Lamb Pasture

Standing at the modest southern terminus of the Bannisdale Horseshoe, this grassy fell offers a quiet, understated experience far from the Lake District crowds. Though low in height, its position provides a sweeping perspective over the A6 corridor and across the rolling landscape of the Far Eastern fells towards Longsleddale.

• •The name is a straightforward survival of local farming terminology, marking specific fellside enclosures used historically for the seasonal grazing of young sheep away from the harsher high ground.
• •Alfred Wainwright designated this the final summit of the 'Bannisdale Horseshoe' in The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, a long, high-level circuit he recommended for its solitude and pleasant turf.
• •The summit offers a distinctively low-level vantage point over the A6 road as it climbs toward Shred Level, providing a sense of scale for the transition between the rolling hills of Kendal and the rugged high fells.
• •Looking north-west from the top, walkers can trace the deep, steep-sided profile of the Longsleddale valley, with the higher ridges of Shipman Knotts and Kentmere Pike forming a dramatic backdrop.
• •Despite its status as a Wainwright Outlying Fell and a Birkett, the hill is so unfrequented that the most likely company you will encounter is the livestock the fell was named after.