Walking Britain Cautley Spout from Cross Keys
Introduction to Walk 1387
Nat Park - Yorkshire Dales - Howgill Fells
Region - Howgills
County/Area - Cumbria
Author - Lou Johnson
Length - 2.0 miles / 3.3 km
Ascent - 200 feet / 61 metres
Time - 1 hours 10 minutes
Grade - easy
This short Yorkshire Dales walk in the Howgills take us you to England's highest waterfall. The immediate scenery is grand and usually quiet and inspiring. A visit after heavy rainfall can be very dramatic. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL19 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL19 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 98 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 98 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
Walks from the same start
Cautley Spout & The Calf, from Cross Keys, Sedbergh
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km
Other walks nearby
3.1 miles / 5.0 km away
Fell End Clouds near Kirkby Stephen
Grade - easy
Length - 3.0 miles / 4.9 km
3.9 miles / 6.2 km away
Cautley Spout & the Calf from Sedbergh
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km
3.9 miles / 6.2 km away
Winder & Arant Haw from Sedbergh
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km
4.2 miles / 6.7 km away
Fell Head & The Calf, from Howgill, near Sedbergh
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km
4.3 miles / 6.9 km away
Randygill Top from Weasdale, Howgills
Grade - moderate
Length - 6.0 miles / 9.8 km
4.8 miles / 7.6 km away
Wild Boar Fell & Swarth Fell from Cotegill Bridge
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km
4.9 miles / 7.8 km away
Carlingill Beck, Black Force & Whin's End
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 6.5 miles / 10.6 km
5.0 miles / 8.0 km away
Bowderdale and the Calf
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km
5.0 miles / 8.0 km away
Mallerstang Edge from Aisgill Moor
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.8 miles / 14.2 km
Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
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