafell Pike, the Langale Pikes and High Raise on the left horizon |
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| The Coniston Fells in the centre |
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| The highest point of Hugill Fell lies just under a quarter of a mile from the Wainwright summit |
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| Birch Fell and Gummer's How stand prominent on the centre horizon |
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| Whitbarrow and Morecambe Bay |
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| Heading along the ridge to Hugill Fell's highest point |
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| Looking across to the head of Kentmere from the ridge path |
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| Sleddale Forest, Brunt Knott and Potter Fell from the ridge path |
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| The path rises towards field gate |
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| The field gate leads into private land |
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| A handgate to the left of the field gate allows access to the highest point of Hugill Fell |
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| A clear path path through the bracken leads up the true summit of Hugill Fell |
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| The summit of Hugill Fell |
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| Birkhag Wood on Piked How from the summit of Hugill Fell |
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| Reston Scar from the summit of Hugill Fell |
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| Birch Fell and Gummer's How on the centre horizon |
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| The Coniston group of fells |
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| Looking west northwest to a hazy outline of fells which include, amongst others, Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, the Scafells, the Langdale Pikes and High Raise |
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| Sour Howes, Red Screes, Sallows Yoke, Ill Bell, High Street, Mardale Ill Bell, Harter Fell and Kentmere Pike form the horizon |
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| Shipman Knotts, Tarn Crag and Ancrow Brow on the distant horizon |
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| Brunt Knott and Potter Fell over Black Crag, Wainwright's summit |
