Fox Tower

Fox Tower

Towards the eastern edge of the fells visible from Warcop Station is a small tower which looks somewhat like an old mine building. This is Fox Tower.

Fox Tower is actually a folly built in the 1770s by the then owner of Helbeck Hall, John Metcalf Carleton. It stands just under 1000 feet above sea level on the slopes of the Warcop Fells above Brough and on the edge of the Warcop Ranges.

There is normally no public access, but in 2014 access was allowed from Helbeck Hall or several weeks, and being familiar with the tower from my volunteering at Warcop Station I couldn’t resist the chance to see it up close.

The walk from a temporary car park at Helbeck Hall was about three quarters of a mile long and climbed about 200 feet through Helbeck Woods. The views from the Tower were splendid even though the day was quite hazy.

Unfortunately I only had a 6MP camera at the time and my 70-210mm zoom was distinctly average. I would love to get up there again with some of the rather better camera kit I now have.

Although most of the photos date from May 2014 the first two are from August 2017 when the light was right and I had a new zoom lens to play with! Clicking on the image will lead to a full size version of the image.