Potter Tarn
Potter Tarn is a reservoir in Strickland Roger, Westmorland and Furness, England. Potter Tarn is situated nearby to the locality Potter Fell, as well as near Tuggleshaw.Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Staveley railway station and Ghyll Pond.
Staveley railway station
Railway station
Staveley railway station serves the village of Staveley, in Cumbria, England. It is a stop on the Windermere Branch Line, which connects Oxenholme and Windermere.
Potter Fell
Peak
Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Potter Fell is a fell near the villages of Burneside and Staveley, Cumbria, England, reaching a maximum height of 1,400 feet at Brunt Knott. Alfred Wainwright in his The Outlying Fells of Lakeland identifies four summits on Potter Fell: Brunt Knott, Ulgraves and two unnamed summits, all of which are thus recognised by the Database of British and Irish Hills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kendal and Staveley.
Kendal
Photo: Heinonlein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kendal, in Cumbria, is a market town of 29,000 inhabitants. It describes itself as "The Gateway to the Lakes". Kendal is a picturesque, moderate sized town with plenty of shopping and surprisingly little tourist activity.
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.
Burneside
Village
Photo: Ryan Postlethwaite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burneside is a small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Kendal and to the south east of Staveley, on the River Kent, just upstream from the confluence of the River Sprint.
Potter Tarn
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in England, United Kingdom
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Strickland Roger, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.383° or 54° 22′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.7805° or 2° 46′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C6V96M9+6QOpenStreetMap ID
way 57984713OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q20020625
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to German—“Potter Tarn” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره پوتير تارن”
- German: “Potter Tarn”
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