Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Calf Top
Height: 610m / 2000ft • Prominence: 320m / 1050ft • Summit : small cairn • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Dry stone walls in Barbondale
Barbondale is on the western side of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is a rugged and natural place, with no facilities for visitors. Its main occupants are sheep. On one side of the dale, the fells rise to around 2,000 feet. On the other side is part of a massive cave system that stretches for some forty miles. It is mostly underwater. Until 1974, Barbondale was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
28-Nov-24 • Baz Richardson - often away • flickr
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Barbondale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
Barbondale is on the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. One of the least well-known Dales, it is extremely rugged and has no visitor facilities as such. At its eastern end, it leads to the beautiful Dentdale. Originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it became part of Cumbria in 1974 and is now within the recently-formed Westmorland and Furness. NB This does not have the same boundaries as the "old" Westmorland.
28-Nov-24 • Baz Richardson - often away • flickr
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Autumn in the Yorkshire Dales
This is Barbondale, on the western side of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is perhaps the least commercialised of the Dales with just a scattering of farm buildings. Instead of being predominantly green, the autumn countryside has changed to a range of browns, oranges and yellows, though some green remains.
11-Nov-23 • Baz Richardson - often away • flickr
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A Curved Dip on Calf Top (Bardondale)
With the Howgill Fells in the distance.
03-Nov-23 • Paul Austin Murphy • flickr
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Flying Low (Next to Calf Top, Barbondale)
With the Howgill Fells (in silhouette) over the brow and in the distance. This area is in the Yorkshire Dales - though also in Cumbria!
03-Nov-23 • Paul Austin Murphy • flickr
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
Now would be a good time for a cup of tea.
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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Dry stone walls in Barbondale
Barbondale is on the western side of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is a rugged and natural place, with no facilities for visitors. Its main occupants are sheep. On one side of the dale, the fells rise to around 2,000 feet. On the other side is part of a massive cave system that stretches for some forty miles. It is mostly underwater. Until 1974, Barbondale was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
28-Nov-24 • Baz Richardson - often away • flickr
barbondalefells barbondale yorkshiredalesnationalpark drystonewalls countryside landscapes cumbria 54169364207
Barbondale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
Barbondale is on the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. One of the least well-known Dales, it is extremely rugged and has no visitor facilities as such. At its eastern end, it leads to the beautiful Dentdale. Originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it became part of Cumbria in 1974 and is now within the recently-formed Westmorland and Furness. NB This does not have the same boundaries as the "old" Westmorland.
28-Nov-24 • Baz Richardson - often away • flickr
54170535388
Autumn in the Yorkshire Dales
This is Barbondale, on the western side of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is perhaps the least commercialised of the Dales with just a scattering of farm buildings. Instead of being predominantly green, the autumn countryside has changed to a range of browns, oranges and yellows, though some green remains.
11-Nov-23 • Baz Richardson - often away • flickr
yorkshiredalesnationalpark barbondale barbonbeck barbondalefells countryside 53335878195
A Curved Dip on Calf Top (Bardondale)
With the Howgill Fells in the distance.
03-Nov-23 • Paul Austin Murphy • flickr
howgillfells calftop barbondale 53310879625
Flying Low (Next to Calf Top, Barbondale)
With the Howgill Fells (in silhouette) over the brow and in the distance. This area is in the Yorkshire Dales - though also in Cumbria!
03-Nov-23 • Paul Austin Murphy • flickr
barbondale calftop 53308267816
Calf Top, Sheep... and the Hills of the Lake District
The hill directly in front (Calf Top) is in Barbondale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It's around 18 miles from the Lake District hills directly in front of it.
03-Nov-23 • Paul Austin Murphy • flickr
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Farm track in Barbondale.
Looking towards Barbon Moor.
16-Jun-23 • Fr Paul Hackett • flickr
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Barkin Calf top.
16-Jun-23 • Fr Paul Hackett • flickr
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Trig Point on Calf Top
Highest point on Middleton Fell. My aging map had this down as 609 metres or 1,998 feet in altitude. The height was recently recalibrated to 1999.6 feet, or 2,000 to the nearest decimal point - giving this summit much extra status
23-Jun-20 • Walruscharmer • flickr
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Videos
Castle Knott and Calf Top.
Another walk from my Cumbria trip In this wintry walk I head up into the hills, climbing up to Devil's Crag, then up to Castle Knott ...
An epic winter walk in the snowy Cumbrian hills! I climb up from the village of Barbon up to Devil's Crag, on up to Castle Knoll, and ...
A walk from Barbon up to Calf Top. Excellent walk and very dog friendly. Camped in Dent.
A Hike to The Calf, the highest point in the Howgills from Sedbergh. An upland walk across some the quieter Northern hills. A cold ...
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.