Calders Summit – Arant Haw summit cairn loop from Sedbergh School
Calders Summit – Arant Haw summit cairn loop from Sedbergh School
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Calders Summit – Arant Haw summit cairn loop from Sedbergh School
05:36
16.7km
790m
Hiking
Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 15, 2026
Tips
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Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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1.24 km
View of Lonsdale
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1.96 km
Green Lane at Brant How
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9.56 km
The Calf Summit (Howgill Fells)
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10.6 km
Bram Rigg Top
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11.2 km
Calders Summit
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12.0 km
Rough Fell Sheep and Historic Sheep Pen
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The flock of sheep know exactly where they are allowed to graze on the fell without going into another farmer’s ‘patch’. The mothers take the daughters up the fell and show them where they can graze through generational ‘flock memory’. There are no fences and they can roam wherever they want but they stay within their heft. The sheep belong on their heft. In the south of the country a heft is called a lear.
Look west and you will see an old sheep pen. This sheep pen will be brought back to working use by a lottery funded heritage project Our Common Cause: Our Uplands Common. Sheep pens such as this are used to sort farmers’ flocks after they have brought them down from the common during gathers which happen up to five/six times a year. Farmers work together to sort and mark sheep ready for shearing or ‘tupping’ (breeding season). Sheep on uplands commons are out all year, even during lambing season.
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13.1 km
Arant Haw summit cairn
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15.0 km
View of Brant Fell Common, Yorkshire Dales National Park
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First enshrined in law in the Magna Carta in 1215, Common Land traditionally sustained the poorest people in rural communities who owned no land of their own, providing them with a source of wood, bracken for bedding and pasture for livestock. Over one-third of England’s moorland is common land.
Common Land now accounts for 3% of England, but this includes large tracts of our most well-loved and ecologically rich landscapes including where you are standing in the Yorkshire Dales, Dartmoor, the Lake District, and Shropshire Hills.
Common Land is privately owned land with ‘Rights of Common’ over that land, most commonly to graze animals. Visitors have a right roam the commons while recognising and respecting the wildlife, landowners and farmers who work tirelessly to maintain it. This includes making sure all visiting dogs have their owner with them and are always in plain sight. Our nesting birds, sheep and lambs during peak seasons (March to June) will thank you for it. Please be accountable and responsible.
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16.7 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
9.15 km
3.91 km
3.36 km
222 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
7.40 km
3.57 km
2.80 km
1.84 km
676 m
374 m
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Elevation
Highest point (670 m)
Lowest point (120 m)
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