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Sedbergh Town Centre – Arant Haw summit cairn loop from Sedbergh School

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Sedbergh Town Centre – Arant Haw summit cairn loop from Sedbergh School

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Sedbergh Town Centre – Arant Haw summit cairn loop from Sedbergh School

03:32

9.77km

590m

Hiking

Moderate hike. 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 16, 2026

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Start point

Bus stop

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40 m

St Andrew's Church, Dent

Highlight • Religious Site

Although no church was recorded in the Domesday Book, it is generally accepted that the building dates from 1130 and was subsequently enlarged adopting its present shape in 1350 when the tower was added. The inner north doorway is probably the earliest surviving part of the church, and this suggests that there has always been a north aisle. In the late 1800s, a major restoration of the church was carried out.

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333 m

Sedbergh Town Centre

Highlight • Settlement

Sedburgh is a delightful little town with an olde worlde feel. It is England's official book town, so if you're in the market for timeless literature or modern classics, you'll find a shop to suit your tastes. The Main Street and cobbled lanes are well worth exploring. Independent gear shop The Sleepy Elephant (named in honour of Wainwright's description of the Howgills) is a particular highlight.

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833 m

Settlebeck Gill

Highlight • Gorge

Take a moment to detour to the right and look at Settlebeck Gill. This water course is part of a NFM (Natural Flood Management), together with its counterpart Ashbeck Gill to the right, contributed to flooding in Sedbergh during Storm Desmond in 2015. Gorse each side supports bird nesting habitats for the Yellowhammer, Linnet and Song Thrush. What can you hear?

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1.20 km

View of Brant Fell Common, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

The National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty where our English commons sit, are designated as ‘protected areas’ by and for the nation. Brant Fell (and others in England) is owned by a private landowner and managed by over 20 active graziers, a further 60 have ‘rights on the common’ but do not exercise them.

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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3.06 km

Arant Haw summit cairn

Highlight • Viewpoint

Arant Haw is a fell in the Howgill range. The Howgills are a wonderful collection of rolling hills in the east of Cumbria. Unfortunately I didn't get the views on this occasion but I'm looking forward to returning in better weather.

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4.10 km

Rough Fell Sheep and Historic Sheep Pen

Highlight • Natural

Native to Cumbria, the Rough Fell breed is one of three you will find on the common. They are one of the largest and hardiest, able to be outside in all weathers owing to their thick wool. The tups (males) have majestic horns and black and white marked faces. The sheep feed on upland grasses and heathers found on native moorland and are mainly bred for meat. The other two are the famous Swaledale or more ‘pretty’, grey Herdwick.

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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4.92 km

Calders Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Calders is a fell in the Howgill range close to The Calf. Many consider this area of England the best place to practice navigation based solely on reading the map contours, as it's notoriously featureless. A great challenge!

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9.56 km

Three Hares Café

Highlight • Cafe

A great spot for cake, coffee, or full breakfasts or lunches. They take bookings for evening meals occasionally, but their normal opening hours are everyday 10:00 - 16:00. An amazing place.

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9.77 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.77 km

2.75 km

682 m

326 m

220 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.60 km

2.11 km

1.50 km

890 m

466 m

186 m

Elevation

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Friday 26 June

23°C

14°C

43 %

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Sedbergh Town Centre – Arant Haw summit cairn loop from Sedbergh School

St Andrew's Church, Dent

Sedbergh Town Centre

Settlebeck Gill

View of Brant Fell Common, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Arant Haw summit cairn

Rough Fell Sheep and Historic Sheep Pen

Calders Summit

Three Hares Café

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