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Name: | Castle How |
Hill number: | 7915 |
Height: | 306.2m / 1005ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2328 Knott |
RHB Section: | 34A: Lake District - Northern Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Northern Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Ellen |
Class: | Synge (Sy) |
Grid ref: | NY 25687 34169 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 10.5m |
Col: | 295.7m NY 2574 3406 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4N |
Observations: | ground 10m W is 10cm lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 79 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
A tour of the fells Back O' Skiddaw from Longlands on a windy but mainly sunny day. Included a number of first time ascents of minor Birketts and Synges, with a fourth round of the Wainwrights in the group, 16 peaks in total. In order , visited Lowthwaite Fell West Top, Castle How, Orthwaite Bank, Little Cockup, Great Cockup, Meal Fell, Frozen Fell, Burn Tod, Little Calva, Great Calva, Knott, Great Sca Fell, Little Sca Fell, Brae Fell, Lowthwaite Fell, Longlands Fell. Altogether a 25km hike with 1460m ascent, taking me 7.5 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 11/08/2023 |
See Orthwaite Bank | smocks and denims | 30/04/2022 |
1/9 From Over Water, Castle How from road, then drop down to bridle way, up to White Hause, round corrie to Burn Tod, next Corrie to Frozen Fell, then up revisiting Great Sca Fell and Little Sca Fell down Bridleway to Saddle north of Longlands Fell. Crossed Saddle down to Longlands Beck, up over Lowthwaite Fell West Top, down to Longlands hamlet, along lovely green lanes to take Latrigg from the north. Then cheeky car move to pick up Mickle Rigg from just inside open access cattle grid. Superb day. | nickywood1 | 26/09/2020 |
Little detour on wat up Great Cockup | Havenchris | 06/09/2020 |
No RoW. Not in nearby open access area. Nearest point of access without trespassing seems to be boundary of open access area at NY256339. | Isbjorn | 02/10/2019 |
A pretty relaxed round of 6 Uldale Synges and tumps. | jenx | 04/02/2019 |
Repeat with Jenx and Bryher heading up from access land lane. Nice copse on top | nordicstar | 04/02/2019 |
Over Water > Orthwaite Bank > Great Cockup > Little Cockup > Castle How. Had intended to walk on to Great Sca Fell and surrounding Wainwrights, but we were beaten back by 50 mph winds that blew us over at the summit. | Lazylizzie | 20/11/2018 |
R | Richard Tait | 13/03/2018 |
Pleasant round of 9 hill, this the last. From White Hause; dropped down to the road to NW. | jonglew | 12/01/2018 |
From Lowthwaite Fell West Top, on to Orthwaite Bank. | Wycombe Wanderer | 02/09/2017 |
Parked at Peter House Farm at 249323. The 10th & final top of an anticlockwise circuit above the Dash Valley. From Orthwaite Bank, dropped down to gate at 256339 & then a pleasant ascent to the unmarked summit. Returned to gate, SW alongside wall to road & then a 1½km road walk back to car. (PM CM) | gerrybowes | 15/08/2017 |
From the gate at 256339 after the descent from Orthwaite Bank. With GB and CM. | bolton | 15/08/2017 |
CJM | 15/08/2017 | |
Consolation after deciding not to go up Great Calva - due to not being able to see it from Great Cockup. | Andrew Pearson | 01/03/2017 |
After Lowthwaite Fell W top skirted gorge following edge of common to reach gate at NY 25653395 giving access to summit. Afterwards walked to High Side for X4 bus | AlanD | 21/01/2017 |
Castle How from NY 25240 33867 | ronaldo333 | 08/10/2016 |
Tour of Watches, Castle How, Little and Great Cockup, and Orthwaite Bank from the Sunday 554 service. Highland cattle in the mud around the troughs on the summit. | Eddie | 06/03/2016 |
Roadside parking outside Orthwaite Farm .... alt 800ft. A short road walk to the bridleway then follow the wall along the boundary of the open access. Gate at the very top gives access to the summit. 1.36 miles return. 216ft ascent. 20 minutes. | moorsman | 03/03/2016 |
From Orthwaite. After a Birkett round. With Vic. | ngthack | 07/02/2016 |
Solo. Gate to south gives easy access to the hill. Highland cattle in field. | Dangerous Dave | 20/12/2015 |
Parking spot in lane to S of Orthwaite. Used track for this and then across to Orthwaite Bank. Vague highest point in open copse. | Aye Jimmy | 11/08/2015 |
From parking nr Orthwaite, took track to Sth and short diversion to summit. Continued to Orthwaite and back down road to start point. | nordicstar | 07/07/2015 |
From parking spaces at Longlands NY266,358. Followed Longlands Beck then up Lowthwaite Fell West top from SE. Then skirted the gorge to the south and followed track above intake wall to bag Castle How. Descended to road and back along road to Longlands - 5.5 miles. | Crib Goch | 28/02/2015 |
Snowy and windy. Abandoned plans to climb higher hills | mcbiydw2 | 31/01/2014 |
With Jo, linear walk from Caldbeck: CW to Charleton Wath, Mickle Rigg, Lowthwaite Fell West Top, Castle How, Park Wood, Bassenthwaite. Weather; generally overcast, mild, moderate visibility. | amblerbob | 05/01/2013 |
day and month in 2008 tbc | Chris Pearson | 15/08/2008 |
iainwalton | 03/02/2024 | |
Michael Hood | 18/06/2023 | |
mk5375 | 21/04/2023 | |
trimarc2 | 22/03/2022 | |
RobB | 07/03/2022 | |
Scott Morley 86 | 27/11/2021 | |
keithouk | 01/11/2021 | |
Gavin Wakefield | 18/10/2021 | |
AndyS | 28/04/2021 | |
wcroasdell | 28/03/2021 | |
mart0797 | 09/12/2020 | |
Jill Robertson | 29/11/2020 | |
amblemark | 29/11/2020 | |
Ever Onward | 07/11/2020 | |
conanharrod | 28/10/2020 | |
jimbloomer | 19/07/2020 | |
CraigDring | 23/06/2020 | |
David Gradwell | 16/03/2020 | |
tomandivy | 24/11/2019 | |
PeteN | 20/11/2019 | |
DC11main | 15/09/2019 | |
andy elliott | 01/09/2018 | |
benarbia_8 | 09/08/2018 |