School Knott Tarn
School Knott Tarn is a lake in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, England. School Knott Tarn is situated nearby to the locality Whasdike, as well as near the hamlet Cleabarrow.Photo: Andrew Gray, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Schoolknott Tarn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Windermere railway station and Orrest Head.
Windermere railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Windermere railway station serves the town of Windermere, in Cumbria, England. It is the northern terminus of the Windermere Branch Line, which runs from Oxenholme.
Orrest Head
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, and the first fell he climbed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Staveley.
Bowness-on-Windermere
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.
Staveley
Village
Photo: Richard Swales, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Staveley is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it is situated 4 miles northwest of Kendal where the River Kent is joined by its tributary the Gowan.
Crook
Village
Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crook is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, on the B5284 road between Kendal and Windermere. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 340, increasing at the 2011 census to 364, and decreasing at the 2021 census to 350.
School Knott Tarn
- Categories: tarn and body of water
- Location: Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.3675° or 54° 22′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.8817° or 2° 52′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C6V9499+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 124059476OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeWikidata ID
Q21041921
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In Other Languages
“School Knott Tarn” goes by many names.
- German: “School Knott Tarn”
- German: “Schoolknott Tarn”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Whasdike and Cleabarrow.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include School Knott and Grandsire.
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