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Arant Haw

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605 mHowgill Fells

Arant Haw at 605m (1,985ft) is a Dewey in the Howgill Fells, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, 1.6 km south-south-west of Calders.

Summit conditions on Arant Haw

On the summit on Saturday 24 October: 8° to 1°C, gusts to 61 mph, 25.2 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

The forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Routes up Arant Haw

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

Sedbergh to The Calf Planned, not yet walked
18.34 km · ~920 m ascent · ~5–7 h · loop · 5 summits · Hard overall (hardest: distance, steepness, terrain and navigation)
Park: Sedbergh (paid)

Distance and climb are measured from the route’s GPX track, and the time from them by Naismith’s rule; the route page says what each grade rests on. How we check →

How hard is Arant Haw?

The shortest way up we hold is Sedbergh to The Calf — 18.34 km, 920 m of ascent, ~5–7 h. On our scale its hardest axes are distance, steepness, terrain and navigation — Hard.

All axes: length: Hard · steepness: Hard · terrain: Hard · navigation: Hard · exposure: Not assessed.

These are the route page’s grades, set by the rules on how we grade: length and steepness measured from its GPX track, the others set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap. The route page says which. How we check →

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 605 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Sat 24 Oct
8° / 1°
61 mph
25.2 mm (100%)
Sun 25 Oct
6° / 4°
72 mph
10.2 mm (100%)
Mon 26 Oct
12° / 4°
52 mph
19.2 mm (100%)
Tue 27 Oct
12° / 5°
51 mph
20.0 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
8° / 5°
40 mph
9.2 mm (99%)
Thu 29 Oct
9° / 7°
32 mph
0.3 mm (20%)
Fri 30 Oct
12° / 7°
31 mph
25.2 mm (32%)

Taken 24 Oct 2026, 20:18 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Parking & buses for Arant Haw

Parking for Arant Haw

Route starts first, then the car parks nearest the summit, which are not always a way up.

Fairmile Gate, Howgill Lane (verge) — 2.8 km from summit (straight line)
West-side access to Fell Head and the Lune-side Howgills.
Directions (opens in new tab)Something changed here?

Positions are approximate.

Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.

Getting to Arant Haw by bus

We don’t know yet. We don’t have a measured bus answer for this fell: the bus stops we hold are the Lake District’s, and this hill is outside it. That’s a gap in our data, not a sign that no bus comes here.

Hazards on Arant Haw

We have not written a hazard card for this fell yet, and that is not a sign that it is low-hazard. Read the warnings on the route pages that climb it, check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s Take care while you’re here (opens in new tab) page covers walking in the Dales; AdventureSmart’s hill walking kit list and Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s safety page are linked from our what to carry guide.

Map and GPX

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).

Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.

Routes over Arant Haw

18.34 km · ~920 m ascent · loop · ~5–7 h · Hard overall (hardest: distance, steepness, terrain and navigation)

Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked

Route guide: Sedbergh to The Calf →

Every line here is a guide, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate for yourself and carry a map and compass. How to use this guide.

On the hill: terrain and water on Arant Haw

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Sedbergh to The Calf route:

Library (opens in new tab) (197 m from the start, straight line) Dalesman (opens in new tab) (230 m from the start, straight line) Settlebeck School (1) (opens in new tab) (258 m from the start, straight line) Settlebeck School (opens in new tab) (258 m from the start, straight line)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

About Arant Haw

Our planned Sedbergh to The Calf route climbs it first from Joss Lane car park: about 485 m in 3 km, with the route's steepest 500 m, about 35%, around the 1.4 km mark (Hard on our steepness scale).

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