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| The Humphrey Head Outdoor Centre access road at the start of this walk. There is very limited parking here, only one space a few yards to the north |
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| More parking is available at the end of the lane where it meets the shore |
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| Most of Humprey Head is a nature reserve which is managed by Cumbria Wildlife Trust |
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| The Outdoor Centre's access road is followed for only a few yards before beginning the simple climb to the summit |
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| Looking back from the start of the climb |
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| The TQ Outdoor Education Centre |
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| Looking over the Kent Estuary to the snow-capped Howgills with Arnside Knott on the right |
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| The broad fields on the ridge are bounded by Humphrey Head Wood on the left and the steep cliffs on the right |
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| A gate in the protective fence on the lower slopes gives access to a view along the cliffs |
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| The upper field is accessed by a handgate on the western side of the fence |
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| Looking back from the fence, Helvellyn and Fairfield are visible in the distance above the village of Allithwaite |
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| The summit trig point comes into view |
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| Looking back along the cliff edge to the Coniston fells above Boarbank |
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| Morecambe Bay and the cliffs of Humphrey Head |
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| A windswept hawthorn tree near the summit |
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| The summit of Humphrey Head |
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| Looking south from the summit of Humphrey Head to the Heysham power stations across Morecambe Bay |
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| Looking west to the Furness peninsula |
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| North to the Coniston fells |
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| Helvellyn and Fairfield in the far distance |
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| The Howgills and Arnside Knott above the trees of Humphrey Head Wood |
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| Ingleborough across the Kent Estuary |
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| The Bowland fells |
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| A gate, almost opposite the trig column, allows access to the steep grass slope above the cliffs, from where there is a good view of .......... |
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| The Natural Arch |
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| Returning to the summit and passing another windswept tree on the way towards Humphrey Head Point |
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| Looking back from the same tree. There is a geocache hidden in this locality. The cache, called The Last Wolf, alludes to the legend that the last wolf in England was hunted down and killed on Humphrey Head in 1390. The weathervane on the tower of Cartmel Priory Church takes the form of a golden wolf''s head in commemoration of this act |
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| Descending towards Humphrey Head Point |
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| The western cliffs from Humphrey Head Point |
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| The Howgills and Arnside Knott across the Kent Estuary |
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| Morecambe Bay from Humphrey Head Point |
