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| Name: | Calf Top |
| Hill number: | 2797 |
| Height: | 609.61m / 2000ft |
| RHB Section: | 35B: The Central Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Yorkshire Dales - Southern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Lune |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SD 66450 85624 |
| Summit feature: | small cairn |
| Drop: | 320.3m |
| Col: | 289.3m SD 6818 8625  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 98 (1:25k) OL2W |
| Observations: | cairn is 12m SE of trig point at SD 66448 85635 and 15cm higher |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica 530 Survey of Calf Top (Final).doc Is Calf Top a 2000 Foot Mountain (Final).doc Second Survey of Calf Top (Final).doc |
| Comments: | Promoted to Nuttall and Hewitt September 2016. See Database Notes. |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 508 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| GuyF | 04/04/2797 | |
| In the fog. | cumbria mammoth | 13/01/2024 |
| Pete R | 15/12/2023 | |
| Second crack at getting to the top of this hill. Previously, I'd tried to nab it with a direct approach up the side to the trig, only to run out of time if I wanted to get to an appointment on time, so had to turn back about 250m from the trig. Got redemption today, quite a slog up the eastern flank again, albeit more gradual than last time. No views today, cold wet and cloudy. | simocity | 09/12/2023 |
| OR1990 | 29/11/2023 | |
| Christo1979 | 18/11/2023 | |
| spallen | 14/10/2023 | |
| Repeat ascent. Hp other side of wall to trig. Low cloud. | Denise | 01/10/2023 |
| TK | 23/09/2023 | |
| ketzster | 18/09/2023 | |
| PhilD96 | 17/09/2023 | |
| Parked at Hodge Bridge. Walked through the village taking the FP by the church. Castle Knott then Calf Top out and back. Solo | Dan Baddeley | 19/08/2023 |
| Second ascent. Parked outside Barbon church. FP across to Eskholme. ATV track to Castle Knott then onto Calf Top. Returned back the same way for a pint in the Barbon Inn. | PeteF | 05/08/2023 |
| ARC | 04/08/2023 | |
| Stephen Hall | 03/06/2023 | |
| Janice Barker | 03/06/2023 | |
| From Barbon - with GW. Excellent walk and became clearer on descent. | JohnIvor | 14/05/2023 |
| Parking by church in Barbon. Footpath to Eskholme then nice path to the summit, almost bog free. | govanah | 25/04/2023 |
| CXB | 20/04/2023 | |
| avickers | 07/04/2023 | |
| Quiet sunday morning walk prior to kayak race on the lune. 2 hrs 15 up and down from barbon 12km including a detour on the way down. | Nicky C | 19/03/2023 |
| RobB | 07/03/2023 | |
| willc9999 | 01/01/2023 | |
| hornet | 12/11/2022 | |
| Ratboy87 | 08/10/2022 | |
| Gavin Theobald | 06/10/2022 | |
| Pleasant there and back from Barbon | Rockdoctor | 21/08/2022 |
| From Barbon | Martin66 | 08/08/2022 |
| From Barbon,3rd time over this hill. | Flatfield | 02/07/2022 |
| North on path from 682864 then wall towards gate and finally a stile onto the ridge then SW to summit. All easy going. | dickscroop | 21/06/2022 |
| Went up steeply from Barbondale from the bridge over Barkin beck. Path intermittent higher up until a large cairn at about 480m on the main path over Castle Knott and Calf Top. Good clear green track up, down and up to the summit. Excellent views all round. Good clear weather. Did a few geocaches whilst up here. Good fun despite the knee-ruining descent back to the car. | robphys | 19/06/2022 |
| Walk from Abbot Holme across Holme Fell and Holme Knott to meet track/footpath and in south-east over Brown Knott, Long Bank, Green Maws to Calf Top. Return via the same route. | raymooremanx | 28/05/2022 |
| godspeedjon77 | 28/05/2022 | |
| Just room for a small car parked close in on the Eskholme road after the bridge over the old railway. An enjoyable and fairly evenly-graded ascent along the ridge to Castle Knott, visiting its WNW top and Calf Top, where the summit cairn is on the other side of the fence from the attractively decorated trig point. | Nick Down1 | 05/05/2022 |
| From Barbon on a sunny Easter Saturday: Castle Knott, Calf Top and Holme Knott. Took very quite minor road from Middleton Hall Bridge. Had first outdoor pub lunch of the year outside the Barbon Inn at the end of the day. | Lazylizzie | 16/04/2022 |
| Joekemp | 16/04/2022 | |
| The Tyke | 11/04/2022 | |
| haylesb | 08/04/2022 | |
| Jill Robertson | 13/03/2022 | |
| From Barbon. Castle Knott then Calf Top. With RA. | robertgn | 26/02/2022 |
| Traverse of the Calf Top ridge, visiting Castle Knott, Calf Top, Brown Knott and Holme Knott during Day 15 of our Dales Circular Walk, today from Barbon to Sedbergh. A distance of 18km with 950m ascent in just under 6 hours. With Annette, Christine, Eric, Geoff and Steve. | silveracorn_alan | 10/02/2022 |
| Parked SD 6794 8616. Walked NE along road to public footpath, left through gate SD 6831 8645. Followed to SD 6820 8694. Turned up hill to gate SD 6817 8713. Followed vehicle tracks zig zagging steeply up grassy slopes to reach a formidable wall at SD 6743 8708. Turned Left (SW) to follow wall to corner of the field where thankfully there was a stone stile over the wall SD 6737 8690. Now it was a simple and easy walk SW on a rough path to the summit and the Trig point. If you cross the low fence at the summit you can use the broken wall for shelter if needed (very much so on my visit!). | geralddavison | 03/02/2022 |
| Up from E after Great Coum. | davechaffey | 15/01/2022 |
| Neildeblaquiere1 | 10/01/2022 | |
| LANGDALE | 29/11/2021 | |
| amblemark | 11/11/2021 | |
| Philshills | 27/10/2021 | |
| Mike The Tyke | 10/10/2021 | |
| Via Fellside up the track. A nice hill. | PhilipChaston | 30/08/2021 |
| Due to a lack of time parked at the cattle grid and climbed up the very steep fell side. Summit just below the cloud base so limited views. Visited trig and summit cairn. Time taken 51 minutes for 1.88 miles. Saw nobody else just Meadow Pipits, Wheatear and Stonechats. Didn’t do it justice will return to give it the respect it deserves. | isabelle | 22/08/2021 |