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Arant Haw summit cairn – Sedbergh Town Centre loop from Sedbergh School

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Arant Haw summit cairn – Sedbergh Town Centre loop from Sedbergh School

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Arant Haw summit cairn – Sedbergh Town Centre loop from Sedbergh School

05:21

16.6km

680m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Start point

Parking

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7.32 km

Cautley Spout

Highlight • Waterfall

Stunning after heavy rainfall

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7.71 km

Archaeological Site

8.44 km

Cautley Spout Waterfall

Highlight • Viewpoint

An awe-inspiring place. The walk in across the bottom of the dale is easy with constant views and the rumbling of the looming waterfall. Climbing the path alongside the cascade …

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8.73 km

Steep, uneven and treacherous when wet, this stone staircase is an expert piece of path engineering , still managing to feel natural and with incredible views of the waterfall all the way up. Really worth experiencing

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8.94 km

Top of Cautley Spout

Highlight • Waterfall

Slippery rock path to the top when it’s been raining. Tread carefully

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10.7 km

The Calf Summit (Howgill Fells)

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The highest of the Howgill Fells, The Calf sits in both the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the county of Cumbria. It’s a green, flat-topped hill, whose best ascent follows …

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11.8 km

Calders

Peak

13.7 km

Arant Haw summit cairn

Highlight • Viewpoint

Arant Haw is a fell in the Howgill range. The Howgills are a wonderful collection of rolling hills in the east of Cumbria. Unfortunately I didn't get the views on …

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15.9 km

Settlebeck Gill

Highlight • Gorge

Take a moment to detour to the right and look at Settlebeck Gill. This water course is part of a NFM (Natural Flood Management), together with its counterpart Ashbeck Gill …

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16.4 km

Sedbergh Town Centre

Highlight • Settlement

Sedburgh is a delightful little town with an olde worlde feel. It is England's official book town, so if you're in the market for timeless literature or modern classics, you'll …

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16.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.7 km

1.42 km

1.12 km

946 m

323 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.58 km

5.72 km

1.74 km

1.23 km

1.11 km

207 m

Elevation

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Today

Sunday 9 August

19°C

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Comments

July 4, 2026,Cautley Spout and The Calf

Absolute grim day out in the hills, summer had definitely departed for the day and full waterproofs and gloves were back. This time of year shouldn't be underestimated. A great walk down the valley to Cautley Spout, always impressive. A steep ascent up the side and onto The Calf and onto Calders before heading back down into Sedbergh. I love …

September 5, 2021,Howgills Waterfall Circular

We needed to break up a journey between a family gathering in Bradford, West Yorkshire and getting home to Cockermouth, Cumbria, so we decided to take our first trip to Cautley Spout in the Howgills area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Cautley Spout is the highest cascade waterfall in England at nearly 200m and we walked up from Sedbergh …

May 21, 2023,A Hiking Community Howgills Loop

This was a 10-mile (16 km) loop of the Howgill Fells of the Yorkshire Dales with my lovely hiking community. Group hikes make my soul sing. Back in 2017, I founded an informal hiking club through Instagram and, in the space of a year, I’d met friends for life, bonded over our shared love of the outdoors.

May 1, 2022,Sedbergh Circular: Sedbergh, Calders, The Calf, Cautley Spout, Cautley Beck, Sedburgh

Itinerary: Joss Lane, Settlebeck Gill, skirting Arrant Haw, Calders, The Calf, Bowderdale Head, Cautley Spout, then “A Pennine Journey” path back to Sedbergh.

The Howgills: named after a tiny hamlet in the South West but the name originally derived from the old Norse word haugr, which means ‘barrow’, ‘hill’ or ‘gill’, which refers to narrow valleys. The majority of the …

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Arant Haw summit cairn – Sedbergh Town Centre loop from Sedbergh School

Cautley Spout

Cautley Spout Waterfall

Cautley Spout Stone Staircase

Top of Cautley Spout

The Calf Summit (Howgill Fells)

Arant Haw summit cairn

Settlebeck Gill

Sedbergh Town Centre

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