Winder Fell Howgill Fells, north of Sedbergh, Cumbria.  Theme - Mountains. Other themes: Howgill Fells - Winder Summit MT42, MT43

Winder Fell (SD 654933) is, at 473 m, far from the highest Howgill Fell, but it is the most southerly peak and overlooks the attractive Cumbrian town of Sedbergh, with which it has a special relationship. This resulted in the millennium construction to the right of the Ordnance Survey Trig. Point in the summit photo below. This is not a bird table, sundial, or unofficial Trig. Point, but supports a circular metal plate naming and shaming all the surrounding hills.

And I know who built it! It was Alan Steadman and his merry men, who had special dispensation to chug all the way to the summit in their dumper truck (or whatever it was - I'm not very good with the names of these things). As a born and bred Sedbergh lad this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance for Alan. Alan can also be found elsewhere on this web site - he's a very good drummer who is on several of our Music Library tracks. For walkers Winder Fell is a good starting point for exploring the Howgills and is uncompromisingly steep if you are thinking of going straight to the top. There are however lateral paths which are just high enough to give you excellent views across Sedbergh and into Dentdale.  And close to hand is Crook, the only (slightly) pointy Howgill, which you can also see peeping out from behind the Winder Fell Trig Point in MT42.

A final vaguely useful snippet. There was, in 1976, a folk night at the Railway Inn (now known as "The Head") at nearby Middleton, The resident folk band called itself "Winder Fell". I wonder if any of them are still about?