Alcock Tarn, Grasmere

Name: Alcock Tarn
Address: Grasmere, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Grasmere

Natural attraction, Lake, Mountain, Park

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Alcock Tarn is a lake in Cumbria, England. It is located high in the fells on Heron Pike, roughly a mile and a half east of Grasmere. ()

Elevation: 1217 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°27'44"N, 3°0'20"W

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Grasmere United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Rydal Water, Grasmere Lake, Rydal Mount, Dove Cottage.

1.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Rydal Water, Windermere
29 min walk • Rydal Water is a small body of water in the central part of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is located near the hamlet of Rydal, between Grasmere and Ambleside in the Rothay Valley.
1.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Grasmere Lake, Grasmere
28 min walk • Grasmere is one of the smaller lakes of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It gives its name to the village of Grasmere, famously associated with the poet William Wordsworth, which lies immediately to the north of the lake.
1.3 miSE
Wordsworth's Lakeland cottage and gardens
Rydal Mount, Rydal
34 min walk • Rydal Mount is a house in the small village of Rydal, near Ambleside in the English Lake District. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 to his death in 1850. It is currently operated as a writer's home museum.
0.7 miSW
Historic Wordsworth house and museum
Dove Cottage, Grasmere
18 min walk • Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of "plain living, but high thinking".
0.8 miSW
William Wordsworth, Sacred and religious sites, Cemetery
St Oswald's Church, Grasmere
21 min walk • St Oswald's Church is in the village of Grasmere, in the Lake District, 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. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
1.4 miSE
Garden, Historical place, Convention center
Rydal Hall, Rydal
36 min walk • Rydal Hall is a large detached house on the outskirts of the village of Rydal, Cumbria, in the English Lake District. It has an early nineteenth-century front facade, but includes some earlier fabric.
0.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Nab Scar, Grasmere
18 min walk • Nab Scar is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It stands above Rydal Water.
0.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Stone Arthur, Grasmere
22 min walk • Stone Arthur is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It stands above Grasmere village.
1 miW
William Wordsworth
Allan Bank, Grasmere
25 min walk • Allan Bank is a grade II listed two-storey villa standing on high ground slightly to the west of Grasmere village in the heart of the Lake District.
0.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Heron Pike, Grasmere
11 min walk • Heron Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, two kilometres east of Grasmere. It is part of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Alcock Tarn?

Nearby attractions include Heron Pike, Grasmere (11 min walk), Nab Scar, Grasmere (18 min walk), Dove Cottage, Grasmere (18 min walk), St Oswald's Church, Grasmere (21 min walk).

How to get to Alcock Tarn by public transport?

The nearest stations to Alcock Tarn:

Bus

The Swan Hotel • Lines: 555, 599 (17 min walk)
Village Hall • Lines: 555, 599 (18 min walk)