Burnmoor Tarn
Burnmoor Tarn, on Eskdale Fell in Cumbria, England, is the largest entirely natural tarns in the Lake District. Its waters flow into Whillan Beck at the tarn's north-eastern corner, which immediately turns south and flows into Eskdale, joining the Esk at Beckfoot.Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great How and Illgill Head.
Great How
Peak
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great How or Great Howe is a hill of 522 metres in the west of the English Lake District, lying south of Scafell Pike and east of Burnmoor Tarn. It lies in the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority area of Cumberland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.
Illgill Head
Peak
Photo: Archie424, Public domain.
Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.
Scafell
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scafell is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England. It has a height of 964 metres, making it the second-highest mountain in England after its neighbour, Scafell Pike, from which it is separated by Mickledore col. Scafell is situated 2 miles northeast of Burnmoor Tarn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boot and Wasdale Head.
Boot
Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Boot is situated 2 miles south of Burnmoor Tarn.
Wasdale Head
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake, smallest church and biggest liar in England. Wasdale Head is situated 2½ miles north of Burnmoor Tarn.
Eskdale Green
Eskdale Green is a small village in Cumbria at one end of the Eskdale Valley. The hamlet of Boot has an old corn mill in the heart but wander south away from the mill to find the little old church by the river.
Burnmoor Tarn
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Category: lake
- Location: Eskdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.4283° or 54° 25′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.25951° or 3° 15′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C6RCPHR+85OpenStreetMap ID
way 217878284OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q19871730
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Japanese—“Burnmoor Tarn” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره بورنمور تارن”
- French: “Burnmoor Tarn”
- German: “Burnmoor Tarn”
- Japanese: “バーンモア湖”
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Highlights include Maiden Castle Cairn and Boat How.
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