Caw Fell
697m (2288ft)
Caw Fell is in The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
You can walk to the top of Caw Fell by using any of these 3 route maps:
Walk c130 Haycock and Steeple from Ennerdale Water
High fell walk on less popular paths
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,275ft (998m) |
| Time: | 7½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale Water - Char Dub - Silver Cove Beck - Woundell Beck - Caw Fell - Little Gowder Crag - Haycock - Great Scoat Fell - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Long Crag - Moss Dub - Lingmell Plantation - Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale Water.
Walk c199 Iron Crag and Grike from Ennerdale Water
Superb high level route away from the crowds
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.75ml (19km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,970ft (905m) |
| Time: | 7½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Ennerdale Weir - Ennerdale Water - Silver Cove Beck - Woundell Beck - Caw Fell - Silver Cove - Iron Crag - Crag Fell - Grike - Ennerdale Weir
Walk c267 Haycock, Iron Crag, Lank Rigg and Grike from Ennerdale Water
Excellent high level well away from the crowds
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 15.25ml (24.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,125ft (1,257m) |
| Time: | 9.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Ennerdale Weir - Ennerdale Water - Silver Cove Beck - Woundell Beck - Little Gowder Crag - Haycock - Caw Fell - Silver Cove - Iron Crag - Whoap - Lank Rigg - Crag Fell - Grike - Ennerdale Weir
Interactive Walking Maps
See Caw Fell and the surrounding tops on our unique, downloadable, PDF Peak Bagging Maps:
NB: Whether you print off a copy or download it to your phone, these PDF Peak Baggers' Maps might prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal.
*This version is marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
See Caw Fell and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Western Fells of The Lake District National Park
Less data - quicker to download
The Whole of The Lake District National Park
More data - might take a little longer to download
You can find Caw Fell & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Caw Fell
Pete George walked up Caw Fell on April 25th, 2026 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head [with] Roco [weather] Glorious sunny day
Geoff Hand climbed it on September 23rd, 2025 [from/via/route] Walk c130 from Ennerdale Water upto Caw, then double back to Gowder & Haycock. return by Scout Fell & Steeple & long crag.and Lingmell. [with] Richard Macilwaine [weather] Another bright clear sunny day, bit of a cool breeze on the tops. Sunny & warm in the valley. - Had to do a bit of wading across Woundell Beck on the way back as the footbridge was being replaced.
Ian Ashton bagged it on January 25th, 2025 [with] Ella
Tim Winn hiked Caw Fell on October 26th, 2024 [from/via/route] Ennerdale [with] Barry, Paul and Roger [weather] Dry.
Christine Shepherd summited on February 17th, 2008 [from/via/route] Walked from Bowness Knott Car park, Ennerdale using walk c130 Bagged again 16.04.14 using the start of walk 267 Climbed again with Louise on 28.4.24 adding this fell to The c340 walk to Grike, Crag fell & Lank Rigg. [with] On my own [weather] Beautiful, bright winter sunshine. - A wonderful start to a glorious day's walking.
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Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Caw Fell
*From Left to right: Caw Fell, Seatallan, Red Pike, Pillar, Yewbarrow, Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Lingmell and Sca Fell and Wast Water (foreground) from Illgill Head (NB. Scafell Pike is largely hidden behind Sca Fell)
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