Walk c339 Calf Top from Barbon

This 13½ mile, Grade 7 (Hard), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Hodge Bridge & will take you about 7¼ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:13½mls (21.5km)
Ascent:2,317ft (706m)
Time:7¼hrs
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Route outline for walk c339:

Hodge Bridge  -  Barbon  -  Thorn Moor  -  Eskholme Pike  -  Castle Knott  -  Calf Top  -  Barkin Top  -  Longbank Peat Moss  -  Long Bank  -  Fellside Farm  -  River Lune  -  Low Waterside Farm  -  Middleton Hall Bridge  -  Stockdale Beck  -  Applegarth  -  Borwens  -  Eller Beck  -  Barbon  -  Hodge Bridge


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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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The highest point of this walk is Calf Top at 609m (2000ft). Calf Top is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (180th highest in England, 317th highest in England & Wales)

Calf Top is also known as an English Nuttall (253rd highest in England, 441st highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (51st highest in England, 752nd highest in the UK).

The summit of Calf Top is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Castle Knott at 536m (1759ft). Castle Knott is also known as an English Dewey (102nd highest in England, 237th in England & Wales)

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c339 Calf Top from Barbon

In no particular order . . .

Eskholme Pike summit cairn and view

Eskholme Pike summit cairn and view

Photo: Christine Shepherd (437)

Great Coum and Gragareth from Castle Knott

Great Coum and Gragareth from Castle Knott

Photo: Christine Shepherd (434)

The trig point on the summit of Calf Top

The trig point on the summit of Calf Top

Photo: Adrian Howard (3)

Sedbergh from Calf Top

Sedbergh from Calf Top

Photo: Mark Kissipie (152)

The final climb to Calf Top summit

The final climb to Calf Top summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (435)

The River Lune Valley from Thorn Moor

The River Lune Valley from Thorn Moor

Photo: Mark Kissipie (147)

The River Lune Valley from Castle Knott summit cairn

Photo: Mark Kissipie (149)

Calf Top from Castle Knott

Calf Top from Castle Knott

Photo: Mark Kissipie (150)

Castle Knott summit cairn

Castle Knott summit cairn

Photo: Mark Kissipie (148)

Calf Top summit trig point

Calf Top summit trig point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (433)


. . . load all 14 walk photos from Walk c339 Calf Top from Barbon

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