Cartmel Fell is a

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and a

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in the

South Lakeland South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district was 102,301 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 103,658 at the 2011 Census. Its council is based in Kendal. It include ...

district of

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, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 309, increasing at the 2011 census to 329. The village of

Cartmel Cartmel is a village in Cumbria, England, northwest of Grange-over-Sands close to the River Eea. The village takes its name from the Cartmel Peninsula, and was historically known as Kirkby in Cartmel. The village is the location of the 12t ...

and

Cartmel Priory Cartmel Priory church serves as the parish church of Cartmel, Cumbria, England (formerly in Lancashire). Priory The priory was founded in 1190 by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, William Marshal, created 1st Earl of Pembroke, intended for ...

are not in this parish but in

Lower Allithwaite Lower Allithwaite is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the villages of Allithwaite and Cartmel, the historic Cartmel Priory, Humphrey Head Humphrey Head is a limestone outcrop situated ...

, to the south: Cartmel Fell church is about 7 miles north of Cartmel Priory. The neighbouring civil parishes are Windermere parish to the north west, where the boundary includes some of the shore line of the lake,

Windermere Windermere (sometimes tautologically called Windermere Lake to distinguish it from the nearby town of Windermere) is the largest natural lake in England. More than 11 miles (18 km) in length, and almost 1 mile (1.5 km) at its wides ...

; Crook to the north east; Crosthwaite and Lyth to the east;

Witherslack Witherslack is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha, in the south of Cumbria. It lies on the north eastern side of Morecambe Bay, England. The eastern side of the village borders Whitbarro ...

to the south east; Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel to the south; and

Staveley-in-Cartmel Staveley-in-Cartmel is a small village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England. It lies east of Newby Bridge, near the south end of Windermere, northeast of Ulverston. It is sometimes known as Staveley-in-Furness. Both n ...

to the south west. St. Anthony's Church was built as a

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for

in about 1504, and has changed little since. It contains some 17th-century

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s and a rare three-decker

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of 1698 as well as stained glass which may have come from Cartmel Priory. There was a school next to St Anthony's Church that opened in 1871 and closed in 1971. The building is now the parish hall. Broadleys, architect C F A Voysey

There are 34

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s in the parish. The church and two 1890s houses by C.F.A. Voysey ( Broadleys and Moor Crag) are Grade I listed; Hodge Hill is Grade II* and the remaining houses, barns, bridge etc. are Grade II. A mile to the north-east, the Grade II* listed Cowmire Hall (in the parish of Crosthwaite and Lyth) incorporates a 16th-century

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, whilst the main block of the house dates from the 17th century. Also of note is Chapel House, Ravensbarrow Lodge, and Danes Court Cottage. Cartmel Fell is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book ''

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland ''The Outlying Fells of Lakeland'' is a 1974 book written by Alfred Wainwright dealing with hills in and around the Lake District of England. It differs from Wainwright's ''Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Pictorial Guides'' in that each ...

''. Wainwright names as Cartmel Fell the "elevated tangle of bracken and coppice forming he Winster Valleys western flanks", and describes a walk from the church to the summit Raven's Barrow at , which he calls "a lovely belvedere for viewing a lovely valley". He says that the cairn is locally known as Ravensbarrow or Rainsbarrow Old Man. To the northwest is

Heights Tarn Heights Tarn is a small lake to the east of Windermere and north of Simpson Ground Reservoir, near Cartmel Fell, in the Lake District of Cumbria, England. Located at an altitude of , the lake has an area of , and measures . Although just off the ...

, a small lake on private land.

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Cumbria County History Trust: Cartmel Fell
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) {{Outlying Fells Fells of the Lake District Mountains and hills of Cumbria Villages in Cumbria Civil parishes in Cumbria

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