Walk Crag Hill and Great Coum from Dent
High moorland views
This 9 mile, Grade 6 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Dent in the Yorkshire Dales & will take you about 5¼ hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Walk No.: | c300 | |
| Length: | 9 miles (14.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 19112 ft (583m) | |
| Time: | 5¼ hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
| Walk Type: | High Mountains | |
| Gear Needed: | Full mountain gear including boots, warm layers, waterproofs, food & water, and good weather | |
Route outline for this walk:
Dent - Flinter Gill - Crag Hill (Great Coum) - Great Coum - Lancashire County Stone - Blea Gills - Nun House Outrake - The Dales Way - River Dee - Dent
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
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.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 1 English Mountain |
 0 Wainwrights |
 1 English Nuttall |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Great Coum at 687m (2254ft). Great Coum is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (111th highest in England, 187th highest in England & Wales)
Great Coum is also known as an English Nuttall (146th highest in England, 245th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (35th highest in England, 619th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Crag Hill (Great Coum) at 682m (2238ft). Crag Hill (Great Coum) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Crag Hill (Great Coum) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Be Adventure Smart
If walking in the Lake District (and anywhere else) please be adventure smart.
Ask yourself 5 questions before you set off:
- Am I confident I have the KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS for the day?
- Do I know what the WEATHER will be like?
- Do I have the right GEAR for the day?
- Do I have enough FOOD & DRINK for the day?
- Do I have all the ESSENTIAL ITEMS for the day?
Note that there is no mobile phone or WiFi coverage in many parts of the Lake District
A dedicated GPS Device can be a good navigational aid, but only if you know how to use it properly. See The Myths and Truths about GPS for Walking and Hiking
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Dales Way, a 130km (81 miles) linear footpath connecting Ilkley in West Yorkshire, England with Bowness-On-Windermere in Cumbria, England. The Dales Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Dales Way.
You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
(worth a look if you're new to go4awalk.com & have never seen one of these before.)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Crag Hill and Great Coum from Dent
In no particular order . . .
County Stone, marking the north east tip of Lancashire, located 750m due south of the summit of Great Coum
Ingleborough (in the distance left) and Green Hill (Gragareth) (foreground right) from Great Coum
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