Tarn Hows
Tarn Hows is an area of the Lake District National Park in North West England, It contains a picturesque tarn, approximately 2 miles northeast of Coniston and about 1.5 miles northwest of Hawkshead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “The Tarns”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wharton Tarn and Hawkshead Courthouse.
Yew Tree Tarn
Photo: Mark Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yew Tree Tarn is a small lake in the English Lake District situated in between the towns of Ambleside and Coniston. The tarn was formed when the local landowner dammed the Yewdale Beck in the 1930s and stocked the lake with trout.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawkshead Hill and Hawkshead.
Hawkshead Hill
Hamlet
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hawkshead Hill is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the Lake District National Park.
Hawkshead
Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hawkshead is a picturesque village in Lake District National Park. It is the smallest true town in Britain.
Roger Ground
Hamlet
Photo: flipflopnick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roger Ground is a hamlet just south of the village of Hawkshead, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. Roger Ground is situated 1½ miles southeast of Tarn Hows.
Tarn Hows
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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