Humphrey Head
Humphrey Head is a limestone outcrop south of the village of Allithwaite in Cumbria, England. It is whale-back-shaped and accessible for walkers, giving views over Morecambe Bay to Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and over the Leven estuary to Ulverston.Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cark & Cartmel railway station and Kents Bank railway station.
Cark & Cartmel railway station
Railway station
Photo: Avocet, Public domain.
Cark & Cartmel is a railway station on the Furness line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 15+1⁄4 miles north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Allithwaite, Cark, Cartmel and Flookburgh in Cumbria.
Kents Bank railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kents Bank is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 17+1⁄4 miles north-west of Lancaster, serves the village of Kents Bank in Cumbria.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is in the village of Allithwaite, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grange-over-Sands and Arnside and Silverdale.
Grange-over-Sands
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grange-over-Sands is also called the "Lakeland Riviera", since the influence of the Gulf Stream gives it an exceptionally mild climate. It was historically in Lancashire, but re-assigned to Cumbria in 1974.
Arnside and Silverdale
Photo: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arnside and Silverdale is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North West England on the border between Lancashire and Cumbria. It's one of the smallest AONBs, just 29 square miles between the Kent Estuary, the River Keer and the A6.
Morecambe
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morecambe is a seaside town in Lancashire, Northwest England, which also includes the small port of Heysham. Administratively they're both part of the city of Lancaster, five miles east.
Humphrey Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland in Cumbria, England, UK
- Categories: headland, hill, outcrop, and landform
- Location: Allithwaite and Cartmel, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.1559° or 54° 9′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.933° or 2° 55′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C6V5348+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 910835099OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeWikidata ID
Q5941442
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