Calders
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- Height
- 675.4 m · 2,216 ft
- Prominence
- 34.2 m
- Grid reference
- SD 67071 96001
- Coordinates
- 54.35847, -2.50821
- County / area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- North Pennines
- OS Landranger
- 98
- OS Explorer
- OL19S
- Summit feature
- ground on path 5m W of cairn
- Key col
- SD 6686 9676 (641.2 m)
About Calders
Calders stands about a kilometre south-east of The Calf, in the Howgill Fells. Given as 2,211 feet, it is classified as a Hewitt and is generally walked in company with its higher neighbour.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Calders (Yorkshire Dales) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
Access rights here
Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.
Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.
General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.
Daylight at this summit today
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 54.358, -2.508. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (675 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
The recorded summit point is ground on path 5m W of cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 08-Apr-14
- Drop measured from
- SD 6686 9676 · 641.2 m
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
Long-distance paths past this hill
One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.
| Route | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Dales High Way | 144 km | over the top |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
Get food nearby
3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Keys Temperance Inn | Pub/bar/nightclub | 5 out of 5 | 2.8 km · E |
| Thorns Hall Hotel | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 3.9 km · S |
| The Tearoom | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 4 km · S |
Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.
Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.
Which hill this one belongs to
Calders is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to The Calf (677 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 641 m.
Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.