Busk Howe
Busk Howe is a fell in Orton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Busk Howe is situated nearby to the peak Bush Howe, as well as near White Fell Head.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Calf and Cautley Spout.
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.
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. Cautley Spout is situated 1½ miles east of Busk Howe.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beck Foot and Firbank.
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. Beck Foot is situated 2½ miles west of Busk Howe.
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. Firbank is situated 3 miles southwest of Busk Howe.
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.
Busk Howe
- Type: Fell
- Location: Orton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.3742° or 54° 22′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.52967° or 2° 31′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C6V9FFC+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 430130009OpenStreetMap feature
natural=fell
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