Styhead Tarn
Styhead Tarn is a tarn in the English Lake District, near the top of the Sty Head pass at the head of Borrowdale. It is on the route from Wasdale to Borrowdale and is, therefore, a well-visited point in the Lake District.Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seathwaite Fell and Great Gable.
Seathwaite Fell
Peak
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seathwaite Fell is an area of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It stands above the hamlet of the same name at the head of Borrowdale.
Great Gable
Peak
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Great Gable is a mountain in the Lake District, United Kingdom. It is named after its appearance as a pyramid from Wasdale, though it is dome-shaped from most other directions.
Green Gable
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Green Gable is a fell in the English Lake District often traversed by walkers en route to its more famous neighbour Great Gable. It can be ascended from Honister Pass, Seathwaite in Borrowdale, or Ennerdale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seathwaite and Wasdale Head.
Seathwaite
Hamlet
Seathwaite is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller… Seathwaite is situated 1½ miles northeast of Styhead 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 west of Styhead Tarn.
Seatoller
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seatoller is a settlement in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. Historically part of Cumberland, it lies on the B5289 road at the east foot of the Honister Pass, and to the south of Derwent Water. Seatoller is situated 3 miles northeast of Styhead Tarn.
Styhead Tarn
- Type: Body of water
- Description: tarn in the English Lake District
- Category: lake
- Location: Borrowdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.47808° or 54° 28′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.20267° or 3° 12′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C6RFQHW+6WOpenStreetMap ID
way 4583808OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q177936
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Styhead Tarn” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ستيهياد تارن”
- French: “Styhead Tarn”
- German: “Styhead Tarn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Styhead Tarn”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Seathwaite Fell (summit) and Kern Knotts.
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