Yew Tree Tarn
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mark Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holme Fell and Black Fell.
Holme Fell
Peak
Holme Fell or Holm Fell is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is located between Coniston Water and Little Langdale, almost isolated from the neighbouring Coniston Fells by Yewdale Beck.
Black Fell
Peak
Black Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It rises to the north of Tarn Hows, between Coniston and Hawkshead.
Ruskin Museum
Museum
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ruskin Museum is a small local museum in Coniston, Cumbria, northern England. It was established in 1901 by W. G. Collingwood, an artist and antiquarian who had worked as secretary to art critic John Ruskin. Ruskin Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Yew Tree Tarn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawkshead Hill and Skelwith Bridge.
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.
Skelwith Bridge
Village
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skelwith Bridge is a small village in the southern area of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. Historically, Skelwith Bridge is part of Westmorland, lying on the ancient boundary with Lancashire. Skelwith Bridge is situated 2½ miles northeast of Yew Tree Tarn.
Yew Tree Tarn
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Category: lake
- Location: Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.39429° or 54° 23′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.04614° or 3° 2′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C6R9XV3+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 28673018OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q7333980
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Yew Tree Tarn” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره يايو ترى تارن”
- French: “Yew Tree Tarn”
- German: “Yew Tree Tarn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yew Tree Tarn”
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Highlights include Harry Guards Wood and Penny House Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yew Tree Tarn”. Photo: Mark Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.