Great Cockup
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Great Cockup seen from Longlands Fell with the bulk of Skiddaw behind.
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 526 m (1,726 ft) |
| Prominence | c. 85 m |
| Parent peak | Knott |
| Listing | Wainwright |
| Coordinates | 54°41′22″N 3°07′46″W / 54.68947°N 3.12931°WCoordinates: 54°41′22″N 3°07′46″W / 54.68947°N 3.12931°W |
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 Great Cockup
Location in Lake District, UK
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| Location | Cumbria, England |
| Parent range | Lake District, Northern Fells |
| OS grid | NY273333 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 89, 90 OS Explorer 4 |
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).
Great Cockup reaches a height of 526 metres (1,726 ft) and merits a chapter in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells who 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."
The fell is known as "Great" to distinguish it from its smaller neighbour Little Cockup which lies on its north western shoulder overlooking the hamlet of Orthwaite with a height of 395 metres (1,296 ft).
The fell's name originates from the Old English language, a combination of the words cocc and hop, where hop means a secluded valley and cocc means a woodcock or black grouse. So the meaning is probably "larger fell above the secluded valley where Woodcock or Black Grouse are found". Whaley points out that this is the meaning "with the valley name being transferred to the hills, but without more evidence this cannot be proven."
The fell's name quite often causes mirth because of its slight rudeness and reference to sexual slang. Cockup means a mess-up in the British English language, and the fell was visited by British television personality Denis Norden for one edition of his TV show It'll be Alright on the Night, a programme which consisted of out-takes from film and television which he calls "Cockups". The programme was called Alright on the Night's Cockup Trip and was broadcast in 1996. The fell's name has also been adopted for a local beer brewed by the Hesket Newmarket Brewery, called "Great Cockup Porter" a dark coloured stout with an ABV of 3.3%.
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