Fountains Fell Tarn

Fountains Fell Tarn, is an upland lake between the two peaks of Fountains Fell, in North Yorkshire, England. The tarn is close to the Pennine Way, some 4.3 miles north west of Malham Tarn, and 4.3 miles east of Horton in Ribblesdale.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fountains Fell and Pen-y-ghent.

Fountains Fell

Peak

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Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit has a height of 668 metres and a relative height or topographic prominence of 243 metres and thus qualifies as a Marilyn.

Pen-y-ghent

Peak

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Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet; the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside. Pen-y-ghent is situated 2½ miles northwest of Fountains Fell Tarn.

Giants’ Graves

Archaeological site

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Giants’ Graves is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fountains Fell Tarn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hesleden and Brackenbottom.

Hesleden

Hamlet

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Hesleden is a hamlet in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies within the civil parish of Halton Gill in the county of North Yorkshire. Nether Hesleden is 1.1 miles west of Litton, and Upper Hesleden is a further 1.4 miles west, on the road from Halton Gill to Stainforth. Hesleden is situated 2½ miles northeast of Fountains Fell Tarn.

Brackenbottom

Hamlet

Brackenbottom is a hamlet in Ribblesdale, near to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is the location of the headquarters of Bradford Potholing Club who own a bunkhouse in the village. Brackenbottom is situated 3½ miles west of Fountains Fell Tarn.

Foxup

Hamlet

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Foxup is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is near Halton Gill and Litton and is 13 miles north west of Grassington. Foxup is situated 3½ miles north of Fountains Fell Tarn.

Fountains Fell Tarn

Type: Pond
Description: upland lake in the Yorkshire Dales, England, UK
Categories: tarn and body of water
Location: Malham Moor, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.13695° or 54° 8′ 13″ north

Longitude

-2.20238° or 2° 12′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C6V4QPX+Q2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 280289617

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

Wikidata ID

Q106652832

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