Tarn Hows

#2913 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Tarn Hows is an area of the Lake District National Park in North West England, It contains a picturesque tarn, approximately 2 miles northeast of Coniston and about 1.5 miles northwest of Hawkshead. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the area with over half a million visitors per year in the 1970s and is managed by the National Trust. ()

Alternative names: Length: 3186 ftWidth: 846 ftMaximum depth: 29 ftElevation: 791 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°22'60"N, 3°1'60"W

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Tarn Hows – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Brantwood, Grizedale Forest, Esthwaite Water, Yew Tree Tarn.

2.3 miSW
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Brantwood, Coniston
59 min walk • Brantwood is a historic house museum in Cumbria, England, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home of a number of prominent people.
3 miS
Forest, Park, Vernacular architecture
Grizedale Forest, Hawkshead
76 min walk • Grizedale Forest is a 24.47 km² area of woodland in the Lake District of North West England, located to the east of Coniston Water and to the south of Hawkshead.
2.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Esthwaite Water, Hawkshead
65 min walk • Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in northern England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water, in the traditional county of Lancashire; since 1974 in the county of Cumbria.
0.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Yew Tree Tarn, Elterwater
24 min walk • 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.
2.6 miNW
Bridge
Slater's Bridge, Elterwater
68 min walk • Slater's Bridge is a traditional packhorse bridge in Little Langdale in the English Lake District, standing at National Grid Reference NY3120502996.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Levers Water
80 min walk • Levers Water is a small lake in the English Lake District. It is located at the head of the Coppermines Valley, above Coniston village.
1.5 miE
Orignal drawings by children's author
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Hawkshead
39 min walk • The Beatrix Potter Gallery is a gallery run by the National Trust and in a 17th-century stone-built house in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England. It is dedicated to presenting original book illustrations by Beatrix Potter.
1.9 miSW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Ruskin Museum, Coniston
50 min walk • 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.
1.5 miSE
Historical place, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead
39 min walk • St Michael and All Angels Church is in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
2.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blelham Tarn
61 min walk • Blelham Tarn is a large valley tarn in the Lake District of England, to the north of the hill Latterbarrow. The settlements of Outgate, Low Wray and High Wray are close by. The tarn is drained to the northeast by the short Blelham Beck into Windermere. This beck was previously straightened and lowered.
2.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Little Langdale, Elterwater
71 min walk • Little Langdale is a valley in the Lake District, England, containing Little Langdale Tarn and a hamlet also called Little Langdale. A second tarn, Blea Tarn, is in a hanging valley between Little Langdale and the larger Great Langdale to the north.