The Calf
The Calf, at an elevation of 676 metres, is the highest point in the Howgill Fells, an area of high ground in north-west England. It is in the north-west of the Yorkshire Dales in Westmorland and Furness in the county of Cumbria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cautley Spout and Calders.
Cautley Spout
Waterfall
Photo: Darren Copley, CC BY 2.0.
Cautley Spout is England's highest waterfall above ground. The broken cascade of falls tumbles a total of 650 feet down a cliff face at the head of a wild and bleak glacial valley that comes down from a high plateau called The Calf.
Calders
Peak
Calders is a summit of 2,211 feet in the Howgill Fells, Cumbria, England. It lies about 2⁄3 mile south-east of the summit of The Calf and is classified as a Hewitt.
Yarlside
Peak
Photo: clive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yarlside is a hill in the Howgill Fells, Cumbria, England. This fell is not to be confused with the Yarlside area near Barrow-in-Furness, once served by the Yarlside Iron Mines tramway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Firbank and Beck Foot.
Firbank
Hamlet
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Firbank is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria. It has a population of 97. As Firbank had a population of less than 100 at the 2011 Census, details are included in the parish of Killington.
Beck Foot
Hamlet
Beck Foot is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, situated on the B6257 road south of Lowgill, the West Coast Main Line and M6 motorway. The disused Lowgill Viaduct is close by.
Millthrop
Hamlet
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Millthrop is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, Northern England and the Yorkshire Dales. Millthrop lies on the south bank of the River Rawthey close to the town of Sedbergh.
The Calf
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,218 feet
- Description: mountain in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Sedbergh, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.36793° or 54° 22′ 5″ northLongitude
-2.51353° or 2° 30′ 49″ westElevation
2,218 feet (676 metres)Open location code
9C6V9F9P+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 9439548715OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
2654004Wikidata ID
Q7720968
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“The Calf” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Calf (bukid)”
- Cebuano: “The Calf”
- Dutch: “The Calf”
- Ladin: “The Calf”
- Swedish: “The Calf”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Red Gill Head and Little Dummacks.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bram Rigg Top and White Fell Head.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Calf”. Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.