Cautley Spout
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.Photo: Darren Copley, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yarlside and 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.
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 Sedbergh and Weasdale.
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.
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 4 miles north of Cautley Spout.
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 4 miles southwest of Cautley Spout.
Cautley Spout
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Cumbria, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ravenstonedale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.37223° or 54° 22′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.49314° or 2° 29′ 35″ westHeight
650 feet (198 metres)Open location code
9C6V9GC4+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 7761588185OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallWikidata ID
Q37390
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Cautley Spout” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “考特利瀑布”
- Dutch: “Cautley Spout”
- French: “Cautley Spout”
- German: “Cautley Spout”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار کوتلی اسپوت”
- Mazanderani: “کوتلی اسپوت”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cautley Spout”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cautley Spout”
- Norwegian: “Cautley Spout”
- Persian: “آبشار کوتلی اسپوت”
- Persian: “ابشار کوتلی اسپوت”
- Tajik: “Каутлӣ”
- Tajik: “Обшори Каутлӣ”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Каутлӣ”
- Urdu: “کوٹلی سپوٹ”
- Western Panjabi: “کوٹلے چھمبر”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hare Shaw and Great Dummacks.
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