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Lakes, tarns & waterfalls
43 lakes, 156 named tarns and 41 waterfalls — each with a photo, how to get there, and a locator from real coordinates.
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Tarns
Named mountain and valley tarns, from roadside gems to high bowls. · 156
Alcock Tarn
From Grasmere
Allan Tarn
From Torver
Angle Tarn (Patterdale)
From Patterdale
Angle Tarn (Wasdale Head)
From Wasdale Head
Arnsbarrow Tarn
From Satterthwaite
Ayside Tarn
From Newby Bridge
Banishead Quarry Tarn
From Torver
Bank House Tarn
From Kendal
Barfield Tarn
From Bootle
Beacon Tarn (Torver)
From Torver
Beacon Tarn (Ulverston)
From Ulverston
Beckhead Tarn
From Wasdale Head
Bercune Tarn
From Ulverston
Bigland Tarn
From Haverthwaite
Black Moss Tarn
From Kendal
Blackbeck Tarn
From Wasdale Head
Blea Tarn (Boot)
From Boot
Blea Tarn (Chapel Stile)
From Chapel Stile
Blea Tarn (Stonethwaite)
From Stonethwaite
Bleaberry Tarn
From Buttermere
Blelham Tarn
From Wray
Blind Tarn (Boot)
From Boot
Blind Tarn (Broughton-in-Furness)
From Broughton-in-Furness
Blind Tarn (Torver)
From Torver
Boo Tarn
From Torver
Boretree Tarn
From Newby Bridge
Bowscale Tarn
From Threlkeld
Bright Tarn
From Penruddock
Broadcrag Tarn
From Wasdale Head
Brown Cove Tarn
From Glenridding
Burney Tarn
From Broughton-in-Furness
Burnmoor Tarn
From Boot
Carlside Tarn
From Portinscale
Cinderbarrow Tarn
From Grange-over-Sands
Cleabarrow Tarn
From Bowness-on-Windermere
Codale Tarn
From Grasmere
Cubby's Tarn
From Satterthwaite
Cunswick Tarn
From Kendal
Dalehead Tarn
From Seatoller
Dock Tarn
From Stonethwaite
Dockey Tarn
From Rydal
Duck Tarn
From Lakeside
Easedale Tarn
From Grasmere
Eel Tarn
From Boot
Fisher Tarn Reservoir
From Kendal
Flass Tarn
From Nether Wasdale
Floutern Tarn
From Loweswater
four tarn bog
From Patterdale
Foxes Tarn
From Wasdale Head
Gillcambon Tarn
From Penruddock
Goosey Foot Tarn
From Hawkshead
Green Hows Tarn
From Satterthwaite
Green Hows Upper Tarn
From Lakeside
Green Tarns
From Hawkshead
Greendale Tarn
From Wasdale Head
Grisedale Tarn
From Grasmere
Grizedale Tarn
From Satterthwaite
Haber Tarn
From Pooley Bridge
Hard Tarn
From Glenridding
Harrop Tarn
From Stonethwaite
Haskew Tarn
From Bampton
Heights Tarn
From Lakeside
High Arnside Tarn
From Skelwith Bridge
High House Tarn
From Seatoller
Highnook Tarn
From Loweswater
Hodson's Tarn
From Hawkshead
Holehird Tarn
From Troutbeck Bridge
Holehouse Tarn
From Eskdale Green
Innominate Tarn
From Buttermere
Juniper Tarn
From Hawkshead
Kelly Hall Tarn
From Torver
Kemp Tarn
From Staveley
Kentmere Tarn
From Ings
Kirkfell Tarn
From Wasdale Head
Knipe Tarn
From Bowness-on-Windermere
Knotallow Tarn
From Ulverston
Lang How Tarn
From Chapel Stile
Lang Tarn
From Broughton-in-Furness
Lanty Tarn
From Howtown
Lanty's Tarn
From Glenridding
Latrigg Tarn
From Troutbeck
Launchy Tarn (Seatoller)
From Seatoller
Launchy Tarn (Stonethwaite)
From Stonethwaite
Leach Tarn
From Haverthwaite
Lily Tarn
From Ambleside
Lindeth Tarn
From Bowness-on-Windermere
Lingmoor Tarn
From Chapel Stile
Linskeldfield Tarn
From Embleton
Little Langdale Tarn
From Chapel Stile
Little Tarn (Bassenthwaite)
From Bassenthwaite
Little Tarn (Haverthwaite)
From Haverthwaite
Littlewater Tarn
From Bampton
Loughrigg Tarn
From Skelwith Bridge
Low Birker Tarn
From Boot
Low Tarn
From Wasdale Head
Middle Tarn
From Lakeside
Middlerigg Tarn
From Troutbeck Bridge
Minnow Tarn
From Haverthwaite
Mockerkin Tarn
From Loweswater
Moss Eccles Tarn
From Near Sawrey
Muncaster Tarn
From Ravenglass
Newton Tarn
From Lindale
Otter Tarn
From Haverthwaite
Out Dubs Tarn
From Near Sawrey
Parkgate Tarn
From Eskdale Green
Pewet Tarn
From Broughton-in-Furness
Podnet Tarn
From Far Sawrey
Ponsonby Tarn
From Gosforth
Potter Tarn
From Staveley
Ratherheath Tarn
From Staveley
Red Screes Tarn
From Rydal
Red Tarn (Chapel Stile)
From Chapel Stile
Red Tarn (Glenridding)
From Glenridding
Redcrag Tarn
From Howtown
Robinson's Tarn
From Hawkshead
Roerigg Tarn
From Ulverston
Rough Hill Tarn
From Bampton
Roundsea Tarn
From Haverthwaite
Scalebarrow Tarn
From Bampton
Scales Tarn
From Threlkeld
Scandale Tarn
From Rydal
School Knott Tarn
From Ings
Scoat Tarn
From Wasdale Head
Seathwaite Tarn
From Seathwaite
Siney Tarn
From Boot
Skelsmergh Tarn
From Kendal
Slew Tarn
From Skelwith Bridge
Snipeshow Tarn
From Keswick
Sow How Tarn
From Lakeside
Sprinkling Tarn
From Wasdale Head
Stickle Tarn (Chapel Stile)
From Chapel Stile
Stickle Tarn (Seathwaite)
From Seathwaite
Stonehills Tarn
From Bowness-on-Windermere
Stony Tarn
From Boot
Styhead Tarn
From Wasdale Head
Tarn at Leaves
From Stonethwaite
Tarn Hows
From Hawkshead
Tenement Farm Tarn
From Kendal
Tewet Tarn
From Threlkeld
The Scale Tarn
From Near Sawrey
Three Dubs Tarn
From Near Sawrey
Three Tarns
From Wasdale Head
Tom Tarn
From Lindale
Tosh Tarn
From Nether Wasdale
Tower Tarn
From Broughton-in-Furness
Urswick Tarn
From Ulverston
Watendlath Tarn
From Rosthwaite
Wharton Tarn
From Hawkshead
Whinfell Tarn
From Kendal
Whitemoss Tarn
From Grasmere
Wise Een Tarn
From Hawkshead
Wood Houses Tarn
From Broughton-in-Furness
Wood Moss Tarn
From Satterthwaite
Woodhow Tarn
From Nether Wasdale
Wraymires tarn
From Hawkshead
Yew Tree Tarn
From Coniston