Mountains & hills · Scottish Lowlands
Great Cockup
Great Cockup — Named summit at 526 m.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Great Cockup is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 526 m.". Coordinates: 54.6897°, -3.1288°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Skiddaw Group SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Derwent and Tributaries SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Great Cockup is a fell in the northern region of the English Lake District, one of the four Uldale Fells (the others being Longlands Fell, Great Sca Fell and Meal Fell).
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
Great Cockup reaches a height of 526 m and merits a chapter in Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Wainwright describes the fell as functional rather than ornamental, writing: "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."
Visiting
On 12 October 1996 Denis Norden presented the TV show It'll Be Alright on the Night in episode 15 Alright on the Night's Cockup Trip. This decision was made as the name of the hill references the theme and content of It'll Be Alright on the Night, which is mistakes made in TV shows. On 21 December 2020, YouTuber Tom Scott posted a video where he hiked Great Cockup whilst he gave a monologue to camera, in homage to the aforementioned TV show's title sequence which took place on the hill.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.6897, -3.1288
- Address
- Cumbria, England
Sources
- osm: n29953211 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Great Cockup (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Great Cockup and Skiddaw from Longlands Fell.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Cockup?
- Great Cockup is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom.
- Is Great Cockup a protected site?
- Yes — Great Cockup is part of the Skiddaw Group SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the River Derwent and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Great Cockup free to visit?
- Yes, Great Cockup is free to enter.