Bowderdale Head

Places of Interest

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.

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.

The Calf

Peak

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Weasdale

Hamlet

Photo: Rob Bainbridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Weasdale is a small hamlet in Cumbria, England, 850 feet above sea-level on the northern flanks of the Howgill Fells. It is located approximately 6 miles south-west of Kirkby Stephen. Weasdale is situated 3½ miles north of Bowderdale Head.

Sedbergh

Photo: Zaian, Public domain.

Sedbergh is a town in Cumbria, with a population of 1500 in 2021. It's in the valley of the River Rawthey, which flows into the Lune two miles west. In Old English "setberg" means a flat-topped hill, and it's a base for walking the gritstone moors.

Bowderdale

Hamlet

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowderdale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, 6 miles southwest of Kirkby Stephen. It is also the name of a dale in the Howgill Fells, the valley of Bowderdale Beck which rises on the western slopes of Yarlside and flows 5 miles north to join the River Lune below the village of Bowderdale. Bowderdale is situated 4 miles north of Bowderdale Head.

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