A Cumbrian peak has become the county's newest mountain.

Calf Peak has been given mountain status by Ordnance Survey as well as a new height of 2000.02ft.

The former hill, which sits in the newly extended Yorkshire Dales National Park, is now officially three quarters of an inch higher than its original measurement of 1999.9ft which was recorded in 2010.

According to Ordnance Survey, Calf Top has not grown but the change in height is a result of improvements to the GPS mapping system, meaning it can measure the height of a hill from ground level more accurately.

The peak, which is near Sedbergh, joins some of Cumbria’s other more well-known mountains including Causey Pike near Keswick which stands at 2,089 feet, Little Hart Crag north of Ambleside and Heron Pike which stands at 2,008 feet and forms part of the Fairfield Range near Grasmere.

Rachel Tyson, head of marketing and sales at Cumbria Tourism, said: "Cumbria is renowned for its spectacular fells - including England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike - and this latest news from Ordnance Survey gives anyone who enjoys the great outdoors an even greater reason to explore a less well known part of Cumbria.

"Calf Top is now also firmly part of the newly extended Yorkshire Dales National Park, so it’s the perfect time for people to take a look for themselves."