Great Coum
687m (2254ft)
The Southern Dales Area, The Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria, England
The County Stone (a large boulder built into a wall junction) 800m south of the summit of Great Coum marks the NE tip of the county of Lancashire.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 19,112ft (583m) |
| Time: | 5.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Dent - Flinter Gill - Crag Hill (Great Coum) - Great Coum - Lancashire County Stone - Blea Gills - Nun House Outrake - The Dales Way - River Dee - Dent
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Great Coum
Ruth Nolan walked up Great Coum on June 27th, 2022 [from/via/route] Dent, Flinter Gill, Crag Hill, Great Coum, Green Hill [with] Solo [weather] Scudding clouds, light breeze
David Hughes climbed Great Coum on December 22nd, 2020 [from/via/route] peck farm [with] DD DG Waz
Adrian Howard bagged Great Coum on July 25th, 2017 [from/via/route] From road at High Moss SE of summit, then on to Crag Hill trig.
Stella Nuttall hiked Great Coum on October 17th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Lack House Farm. Ny 129 Gragateth, Great Coum Green Hill & Crag Hill. We didn't see anyone else on this walk until we saw firstly 3 people in orange boiler suits & then 2 men in yellow boiler suits approaching in the distance, quite surreal. They had all been pot holing & were making their way back to the farm. We had lunch by the waterfall in the sun. [with] Stella, Ann, Sally Christine and Kath. [weather] Misty to start with but when this lifted the views were awesome. - Very wet on the top between Gragareth & Great Coum.
Margaret Richards summited Great Coum on March 24th, 2017 [from/via/route] ny129 Gragareth & Great Coum from Leck Fell House [with] Don and Mike [weather] sunny & snow
Kevin Foster conquered Great Coum on August 16th, 2017 [from/via/route] Green Hill [with] Henry [weather] Sunny morning becoming increasingly cloudy afternoon then light rain at the end - A bit of a confusing summit this one. Over the summit wall there are two fields split by another wall dissecting the summit wall & there are two cairns either side of the wall. I visited them both just to make sure but I think the one in the 'field' to the East is slightly higher. To make matters worse (or better I don't know) Crag Hill, from where I was standing looked as high if not higher, but according to the OS it is slightly lower & doesn't have the prominence to make it a separate Nuttall. Of note on the ascent was the three county stone incorporated into the wall marking the boundary between Yorkshire, Lancashire & Westmorland.
Mark Davidson scaled Great Coum on March 2nd, 2004 [with] Alone [weather] Cold & crisp
Caroline Winter walked up Great Coum on October 3rd, 2015 [from/via/route] Yordas cave, Gragareth, Great Coum, Green Lane Track to High Moss, road by Long Gill back to car [with] Solo [weather] Ridge from Gragareth to Great Coum low cloud; 30 meters visibility meaning no views only stone wall! - Difficulty establishing proper summit. Pile of stones by wall but doesn't correlate with highest point on OS map. I paced to point where summit is supposed to be. Dropped too low on descent, ending at Beck, so clambered back up to obvious track!! Behind on time so ran along B road back to car. Meant I could revisit Country store to buy more scones- delicious 🍩 🍪 🍰
Tony Rogerson climbed Great Coum on June 5th, 2014 [from/via/route] Leck Crag Hill & Gragareth [with] John John Ray Paul Luke & Floss [weather] Low cloud & rain
Darren Mortimer bagged Great Coum on September 13th, 2014 [from/via/route] Dent [with] Graham Panton & Dermot Palmer [weather] Warm with a little cloud
Lynn Symonds hiked Great Coum on June 29th, 2014 [from/via/route] Leck [with] Nicole
Ray O'hara summited Great Coum on June 29th, 2013 [from/via/route] NY129 [weather] overcast but summits clear - Very pleasant walk in, but s little boggy at places on the ridge
Christine Shepherd conquered Great Coum on February 18th, 2013 [from/via/route] Walked from Leck Fell House using walk ny129 [with] On my own [weather] Very cold but bright & sunny
Lee Senior scaled Great Coum on June 30th, 2012 [from/via/route] dent - flintergill, Occupation Rd, Crag Hill, Great Coum, quarry, Occupation Rd, Dent [with] Debbie [weather] heavy showers
Patrick Rogozinski, Matthew Thomas, Stephen Stott, John Cuthbert, Elaine Grayson, Paul Booth, Trevor Williams and Les Wrightson have all walked, climbed & bagged Great Coum.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Great Coum
Great Coum (left), Greyrigg Pike and Little Coum (right) from the lower slopes of Grayrigg Forest
Ingleborough (in the distance left) and Green Hill (Gragareth) (foreground right) from Great Coum
County Stone, marking the north east tip of Lancashire, located 750m due south of the summit of Great Coum
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