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Great Cockup

Overview

Height:	1,720 Feet - 526 Metres
Grid Ref:	NY 273 333
Area:	Northern
Group:	N/NOS
Ordnance Survey:	OL5
Wainwright Guidebook:	Five
	Viewed from a distance, Great Cockup appears as a modest but extensive eminence with no obvious summit and nothing calling for closer inspection. First impressions are confirmed by a tour of exploration, the fell underfoot proving no more attractive than the fell at a distance.

Map and Photo Gallery

Descent of Great Ska Fell with views of Meal Fell, Great Cockup and Binsey.

Views over Meal Fell, Great Ska Fell, Little Sca Fell and Knott from Great Cockup summit cairn.

There are 5 walks to choose from including Great Cockup

Walking the Birketts, Great Cockup to Knott

		4th May 2019
ASCENT:		2,135 Feet - 651 Metres
MILES:		8.8
BIRKETTS:		9, Orthwaite Bank - Little Cockup - Great Cockup - Meal Fell - Little Sca Fell - Great Sca Fell - Knott - Frozen Fell - Burn Todd
ROUTE:		Peter House Farm - Horsemoor Hills - Orthwaite - Orthwaite Bank - Little Cockup - Great Cockup - Trusmadoor - Meal Fell - Little Sca Fell - Great Sca Fell - Knott - Frozen Fell - Burn Tod - Trusmadoor - Burntod Gill - Dash Valley - Horsemoor Hills - Orthwaite

Walking the Wainwrights in 30 Walks - Walk 8 The Back O'Skiddaw Fells

		3rd April 2016
ASCENT:		3,617 Feet - 1,103 Meters
MILES:		14.3
WAINWRIGHTS:		8, Longlands Fell - Brae Fell - Great Sca Fell - Knott - Great Calva - Meal Fell - Great Cock Up - Binsey
ROUTE:		Over Water - Lowthwaite - Longlands - Longlands Fell - Top of Charleton Gill - Brae Fell - Little Sca Fell - Great Sca Fell - Knott - Top of Wiley Gill - Great Calva - Top of Wiley Gill - Frozen Fell - Meal Fell - Great Cockup - Orthwaite Bank - Orthwaite - Overwater Hall - Binsey - Over Water

The first snow of winter on the Back O'Skiddaw Fells

		21st November 2015
ASCENT:		2,914 Feet - 889 Meters
MILES:		9.3
WAINWRIGHTS:		6, Longlands Fell - Brae Fell - Great Sca Fell - Meal Fell - Great Cockup - Binsey
ROUTE:		Longlands - Longlands Fell - Top of Charleton Gill - Brae Fell - Little Sca Fell - Great Sca Fell - Meal Fell - Trusmadoor - Great Cockup - Orthwaite Bank - Orthwaite - Overwater Hall - Binsey

The Uldale Fells from Longlands

		23rd August 2014
ASCENT:		2,317 Feet – 707 Meters
MILES:		8.4
WAINWRIGHTS:		5, Great Cockup – Meal Fell – Great Sca Fell – Brae Fell – Longlands Fell
ROUTE:		Longlands – Stockdale – Orthwaite – Orthwaite Bank – Great Cockup – Trusmadoor – Meal Fell – Great Sca Fell – Little Sca Fell – Brae Fell – Broad Moss – Top Of Charleton Gill – Longlands Fell – Longlands

The Back O’ Skidda

		26th March 2011
ASCENT:		4,153 Feet, 1,266 Meters
MILES:		11.4
WAINWRIGHTS:		7, Bakestall, Great Calva, Knott, Great Sca Fell, Meal Fell, Brae Fell & Great Cockup
ROUTE: