Humphrey Head

Humphrey Head is a limestone outcrop situated south of the village of Allithwaite in Cumbria, England.

[1] Most of the Head is a nature reserve, managed by Cumbria Wildlife Trust since 1992 although still owned by the Holker Estate.

Folklore has it that the wolf descended the fells from near Coniston where it had caused havoc among the sheep flocks.

After it attacked a child in Cark the country-folk chased it to the end of Humphrey Head where it was killed with pikes while hiding among the rocks.

On the rock face lies a memorial to William Pedder who died in August 1857, it reads: Beware how you these Rocks ascend Here WILLIAM PEDDER met his end August 22nd 1857 Aged 10 years.