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Great Carrs

Area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County:Cumbria
Country:England
Classification:Wainwright, Birkett, and Nuttall
(also Fellranger, Synge, and sub Sim)
Height:785m
Maps:OL6(N) Explorer or 89, 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:NY270009         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:cairn on rock tor - photo
Daylight:dawn 07:04, sunrise 07:45, sunset 16:09, dusk 16:49
External links:Wikipedia

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Looking up to Great Carrs from Wet Side Edge
Looking up to Great Carrs from Wet Side Edge


Why not try walking up this hill using one of our walks:

... or, if you've walked it already, why not log on or register and record your walk?

Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: adgl, AGJ64, ahampson, Andy Duff, anthbowles, beth, Biscuits17, bryanatk, CARLOS, Carolwildbird, chrisfry35 (x5), Darrenh, Dave Martin, drsylvester68, dsutton101, DukeNukem, fellwalker68, fidds, fizzerfox (twice), frothyraptor, gallowshill, gbh, Gillian7660, gilly_3886, Ginty, Hannahfw, hillbilly, JamieL, jegger, JMCM, john09cw, Lancashire Lad (x3), Lenny0018, McLeish, mikedowsett, Mikew92 (twice), Nottspanther, peterb (twice), RuslandRambler, Samndigger, sgrice56, shivtc@yahoo.co.uk (twice), Smoo1610, springfishblue, Steve1607, StevetheRover (twice), Strangerclur, Susanna, Sylwia J Kociemba, ThrowerBell, vinmac, walsh581, and wolfgangb.

In our forum you can read the following walk reports which include this hill:

If you need accommodation we have details of 17 properties offering rooms near Great Carrs. Here are some examples:

4 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
Tilberthwaite Farm Cottage, Coniston
£377-1956 per week
4.6km (2.9 miles) away, sleeps 4
4 Visit England Assessed Bed and Breakfast or Guest House
Orchard Cottage, Coniston
£37-45 per night
4.6km (2.8 miles) away
3 Visit England Assessed Hostel or Bunkhouse
Thorney How Independent Hostel, Grasmere
£18.50-38.85 per bed
9.7km (6.0 miles) away

Photo by Elizabeth Oldham and is our copyright. For more information about this photo, including on copyright, see the photo's home page.

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Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.