Great Calva
690m (2264ft)

The Northern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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Great Calva is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL4

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Maps 89 & 90

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Great Calva

Kevin Foster walked up on October 8th, 2020 [from/via/route] Little Calva. [with] Henry. [weather] Sunny, clouding over later. - Unfortunately the route to Great Calva involved retracing my steps to the col between Great and Little Calva (more wet feet). Then it was just a short easy climb to the wind shelter and cairn on top of Great Calva where the unexpected view South of Thirlmere between Blencathra and Lonscale Fell captivated the view.

Darren Wilson climbed on December 29th, 2020 [from/via/route] Mungrisedale Common & Great Calva from Threlkeld [with] Mike [weather] Beautiful day, snow underfoot

Nick Dobson bagged on August 9th, 2020 [from/via/route] car park at top of Blease road Threlkeld [with] Margaret and Ralph [weather] Hot sunny clear day. - 9 mile there and back via Skiddaw House, a great walk with tremendous views the whole way.

Tony Rogerson hiked on December 25th, 2019 [with] Charlie

Andrew Johnson summited on October 18th, 2019 [from/via/route] Longlands [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy, misty on tops

Jamie Bryan conquered on August 18th, 2019 [from/via/route] c200 [weather] Windy af

Dave Eyes scaled on July 8th, 2019 [from/via/route] Parked at Peter House Farm and walked up the Cumbrian Way route to the stile and then up the side of Bakestall. Back down to the Cumbrian Way and around to Great Calva. Retrace steps back to the car. 8.4 miles. [with] Christine Eyes [weather] Warm day - a few spots of rain - decent views

Tom Mcbeath walked up on June 26th, 2019 [from/via/route] Walked from Knott Fell [with] Ursula [weather] Sunny, day with a good breeze - Waked back to Gainsgill Beck carpark

Chris Sheard climbed on April 14th, 2019 [from/via/route] Across from Knott starting from Mosedale [with] Solo [weather] Staying very cold and windy easterly - very blowy - Across fro Knott found a quiet spot for a ssnack on the saddle - quite tough heather off slope, broken ground with sharp boulders - knee scraped on rusted fence - Vey long off back to Mosedale

Craig Steeland bagged on October 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] From car park in Mosedale village [with] Sue [weather] Cool, sunny and dry.

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. . . see all 11 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on or of Great Calva

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