Walk Uldale Head (Howgills) and Carlingill Spout from Carlingill Bridge

The wild Howgills

This 4¼ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Carlingill Bridge in the Yorkshire Dales & will take you about 3½ hrs to complete.

 

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Vital Statistics:

Walk No.: c437
Length: 4¼ miles (6.5km)
Ascent: 1952 ft (595m)
Time: 3½ hours
Grade: Walk Grade 4 (Moderate) Icon

Route outline for this walk:

Carlingill Bridge  -  Carlingill Beck  -  Uldale Head (Howgills)  -  Blackthwaite Bottom  -  Carlingill Beck  -  Carlin Gill  -  Carlingill Spout  -  Screes of Black Force  -  Little Ulgill Beck  -  Carlingill Bridge  -  The Howgill Fells.


Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Wainwrights
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Nuttalls
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Dewey
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The highest point of this walk is Uldale Head (Howgills) at 532m (1746ft). Uldale Head (Howgills) is also known as an English Dewey (108th highest in England, 254th in England & Wales)

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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.)

The Yorkshire Dales National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL19 Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 91 Appleby-in-Westmorland


OS Landranger 97 Kendal & Morecambe, Windermere & Lancaster


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Uldale Head (Howgills) and Carlingill Spout from Carlingill Bridge

In no particular order . . .

Dillicar Common from Carlingill Bridge

Dillicar Common from Carlingill Bridge

Photo: Mark Davidson (66)

Uldale Head from a cairn near Blackthwaite Stone

Uldale Head from a cairn near Blackthwaite Stone

Photo: Mark Davidson (73)

Uldale Head from Carlin Gill

Uldale Head from Carlin Gill

Photo: Mark Davidson (67)

Grayrigg Forest from Carlingill Bridge

Grayrigg Forest from Carlingill Bridge

Photo: Mark Davidson (65)

Carlingill Beck in Carlin Gill

Carlingill Beck in Carlin Gill

Photo: Mark Davidson (79)

The M6 Motorway, Dillicar Common, Grayrigg Forest and Blease Fell from the upper slopes of Uldale Head

Photo: Mark Davidson (70)

Stone on the summit of Docker Knott

Stone on the summit of Docker Knott

Photo: Mark Davidson (81)

Carlingill Beck in Carlin Gill at the top of Carlingill Spout

Carlingill Beck in Carlin Gill at the top of Carlingill Spout

Photo: Mark Davidson (80)


. . . load all 16 pictures & photos from this walk

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